The Future of Leadership: Exploring Different Theories and Their Implications

THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP 1
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THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP 2
The future of Leadership
From the module leadership theory and practice, one can learn a lot of important
things. There are multiple leadership theories given in this book. People always try to define
what is meant by being a good leader (Bush, 2010 p. 69). These book give vital theories
which tend to explain leadership. These theories include transformational methods,
behavioural approaches, trait theory, contingency theory and transactional theories (Western,
2008 p. 77-80).
The trait theory tends to explain that leaders are born with the necessary skills meant
for leadership. (Western, 2008p. 87-100). These skills and traits usually include intelligence,
responsibility and creativity. These are traits that are said to make one a perfect leader.
Behavioural theory is mostly based on leaders’ behaviours rather than his physical, mental
and social characteristics. This theory classifies leaders into two (Bush, 2010 p. 180). Those
that pay more attention to people and those pay more attention to tasks. We also had the
contingency theory which tends to explainthat a single statement cannot be used to explain
leadership. It further states that a leader emerges from situations of life. In this module, we
also saw the transactional theory which in other words referred to as exchange theory. It
stated that leadership is based on the relationship one has with the followers.
These means that having a position of power does not necessarily make one a leader.
Moreover, it is not the position of power that makes one strong but his leadership skills. For
one to be an effective leader, he needs to have the necessary skills and knowledge. Moreover
one needs to show the different leadership skills. These skills greatly assist someone to create
a good working environment. Thus he can easily command respect and love from the team
members. Leaders can take the necessary initiatives in an innovative way which makes it