This paper discusses the issue of leadership in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). We contemplate about the notion that successful companies and often leaders in their respective fields of business when it comes to innovations, novelty, business courage, openness to the new ideas, or intentions to learn new things. In addition, we focus on the role of the SMEs owners and managers as leaders who pave the way for their companies' success and growth. Our results show that typical leadership qualities are usually the same across various fields of business and company types. Moreover, we demonstrate that there is a clear connection between leadership and success in doing business. In addition, we show that enterprise led by the managers or owners who clearly depict leadership traits (e.g. are not afraid of taking some healthy risk) tend to be more successful and to seize the larger portions of the market.
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