A leader is a person who leads. It does not matter how many person this leader succeeds in leading. Even if it is just one human being who follows the footstep of another, you should consider that individual to be a leader.

How does one person succeed in influencing thousands? How does another fail to make an impression to the minds of the other? The major quality which turns a person into a leader is the ability to visualize. Vision is the most important quality. The leader should have the capability to plan ahead of others. The leadership does not limit to visualizing only. The leader should make the team see the same vision and follow the path leading to it.

If you think that a leader is required in the battle field only, you are making a mistake. Every profession has got the need for a leader. A physician is a leader in the operation room or when an emergency occurs. The physician holds the power of make the decision of life and death. To use this power successfully, the physician should have the qualities of a leader.

Most of the people think that because they are in some specialized field they do not need leadership training. However, this is not true. While leading a team of surgeon in an operating room or guiding some wide eyed fresher, straight out of medical college, you will have to have the quality to make them understand your vision and look at the world through your eyes.