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Lead 'comes from the old north European word 'laed' which means a road, a path, the course of a ship at the sea, a journey. A leader accompanies people on a journey, holding them together while leading them in them in the right direction. A manager on the hand came to English language in the sixteenth century from the 'manus' a hand, which led to the Italian verb for handling or „managing? a war horse. The British military adopted the terms 'manager' and
'management' to describe the handling of armies in the field, it extended to cover the handling of swords and of Leadership has been understood in different context by different people. It is worthy to understand the leadership. Richard L. D. (2005) describes leadership as an influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes and outcomes that reflect there shared principles. Richard H. e tal (2009) say leadership involves compel interactions between the leader, the followers and the situation they are in. Leadership is more associated with risk taking dynamic, creativity, change and vision. (Richard L. D (2005) consider leadership as involving change hence it cannot be expected to maintain the status quo.
James J. Gill (1983) Educationist remark that leadership can be created through education his remarks is that the essential qualities and skills involved in leadership can be learned and developed through education and experience. Bernard Bass M. points out that we learn leadership in a variety of ways.
Leadership is a powerful concept, capable of conveying much more than can be contained within a concise definition and capable of meaning many different things to different audience in different contexts Phillips (2004).

The argument as to whether leadership is made or born may best be illustrated by various theories of leadership in which many writers has indicated in their desire to research on the qualities of leaders. This was lead by Plato. In recent years, the qualities demonstrated by world leaders may suggest that a leader is both ways that is either born or made. Sir Winston Churchill the former Prime Minister of Britain demonstrates that leaders are born.

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