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PhD in leadership helps to increase knowledge in leadership theories, styles and to identify the best leadership practices for the attainment of success.It is mainly or more practitioner oriented. Therefore it is an important area. It mainly focuses on the learning and leadership theories,styles and practices that is appropriate for each kind of organisation, whether educational , business or non profit organisation.

1) A.)The research interest in the area of leadership is to understand the business little more or to go into the clinical practices.Another factor for the interest is to identify how  leadership can influence current dynamic environment changes and demands . B). The major inspiration for conducting a research degree in the area of leadership is that it is going to be more practitioner oriented and an understanding could make benefit for the entire organisational success. C). It is important to research in this area because leadership influence the working of a firm and the also influence the behavior and morale employees in the firm. The dynamics of teams in large organisations as well as the things like leader follower dynamics has a greater importance in the organisation. Conducting a research on leadership helps to identify what the next step and how can you improve your leadership role by developing your identity as a leader.

2. A) Each employee in an organisation has individual differences , the potential of each one is different from the other. So , different people have different things or ideas to bring to the table and the leader is the one who could identify those potential motivate them and bring those ideas together . So a research study in this domain would help to develop an open mind to help people to realize their potential.B)University of Cumber lands provides online and executive PhD in leadership. University of Cumber lands provides decent quality education and the best facilities for the smooth conduct of research.

3. As an individual , in the research study Belief in myself ,sense of understanding and patience in accepting my faults and variations in study if any, and taking initiatives for rectifying those errors are my major strength. The interest, love an dedication to the research study would motivate for the accomplishment of the objective. Procrastination and lack of communication are the two major weaknesses .B) As usual strengths of the researcher always will have a positive impact on the research and weaknesses have negative impact . Research is a time consuming process. Patience, belief in oneself etc helps in successful completion of the research study.  

4. In fast moving world , the future of leadership is unpredictable. The future of leadership is to develop leaders with global mindset it would enable leaders to meet the ever changing global threats an challenges. After the completion of PhD in leadership from University of cumber lands it would enable to identify and meet the global opportunities and threats in future. The research would enable to embed the leadership development practices as a competitive advantage in future.