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Leaders and Organizational Culture
There are leaders and there are followers, consequently the composition of most of the human race. There have been leaders since the beginning of time, thus leadership is an extremely important element in our society, for without leaders, people would be without direction, confused, and unmotivated. However, just because one finds his or herself in a leadership role, does not mean he or she is an effective leader or a leader that can create and maintain a healthy organizational culture.
Dwight Eisenhower once said, "Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it" (Lanford, n.d.). Leadership is a word that evokes a number of diverse ideas and opinions such as management, control, power, guidance, teamwork, integrity, communication, followers and so on. However, what does leadership mean? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2005-2006) defines leadership as "the act or an instance of leading." This......

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