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also the concept of learnable, observable, and possible to set up a practice for
everyone.

Let’s see how the ancient scholar uses the term of leadership and how
they defined it in a general way. “Representative of definitions of leadership in the

1920s was impressing the will of the leader on those led and inducing obedience,
respect, loyalty, and cooperation. In the 1930s, leadership was considered a process

through which the many were organized to move in a specific direction by the
leader. In the 1940s, leadership was the ability to persuade and direct beyond the

effects of power, position, or circumstances. In the 1950s, it was what leaders did

in groups and the authority accorded to leaders by the group members. In the 1960s,
it was influence to move others in a shared direction. In the 1970s, the leader’s

influence was seen as discretionary and as varying from one member to another. In
the 1980s, leadership was considered as inspiring others to take some purposeful

action. In the 1999s, it was the influence of the leader and the followers who
intended to make real changes that reflected their common purposes. In the first

decade of the twenty-first century, the leaders is seen as the person most

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responsible and accountable for the organization’s action.” It’s seem uncertain
meaning about leadership which is exactly from time to time. But leadership is a

term can be able to develop, able to learn and able to apply it in different way

depending on the period and situation.

The Oxford English Dictionary (1933) noted the appearance of the word
‘leaders’ in the English language as early as the year 1300, the word ‘leadership’

did not appear until the first half of the nineteenth century, in writings about the
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political influence and control of the British Parliament.

When there’s no word of leader and leadership in ancient, people called
the leader the king, prince, head of state, military commander, proconsul, chief,

and ruler of the society. A preoccupation about leadership is an appointment of

29 Bernard M. Bass with Ruth Bass, The Bass Handbook of Leadership Theory,
research, and managerial applications, (London: Free Press, 2008), p. 20.
30 Bernard M. Bass with Ruth Bass, The Bass Handbook of Leadership Theory,
research, and managerial applications, (London: Free Press, 2008), p. 19.