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This series of four articles opens by discussing the concept of leadership and its importance in the fast-changing world of dental practice. Styles of leadership are considered and the opportunity to develop your leadership skills is affirmed. Leadership is not something that you have to be born to; the art can be developed. Three pillars of leadership are proposed namely:
These articles aim to give the reader some straightforward ideas for developing their leadership skills and a set of further reading references to help with further development.
There have been many attempts to define leadership. The Concise Oxford Dictionary (1976 sixth edition)1 offers:
‘Cause to go with one.’
In a similar vein Peter Drucker (1996)2 asserts:
‘The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers.’
Maxwell (1998)3 in his book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership (so no room for argument there then!) insists on the following definition:
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