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Leadership and Management: What is occupied in being a successful leader?

   

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What is occupied in being a successful leader?...........................................................................3Can good leadership be developed, how?....................................................................................5What distinguish leadership from management?.........................................................................6What have you learnt about leadership from your own experiences, on this course andelsewhere?..................................................................................................................................10REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................132

What is occupied in being a successful leader?Leader is an individual or group of people who are responsible for accomplishment ofspecific objectives as well as goals. An activity carried out by leader is leadership that willrender guidelines for employees. Apart from this, successful leader possess diverse skills, traitsand style which aids them to fulfil objectives and goals of an individual, Richard Branson. Big Five personality traits: Richard Branson is utilising five personality dimensions forproviding as well as leading support to employees (Baloglu, 2012). These dimensions are takeninto consideration as underlying traits which will aid them to make overall personality of anindividual. The personality traits which are being followed by Richard Branson for beingsuccessful are known as OCEAN model. They are illustrated below:Openness: Leader is an individual who puts their effort to learn new things and have newexperience by which high score can be attained in openness. It comprises of traits likeimaginative, insightful and possess broader scope of interest. All this will aid Richard Branson tobe a successful leader by which organisational goals can be attained.Conscientiousness: Leaders are conscientious which comprises of skills like thorough, methodicand organised. Individuals who have attained higher degree of conscientiousness are prompt andreliable. For being a successful leader as well as accomplishment of goals in effectual mannerRichard Branson requires this trait. Extraversion: They are the individuals who gain energy while communicating with others andRichard Branson possesses traits like talkative, assertive and energetic. Such leaders will be ableto impact other employees and will be able to acquire success. Agreeableness: Leaders with these traits are compassionate, cooperative and friendly withinnature. Traits possessed by Richard Branson are sympathetic, affectionate and kind. They candevelop a friendly environment within organisation which will lead them to assist their colleaguesto attain their goals thereby leads to success.Neuroticism: It is also referred to as emotional stability and neuroticism dimension which isassociated with extent of negative vibes as well as stability in emotions. In this traits are tense andmoody. There is no need of such traits within a leader at higher extent or level as it leads tocreation of negative energy within working environment. Therefore, aggregation of these traits will lead to become a triumphant leader as well attaintheir objectives and goals. In addition to this, there is need of some skills which required forbeing successful. These skills are given by Katz, they are elaborated below:3

Katz three skills approach:Three major skills are found by Katz, they are conceptual, humanand technical. Conceptual are used for formulation of vision, human for interacting with peopleand technical are associated with individuals. They are further explained below:Technical skills: It is associated with knowledge about proficiency within specific type of workor activity. It comprises of competencies in expertise field, ability to utilise techniques as well astools and analytical ability with respect to certain situations. Richard Branson has essentialtechnical skills which plays crucial role through which actual products can be formulated by anorganisation.Human skills: It is connected with ability to carry out work with individuals similar to technicalskills which involves ability to effort with things. Richard Branson possesses human skillsthrough which it makes them to work in required manner with their subordinates, peers andsuperiors. For an example, effectual communication is crucial human skill which is required towork in effectual manner. I addition to this, creation of affirmative environment, team spirit,motivation and many others are also crucial.Conceptual skills: An organisation expects this skill from leaders as they are responsible forcreation of vision, render directions and motivate individuals is that organisational goals can beattained. Apart from this, Richard Branson has this ability to work with hypothetical as well asabstraction situations.Accumulation of these three skills in Richard Branson leads organisation to acquire theirgoals which lead to success.Situational approach: This approach denotes leaders who adapt to working style as persituations prevailing within organisation. Supportive and directive are two dimensions on whichfocus is laid on. Richard Branson gives effectual guidelines to their colleagues as well assubordinates. This is a practical approach and it is applied by leader according to needs ofemployees through which objectives can be accomplished. Richard Branson had adapted to thisskill as per situation which prevails, factors which contributes within accomplishment of task etc.Transformational leadership: It refers to open minded, friendly, provides familiarenvironment, smarter, cared about emotions and work harder so that organisational goals can battained. Richard Branson has long term vision which involves innovative as well as creativeideas while formulation of decision. They set an example for subordinated by creation of trust4

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