Leadership (hard to define)

Introduction
"...research to date has failed to produce the definitive characteristics of great leaders......(there) is a disconnect between leadership qualities that individuals perceive as necessary versus actual competencies required to be an effective leader..."
Eli Konorti et al, 2022

This is
"...primarily due to a cultural clash between science-driven side (with an emphasis on empirical confirmation and scientific caution) and a practice-driven side (with a focus on solving real-world problems)..."
Eli Konorti et al, 2022

A range of views varies from

- leadership as a set of hard skills (leadership is not about personality or charisma but following a set of rules that allows leaders to gain knowledge, implement it and ensure accountability)

- distinguishing between management and leadership (management is about hard skills such as budgeting and planning while leadership is about a set of abstract soft skills such as setting direction and motivating others)

- technical knowledge and skills vs emotional intelligence (technical know-how is not as important as EI in leadership)
(for more detail see elsewhere in the Knowledge Base)

Some of the qualities mentioned around leadership include
- visionary
- good communicator
- courageous
- ethical
- integrity
- examplar
- organised
- task-orientated
- trustworthy
- team builder
- intelligent
- pragmatic
- optimistic
- responsible
- passionate
- self-confident
- determination
- sociability, etc
NB like beauty, leadership is in the 'eye of the beholder'