The concept of ''soft leadership'' is examined in depth throughout this article as an essential component of effective leadership. The first section of the article is devoted to doing a literature study on the shift in viewpoint that has occurred over the course of the past few years on what aspects of leadership are most important, as well as the substantial adjustments that this shift has triggered in some facets of education and corporate recruitment. "The outcomes of the survey that was administered to the workforce at Al-Aitihad company for Food Industries are discussed in the second section of this article. By utilizing a multi-method approach that consisted of a survey model with questions and data analysis in a phenomenological trend, a number of interesting findings emerged, supporting the literature reviewed, that soft leadership skills, such as vision, communication, and emotional intelligence, are steadily on the rise and that greater attention should be apportioned to strengthen these skills in future leaders".

The Humanities thinkers discuss the concept of leadership from a variety of dimensions. A group considers leadership as a part of the management's duties; another group believes there is a broader concept for leadership compared to management, and they consider it as the ability to persuade others to diligently seek to achieve certain goals, or they see them as activities that influence people to endeavor enthusiastically in order to achieve the influential group's goals, and others define leadership as influencing people to achieve a common goal (Rezaiean, 2011). Despite many definitions given about the leadership, some common points among all the above could be yet emphasized in case of the leadership definition. These common points are as follows (A) Leadership is a process (B) Leadership is mixed with change (C) Leadership occurs within a group (D) Leadership is purposeful (Afjeie, 2011).

Leadership is about developing leaders and building capability in the system.Until recently the Leader was considered as a Hero, who has followers. They used to be admired for their courage, outstanding achievements or noble qualities. But now in the 21 st century a Leader is someone who guides, inspires, motivates others to do more. Now Leaders exercise a high degree of influence over others to do more, others can be your seniors, colleagues, team members, subordinates or sometimes may be your seniors too. The definition and responsibilities of a Leader is drastically changing. This article is an attempt to understand the evolution of the concept of Leadership till 2020. Each Leadership style is also explained with appropriate case studies.Also an attempt is made to understand the leadership skills which we can inculcate in today's world which can help us to excel in all aspects of our life.

Leadership is one of the most discussed topics in literature across all different industries and sciences.