Leadership and Leadership Theories

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Blog Post on Leadership and Leadership Theories
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Blog Post on Leadership and Leadership Theories
Leadership is the process through which an individual takes charge of others within an
organization, influences their actions, and decisions to conform to the organizations. Leadership
is a key pillar of every organization. It must always be present because it is the leaders who have
the obligation to be in charge of all the other employees. Among the roles that the leader
performs include the influencing and motivation of the employees to discharge all their
responsibilities for the sake of propelling them to accomplishing organizational goals. For
leadership to be effective, its implementation process should be done in accordance will well-
outlined leadership theories. Leadership theory is a framework upon which leadership tactics and
strategies are based (Buil, Martínez & Matute 2019). Before I joined this course, I did not know
much about leadership theory. Following the research that I had conducted sometime earlier, I
had assumed that there are only two leadership theories-participative and contingency theories.

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Figure 1: Church-Symbol of Authority
Participative, as its name suggests, is a leadership theory that advocates for the
participation of the stakeholders. In an organization, there are always many stakeholders who are
supposed to work together because each of whom has an important role to play in the
organization. Therefore, even if a leader has got all the powers, influences, and privileges, he or

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she should not dominate everyone. Instead, a god leader should create room for everyone to
participate and be involved in the leadership process (Glatthorn, Boschee, Whitehead & Boschee
2018). This can be done by allowing them to take part in the major decision-making processes
within the organization. From this perspective, it means that an ideal leader is someone who does
not assume an authoritative role within an organization. The involvement and participation of all
the team members is advantageous because it motivates and inspires the employees to serve the
organization with all the morale that it takes. Involvement gives workers a feeling of a sense of
recognition, appreciation, and acknowledgment.
Figure 2: Teamwork, Illustration
Contingency is a type of leadership theory that emphasizes that leadership is a flexible
undertaking that do not necessarily need to rely on one particular framework, standard, style or
tactic. Rather, the theory states that leadership should be dynamic and be ready to change from
tie to time depending on the situation at hand. A leader who applies a contingency theory, hence,