Leadership and GovernanceIntroductionLike love, death, money, politics and war, the subject of leadership is continually under discussion. Yet, despite all the attention given to leadership and its recognized importance, leadership still remains a rather unexplained and confusing concept. There are countless theories that explain various facets of the leadership phenomenon, but unfortunately there is no comprehensive and general theory of leadership that can make our overall task of understanding leadership easy and simple. One of the best ways to improve our understanding of leadership is to see how different students of the subject have defined leadership (Dessler, 2001). All businesses and organizations, for-profit or not, that conduct their business with a genuine commitment to and respect for those who work in this field. they obtain superior results. This is one of the critical aspects of management and leadership. Ensuring this happens is part of governance. The process of change constitutes organizational and personal development (Dessler 2001). In this essay, we critically analyze whether leadership is the essence of promoting good governance and give theoretical proof whether this is true or not. The leadership and management literature is replete with definitions of leadership as almost everyone who seems to have studied the subject and formulated their own definition. This thought was expressed by Stodgill (1974) who said: “There are almost as many definitions of leadership as there are people who have attempted to define the concept.” ...national behavior: Foundations, realities and challenges, 3rd ed., Cincinnati, OH: South-Western.22 Peter, GN 2004, Leadership: Theory and practice, Sage, 3rd edition .23. Fairness perceptions and trust as mediators for transformational and transactional leadership. Journal of Management.24. and Lewis M. 2003, Control and collaboration: paradoxes of governance, Academy of Management Review Vol. 25. Tichy, NM and Devanna, MA 1986, The Transformational Leader, John Wiley, New York.26. Watson, GH 2003, Corporate Governance: Quality at the Top, Proceedings of the 58th Annual Quality Conference, Kansas City, USA, pp.123. –137.27. Weidman, D 2003, Redefining leadership for the 21st century, Journal of Business Strategy, Vol 23 Issue 5, p.16.