Leadership can be defined as the process of persuading (encourage) others to take steps towards a common goal (Locke & Associates, 1997). As Grimes (1978) and Hollander (1978) and Gibson et al. (1996) stated very big leadership role to motivate members of the organization at large memperbe energy to behave in an effort to achieve group goals. Tyson and Jackson (1992: 84) adds that while leadership can be defined as the influence that includes ongoing operations between leaders and followers, others consider that there are at least three conditions must be satisfied that management had happened to namely, (1) leaders must show the causes of things, (2) the relationship between leader behaviors and their effects should be observed, and (3) that changes in the actual changes in behavior and members of the organization in the results next leader as a result of action. This is reinforced by Stogdill (in Tyson and Jackson, 1999: 85) argues that some of the strongest factors leading personality of the followers, which may affect the behavior of followers.
Leadership category can be divided into three elements, namely:
- Leadership is a concept of relationships / connections (relational concept). This leadership exists only in relationships with others, as among the leaders with followers. If no followers, then there is no so-called leaders.
- Leadership is a process. To drive, leaders must do something. As has been studied by Gardner (1989), leadership is more than just a position of authority or authorities. Although the position of authority may very encouraging process of formal leadership, but simply hold that position is not enough to make someone a leader.
- Leadership must persuade others to take action. Leaders to persuade their followers elalui various ways, such as the use of legitimate authority, the creation of a model, giving rewards and punishment (reward and punishment), the restructuring of the organization and communicating a vision.
