Are You a Truly Good Leader or Merely an Effective One (and Why That Matters)

Earlier in my career, when I was working as a project manager, I ended up working on one of the largest building projects in London for one of the most successful property developers in the business. The guy was rich, was the boss of a large team, owned a powerful organisation and achieved big results. He was certainly an effective property developer. I also knew that his methods for achieving this success were questionable and I hated working for him. So was he a good leader? <h1>What Makes an Effective Leader?</h1> If we want to think about what makes a good or effective leader, we must first define what leadership is. W.C.H. Prentice, in his famous <a href="https://hbr.org/2004/01/understanding-leadership" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">HBR article of 1961</a> defined leadership as: <blockquote> “The accomplishment of a goal through the direction of human assistants” </blockquote> But this definition does not quite capture the ideas of some types of leadership such as self-leadership, 360-degree leadership, or even thought-leadership. Therefore, my favourite definition of leadership is that of John Maxwell who says that leadership is, in its essence, influence. Thus, I would define leaders as people who use their influence (or power) to initiate change. <a href="https://betterhumans.pub/are-you-a-truly-good-leader-or-merely-an-effective-one-and-why-that-matters-375a552efdea">Visit Now</a>