Last weeks definition: Leadership is an innate quality that
anyone can posses but only some bring to its fullest potential.
Leadership is the ability of a person to utilize their personal
strengths to better carry out a variety of qualities and
leadership styles in order to influence and inspire a group in a
common task. They are ethical people with the ability to see
beyond the moment in their leadership and look at the larger
picture. This weeks definition: Leadership is an innate quality
that anyone can possess but only some bring to its fullest
potential. It is the ability to utilize ones personal strengths
in order to pull forth something from another person. This weeks
reading about the biological aspects of leadership did not
influence my definition, although I think that it is important
to lead with empathy. I felt that my definition needed to be
shortened and simplified a little. I took out the ethical
portion because although I feel that good leaders should be
ethical, they aren't always that way. I