LEA 304 - Leadership Texts and Contexts Assignment

Running Head: LEADERSHIP JOURNAL 3
Leadership- Journal 3
Name of Student:
Name of University:
Author’s Note.

LEADERSHIP- TEXTS AND CONTEXTS1
Introduction
The entire journey of this course has been wonderful for me. In the first two journals I
have discussed about four key style of leadership. These are transformational leadership,
contingency leadership, charismatic leadership & situational leadership. I have always
believed that leader must be able to see or visualize the end state before taking any
managerial decision. I have shared the results of my previous journals with my friend and
asked his opinion. The objective of this paper is to discuss the opinion and comments in
detail. One thing is for sure that I have learned as a part of the feedback process and feedback
system.
Analysis
My definition of leader was that the word ‘leader’ is not confined just to people with
immense power and support at their disposal; but means anyone who inspires and mentors his
companions or colleagues towards a common goal. Thus, the chieftain of a tribe or the
headman of a group of colliers is as much a leader as was Winston Churchill or Mahatma
Gandhi. My friend liked the way I have defined the leadership. He agreed that leadership
could be of a small group or of a large nation. The important thing is that leaders should be
able to take the group forward. My friend suggested that leaders should have a good
relationship with their followers so that leaders can get the work done from the team
members.
The comments and the reactions from my friend suggested that transformational
leadership comes naturally to leaders. It is indeed critical that leaders must learn about the
transformational leadership and various ways of transforming (Breevaart & Bakker, 2014).
However, there are some leaders to whom transformational leadership comes as a natural