People, Culture & Contemporary Leadership
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People, Cultureand contemporary leadershipReflection
Leadership 1IntroductionLeadership is crucial for the success of any business. It is important for individuals to consistently work upon their leadership abilities in order to lead teams of the future (Yukl, 2013).This course has been extremely helpful for me to understand the importance of leadership in a business organization as well as throw light upon my leadership skills. Leadership attributes of an individual play a vital role in defining the kind of a leader the person will become. A great leader is bestowed upon with the responsibility of guiding, motivating and assisting followers (Bryman, 2013). Leaders are imperative for the growth of any organization because leaders effectively guide the team to consistently perform better in the work place. They can be reached out to by different team members and work towards addressing team members’ grievances and resolving conflicts as and when they arise. Therefore, leaders play a critical role in the success ofany business. This reflective report highlights upon the different leadership theories that we havestudied in this course. I have also tried to identify my leadership style. Various activities and questionnaires were conducted throughout the duration of this course which have helped me gaina deeper insight about my leadership skills.Leadership stylesVarious leaders have different leadership styles. Different situations demand varied leadership styles and it is important to note that no particular leadership style works consistently in every situation (Bolman & Deal, 2017). The different leadership styles that were introduced to us in this course were democratic leadership, transformational leadership, Autocratic leadership, Charismatic leadership, Laissez-fair leadership and many more. I learnt from this course that different organizations, businesses, departments and teams require different forms of leadership for growth. No specific leadership style can work for everyone (Day, 2014). Therefore, it is important that leaders must be able to comprehend the required leadership style for a given situation and act in accordance with the same. We also learnt about various renowned leaders like Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Barack Obama and many others including their leadership styles. During the class activities, we were given various situations and we were asked to adopt the best leadership style for that situation.
Leadership 2This is where I learnt, that with a team of self-motivated, competent, cooperative and experienced members, democratic leadership style can be adopted in order to allow everyone to freely communicate and make combined decisions (Bhatti et. al., 2012). On the other hand, if theteam members are young people who are full of energy and vigor but lack the required experience, then charismatic leadership strategy can be adopted to motivate them in the right direction. This is the first time that I learnt about charismatic leadership. This is ideally, the ability or the style of a leader to lead a team where authority derives from the leader’s charisma and flamboyance (Spisak et. al., 2013). There are many youngsters who are fresh out of college and require a leader to motivate them. In such cases, it is imperative that the leader is someone that the team members can look up to. However, I also understood that charismatic leadership involves the charisma of a leader but it is also backed by the leader’s competency and skill. For example, Elon Musk is a charismatic leader who has a flamboyant personality and his employeescan look up to him. He is a pioneer of innovation and technology in a business and his impeccable decision making skills make him a charismatic leader.Through different case studies, we studied about different leaders that have led the world and how each of them differed in their strategies and tactics. Leadership is not only important in organizations but it also important to run countries and economies with efficiency. This is why most countries elect or select leaders who can guide the country to development and growth. Thereason why state elections are so important are because it is critical for the people of a country toselect their leaders because it is these leaders who will represent the country for the next few years.One interesting thing that I learnt in this class was transformational leadership. These are the leaders who become a part of a team and change the face of it in the most effective manner (Kark& Shamir, 2013). As the name suggests, transformational leaders create a transformation at the very core of a team and assist as well as motivate the team into the entire change management process. While studying this course, I identified that this is the kind of a leader that I wish to become. Transformational leaders are visionaries and foresee the future in the most effective manner. They see a vision, set goals towards it and work towards achieving them. Through this course, while conducting research on leaders, I also started learning about different leaders. Since then, I have always admired Jeff Bezos who is the CEO of Amazon Inc. The company
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