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How critically analyse： ‘Leadership development opportunitiesshould beprovided in all organization 　　Introduction 　　Leadership development has been used within the organizations by many approaches， such as internal skills programs， external courses， coaching and E-learning. This essay， however， will not only discuss about the necessity of building leadership in various organizations. The aim of the essay is to explore the merits and disadvantages of developing leadership in all organizations. The intentions are both to provide suggestions for some organizations about how to better developing leadership and to discuss why for some organizations the leadership development cannot be delivered. 　　What are leadership and leadership development？ 　　Leadership is not a concept which appeared as early as the word “leader”， and various definitions of leadership have been mentioned in a large amount of reports and discussions （M. Bass R. Bass）. In this essay， leadership is defined as a process whereby one person can enlist the aid and support of a group of people to accomplish a common goal （Chemers， M）. At the same time， some activities which develop the quality of leadership of an individual or within an organization are leadership development. Therefore， leadership development refers to some actions or methods that can enhance a leadership team that will work effectively together （Day 2001）. 　　Why the organization should provide opportunities to leadership development？ 　　Burns proposed that the world leaders can learn to be transformational leaders through the process of changing and transforming people， businesses， organizations， places and cultures in his latest book Transforming Leadership： A New Pursuit of Happiness （2003）. Transforming leaders focus on the collective organization， or group of people， and these exceptional and committed leaders possess unique personal values that empower followers to help the leaders to make the best of their potential. That