The Meaning of “Leadership”

Leadership coaching meaning: This question for me focuses less on the types of coaching (which are just a bunch of interventions used at the right time), and more on the type of leadership. Once you know the type of leadership the process of coaching forms itself right around that.

Leaders come in a multitude of different shapes, and forms. Leadership is not defined by seniority, by gender, age, education. Leadership seems to fall into two categories: Firstly the noun: “the state or position of being a leader”. that is to have the designated title or status of a leader. Secondly, there is the verb:  “the action of leading a group of people or an organization, or the ability to do this.” This meaning having the influence to lead.
You CAN lead without a designated title. I don’t believe it is possible to lead for long, however, whatever your designated title, without developing the ability to influence.
leadership coaching meaning
So it seems that leadership is about influence and it appears we are moving towards the US definition this:
“the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to do this:”
 

And thus leadership is about change. It is about engaging others in order to facilitate change Leadership coaching meaning

Leadership Coaching Meaning

So one can be a leader if firstly you see a need for change and secondly you can convince others to believe in the same need for change and to contribute towards that.

And if you think about it, that can happen at any level of an organisation, it can happen when someone jettisons their organisation entirely in order to challenge the status quo. Everything is changing all of the time. If organisations, industry sectors, individuals career paths, and our ethics cannot respond to those then they will fall by the wayside.

If individuals cannot recognise, act and harness others to act in order to manoeuvre us away from impending human, business and planetary disaster, then we will self-destruct.

Do you feel an ethical need to lead? Then, let’s have the conversation. 

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