I will pay for the following article Defining Leadership. The work is to be 9 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page.

I will pay for the following article Defining Leadership. The work is to be 9 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page. This essay will attempt to define the concept of leadership and try to examine whether it is necessary to have a universal definition of leadership. The essay will study one of the respected leaders of the world and their leadership qualities and styles and use this as a basis for defining leadership. One the most respected leader in the world today is Mr. Barack Hussein Obama. He is the 44th and current president of the United States of America. He is also the first African American to be elected in to the office. Before becoming the president of the US in 2008, Barack Obama had other leadership positions before. While at Harvard Law School, he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He also worked as a community organizer in Chicago before he completed his law degree. After his legal studies at Harvard, he practiced law as a Civil Rights Attorney and thereafter taught Constitutional law at the law School of the University of Chicago between 1992 and 2004. From 1997 to 2004, he served for three consecutive terms as representative of the 13th District in the Illinois Senate. He however rose to prominence when he was elected as a Senator for Illinois in the US Senate. His leadership qualities gained national and international attention during his address to the Democratic Party national Congress in July of 2004, before being elected as a Senator in November in the same year. He successfully campaigned for the presidency in 2008 and won a reelection in 2012. Barack Obama is highly regarded across the world as one of the best leaders. Among the leadership traits that make him one of the most influential and inspirational leader include his eloquence, decisiveness, integrity, courage, enthusiasm, ambition, and vision. He is a transformational and cross cultural leader who uses his skills and knowledge to transform the society. His charismatic nature has drive multitudes of people toward him to rally with him on his main ideologies such as the ideology of change that enabled him to win his first term in office. His ability to give memorable an inspirational speeches has made won him admiration across the globe. In 2009, he was awarded the Nobel Peace laureate for his leadership. Based on Mr. Barack Obama’s leadership, leadership can be defined as the process of exerting influencing others to think and act in the way that a certain leader wishes them to. It is the ability of one to build relationships with others and influence other people’s behavior in order to achieve intended objectives and goals. Mr. Barack Obama has been able to influence a lot of people across the world. There are different types of leaders in the world. Some are political leaders, while others may be religious, professionals or student leaders. Each of these types of requires different skills, qualities and visions. It is therefore insignificant to have a universal definition of leadership as it would be very difficult to have a single definition that captures all the elements in leadership (Montana, and Bruce, 2008). Topic 2: Critical issues in organizations Organizations encounter a lot of challenges as they grow and expand in their respective industries. Some of the challenges may be industry or organization specific while others apply across all organizations.