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Leadership is the ability to influence, inspire or motivate others to reach a desired goal or outcome (Dubrin, Daglish & Miller, 2006; Samson & Daft, 2003)... It is important to realise that there is a difference between leadership and management. Leadership; is about motivation, inspiration and influence, and in many cases it can be viewed as more emotional and challenging than simply managing a group of people. Managing; is about organisation, planning, control and authority. Leadership takes the management process one step further and requires a stronger emotional connection between the two parties (the leader and the group) (Dubrin et al, 2006) Successful leaders have a vision (a clear picture of what they want to achieve), and are able to motivate and inspire people to make that vision achievable. Therefore, managers are more likely to ‘maintain' an environment, where as good leader are able to ‘change' an environment if necessary (Dubrin et al, 2006). However, good leaders must..