Abstract

From the beginning of time, leadership has been one of the most sought after feature in human civilization. A strong leader makes the difference between simple existence and excellence. They inspired others, create vision among the followers, communicate what they want to communicate, show openness, and listen what their followers want to say. These people not only create actual value in others, but also change the society in a holistic way. Now, it is becoming a passion to get an authentic, effective leader in higher educational sector, where students do not want to see their teacher as a teacher only rather they ask for something more. The objective of this research was to identify a number of attributes/qualities of a teacher perceived as most important by students at tertiary level. These attributes/qualities will make him a leader of a group of followers, a group of students, which then make him an excellent teacher. Data of 280 students were assimilated to come to the findings. The authors found 15 most important qualities identified by students among 111 qualities identified by the authors, which should be poses by all teachers to be a good leader. As leadership is not science, part of social science, there is further scope for research in private tertiary level, as well as other educational sector to make it more authenticate.