Identification of Leadership Skills and Behaviours, in the Business Sector. Case Study

This present research recorded the opinions and attitudes of the respondents, based on a questionnaire applied to administrative stakeholders, from companies with activity in the agricultural sector, in South Muntenia Development Region, regarding the identification of skills and behaviours specific to leadership. The questionnaire, comprising 15 questions, was applied to a number of 1057 respondents from 106 companies. The sample was selected with a statistical step of sampling, based on studies, specializations obtained through studies, position held in the company, in order to provide a representative sample in terms of age groups and responsibilities of the position, leading to behaviours and attitudes specific to leadership. Leadership is beginning to be perceived as a reality. There is promising potential for the emergence of a generation of efficient leaders, especially that, leadership was introduced as a subject of study in the academic area. The main conclusion of the case study is that, one of the things very rarely understood in Romania in terms of leadership is, that being a leader is not a privilege, but a responsibility!