Leadership - A Journey from a ‘Manager’ to a ‘SuperManager’ Abhaya Ranjan Srivastava *, Ankit Kishore Prasad **, Niraj Mishra*** * Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. Email: abhayaranjan@gmail.com ** Student, BIT Mesra, Lalpur Campus, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. Email: ankit.prasad.4838@gmail.com *** Assistant Professor, WCAS Muscat, Oman. Email:nirajmba@gmail.com Article can be accessed online at http://www.publishingindia.com Abstract According to John Maxwell - “A Leader is one who: KNOWS the way, Goes the way, & Shows the way”. We often hear that there is a serious lack of Good Managers in the corporate world. We can say that a manager equipped with the adaptive capabilities in the changing environment is a Good Manager or a Super Manager. Manager is the position given to an individual whereas Super Manager is the way or style to be the best man to lead a bunch of people for the betterment of not only the organization but also the people as individuals by bringing unity into the achievements of organizations with the individual goals. He is also a true figure of confidence and trust for his team and knows how to adapt to the changing environment. The distance between manager and a super manager is not the matter of Altitude; it’s a matter of Attitude and Leadership. A super manager is not a leader who just leads the team but also creates leaders out of the team no matter of what background, task and non - task objectives, skills and abilities may the members have. And a Super manager is the one who knows how he can utilize his manpower effectively and can motivate every member to give his best and work towards achieving common organizational objectives in a particular frame of time. The magic behind every successful firm is none other than leadership in its managers or let’s say super managers. This study is an attempt to bring out the characteristics and leadership qualities of a super manager which would bring success for the organization. Keyword: Leader, Manager, Super Manager Introducton Leadership Alexander the great once said ‘I am not afraid of an army of lions lead by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep lead by a lion.’ According to John Quincy Adams “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” Going by the book ‘Essentials of Management’ Ninth edition ‘Leadership is an art or process of infuencing people in such a way that they willingly and enthusiastically strive toward the achievement of group goals.’ There is no one defnition that includes each and every aspect of leadership. Leadership can be described as ‘a process of social infuence in which a person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task For example, some understand a leader simply as somebody whom people follow, or as somebody who guides or directs others’ while others defne leadership as ‘motivating and organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal’. For this particular research we must not forget to include the different theories and styles of leadership so that we can compare these with our fndings later. Leadership Theories Great Man Theory (1840s) It assumes that the traits of leadership are very much intrinsic, which simply means that great leaders are born...they are not made.