Increasingly, companies are recognizing that leadership factors are crucial to their organizational effectiveness. Why? Because ultimately, it’s the people in the organization—leaders, managers and individual contributors at all levels—who must translate corporate strategy and business goals into action. They must understand the organization’s vision and make it their own. They must become its champion by influencing others to follow them and help to implement the program. This is the essence of leadership.
 
Because individuals in organizations can rarely succeed alone, they must influence, lead and coordinate their efforts with others in order to achieve their goals—to translate ...