What is the Art and Science of Leadership?

LEADERSHIP can be defined in many ways. 

Many books are written and published about LEADERSHIP.

How about you?

How do you define LEADERSHIP?

This is mine...

This is inspired by the lecture about the subject with the same title: THE ART and SCIENCE OF LEADERSHIP when I took up my Command and Staff Course at the Air Force Command College in Beijing, China. The professor has a very creative way of conducting the lecture. He elaborately discussed the definition of LEADERSHIP by giving us some practical exercises and clear examples. He presented the definition of leadership and asked for 5 volunteers to give the key points in the definition. After a lengthy and thorough discussion, he gave us his own 5 key points: THE ORGANIZATION, THE LEADER, THE SUBORDINATES, THE METHODS and OBJECTIVES. According to him, those are the most important elements in leadership. Excellent explanation!

Being inspired, I crafted the definition in my own unique way. As shown in the second slide, the words ART and SCIENCE are embedded in the word LEADERSHIP to show the relationship between the three words. Then in the third slide, I added letters HE to the ART and the letters CON to the SCIENCE to form new words, HEART and CONSCIENCE. 

LEADERSHIP should be exercised with HEART and CONSCIENCE.

LEADER should have a HEART and a CONSCIENCE to be able to lead with UNQUESTIONABLE INTEGRITY during the process and accomplishment of an objective. 

HEART for EMPATHY 

and

CONSCIENCE for INTEGRITY

This is the kind of leader that we need to have a BALANCE between having to feel what is really needed by others while doing the right things in the process.

The HEART determines the right OBJECTIVES 
while the CONSCIENCE determines the right PROCESS. 
Process is consist of the ways, the means, and other things in between.

Do you have your own definition of LEADERSHIP? 

Please share it in the comment portion below...