Which of the following principles would MOST strongly justify the Leadership Consultant's argument?
A) Effective leadership is an essential element of strong business performance.
B) Getting employees to perform according to directives is more important than the measures required to accomplish an organization's goals.
C) Any leadership strategy needs an effective communications strategy in order to be effective.
D) A leader must be able to persuade people to do things that they are not required to do.
E) People who are likely to insist that managerial authority is an essential element of leadership are also likely to insist that the achievement of managerial goals is also an essential element of leadership.

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D)The Leadership Consultant believes that consent is essential and forcing people to do things isn't really "leadership." Choice D would help this case by establishing that you can't take credit for making people do things that they can't refuse to do. Choice A speaks to the importance of leadership, but the issue here is the definition of leadership. Choice B would undercut the Leadership Consultant's argument. Choice C gets at what you can do with a leadership strategy, but doesn't help define leadership. Choice E tells us who believes what, but that doesn't help tell us what the best definition is.

Which of the Following Principles Would MOST Strongly Justify the Leadership