Role of Leadership in Modern International Organizations

Abstract

Defining the importance of leadership is directly related to the way leaders manage to act as agents of change. The importance of leadership also is related to the state of society, the structure of organizations and the type of reform adopted. Leadership development is more important in a diversified society than in a homogeneous one, because leaders are required to pass on new values, mediate conflicts, and form coalitions to support reform. International organizations play their part into shaping leadership development, and thus leaders play their part into changing societies. The purpose of this article is to identify which are the indicators that characterize a modern leader, but also to identify the environment of an international organization that influences the context in which the organization is being lead.

Keywords

• leaders
• leadership
• international organizations
• context