INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL LEADERSHIP
The topic of Leadership is a dynamic topic ever-evolving and ever enthusing researchers
with many intricacies and mysteries and to which they look for solutions to the unresolved problems
of society in general.
"How groups of individuals achieve coordination and collective action is an important topic in the
natural sciences, but until recently the role of leadership in this process has been largely
overlooked. In contrast, leadership is arguably one of the most important themes in the
social sciences, permeating all aspects of human social affairs: the election of Barack
Obama, the war in Iraq, and the collapse of the banks are all high-profile events that
draw our attention to the fundamental role of leadership and followership." (King and
Cowlishaw 2009)
Although leadership cannot be studied without followership, it is obvious that
leaders of one powerful individual are more intriguing than the followership of
millions of common men. Leadership is the driving force that lets followership emerge in
the aftermath of a series of actions affecting the security and safety of the
followers.