Leader and Leadership

A leader is defined as the individual formally given certain status through election, appointment, inheritance, revolution, or any number of other means. Leadership refers to those behaviour performed by one or more individuals in the group which helps the group accomplish its goals. (Arnold E. Schneider, William C. Donaghy and Pamela Jane Newman, Organizational Communication, Mc Grawhill Book Company, New York-Toronto, 1975:148-149))

As the willingness to risk communication in a way that has an impact an results in influenceng the action of another (Diane O. Casagrande and Roger D. Casagrande - Oral Communication, Wadworth Publishing Company, Belmont California, 1986 : 261)