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Importance of Leadership in Workplace

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Importance of Leadership in Workplace

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Running Head: Leadership in workplace
Leadership in workplace
Research report
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
B. Literature review.........................................................................................................................1
Importance of leadership in an organization................................................................................1
Leadership styles..........................................................................................................................2
Primal.......................................................................................................................................2
Democratic...............................................................................................................................2
Coaching...................................................................................................................................3
Charismatic...............................................................................................................................3
Authoritative.............................................................................................................................4
Coercive....................................................................................................................................4
Leadership traits...........................................................................................................................5
C. Theory vs. Reality.......................................................................................................................5
Biasness........................................................................................................................................6
Miscommunication.......................................................................................................................6
Misuse of authority......................................................................................................................6
D. Learning conclusion....................................................................................................................6
Leaders maintain a positive attitude.............................................................................................6
Leaders know their team well......................................................................................................7
Leaders better the environment....................................................................................................7
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Leaders build the next generation leaders....................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8
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Introduction
The entire process of leading or guiding a group of people in any organization is referred to as
leadership in a workplace. Leadership is an essential aspect of every organization as it provides
base to the organizational culture, learning of employees and effective functioning of everyday
tasks at workplace. A leader is very different from a manager (Bryman, 2013). A manager is a
person who manages a group of people by the virtue of his or her position in the workplace.
While a leader may or may not be a manager as per the designation in the organization.
Managers have subordinates who report to the manager while leader has followers. Effective
leaders can bring about a positive change in the organization by motivating employees to work
harder and assist them in achieving their goals (Day, 2014).
The reason for selecting this topic for the research is because leadership is a vast subject and
extremely crucial to every organization. The performance of the employees largely depends upon
on the qualifications, nature, behavior, personality and style of the leader they follow. It has also
been noticed that various leaders have different styles of working and it largely impacts the
employee’s work satisfaction and performance. Many organizations actively invest in leadership
development trainings for the same purpose (Hargreaves, 2014).
The report predominantly throws light on the importance of leadership in an organization and
how leaders impact the growth and development of their followers. Every leader has certain
traits and the traits of a good leader are emphasized upon in this report. Leadership styles of
different leaders greatly impact the performance and attitude of the followers. Various prominent
leadership styles are also defined below. This report draws a clear picture about the difference
between theory and reality with practical examples. At last, the report draws conclusion upon
various learnings of the author in the process of writing this report.
B. Literature review
Importance of leadership in an organization
Leadership is a crucial aspect of every organization. Leaders provide base for accomplishment of
goals and setting of the organizational culture. Leaders have a set of followers. Leaders guide,
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