Leadership and Ethics

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LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

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Leadership and Ethics
Leadership is regarded as the process or action of influencing and leading a group of
people towards the attainment of the goals. Leadership is exercised by a leader who has the
capability to influence a majority of people and also has the required personality to provide
guidance and support to employees within the organization (Western, 2019). Ethics are the
moral principles that define the right behavior of the leader. A leader is supposed to be ethical in
all the decisions and also the conduct in order to provide better messages to the organization and
its people (Fransen, Vanbeselaere, De Cuyper, Vande Broek, & Boen, 2018). Here, the
essay discusses my leadership experience at the workplace where I had taken a leadership
approach for the betterment of my organization. In the foregoing analysis of my experience, I
have applied various theories of motivation and also leadership on my experience for better
analysis of the situation. Further, in this essay, I have explained the problems related to my
experience and also elaborated the tactics that I have used for coping with the situation. Also, I
have reflected my experience in terms of ethical or good leadership which is crucial for the
organization along with the recommendations for the future situation.
While working into the organization on the position of a manager, I noticed that the
employees of my company were leaving the organization very frequently one after the other. In
the discussion with the employees, I analyzed that the major cause for the employee turnover
was the increasing stress of work. Due to this, the employees were demotivated and often leaving
the organization. The condition also led to the decreased productivity of the company. Therefore,
for dealing with this situation, I had taken a leadership approach to deal with the situation. It can
be noted that leadership is not always giving direction and being a boss, it means understanding
the problems of the employees and solve them on the priority basis (Joseph, Dhanani, Shen,
McHugh, & McCord, 2015).
Therefore, I started by having a healthy conversation with every employee in order to
understand their problems and provided them guidance to cope with the situation. In my
leadership journey, I also organized employee engagement programs and recreational activities
within the workplace for the purpose of removal of stress of the employees. Also, I had arranged
a rewards and recognition session for praising the talent of the employees. Thus, this approach

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helped me and it boosted the morale of my employees and it ultimately reduced the employee
turnover through the retainment of the employees. Further, these employee engagement
programs led to the increased job satisfaction and also led to the maximum productivity of the
company. However, it can be noted that a good leader guides the employees and takes regular
feedback for the purpose of making an employee feel involved (Eisenbeiss, Van
Knippenberg, & Fahrbach, 2015). By keeping this in mind, I asked the employees about
their problems and also tried to analyzes the root of the problem in order to act as a problem
solver and also a sound decision which is the significant aspect of the leadership. Therefore, the
whole scenario maximized the job satisfaction and also led to the solution for the problem of
employee turnover.
Furthermore, relevant theories can be applied on my situation. It can be noted that
leadership practice and the motivation helped me in the situation. Therefore, leadership theories
can be applied accordingly as per the situation. The first leadership theory that I am applying in
this situation is the transformational theory. As per the transformational leadership theory, the
leaders make interactions with the employees or the followers in order to create a trustworthy
relationship with the employees (Banks, McCauley, Gardner, & Guler, 2016). This
ultimately leads to the motivation of the employees. Under this theory, transformational leaders
demonstrate their leadership experience in front of the employees in order to inspire employees
through the success stories (Njoroge, Gachunga, & Kihoro, 2015). Such leaders believe in
flexible laws and try to create a belongingness with the employees. Similarly, in my journey of
leadership approach, I have tried to make interactions with my employees. Also, I have focused
on employee satisfaction and tried to create a collaborative partnership with the employees. In
this way, the employees were able to share their problems due to trust and also believe in me that
I will help them. In this way, this theory is very much relatable to my experience of retaining
employees at my workplace.
Further, the second theory that can be applied is the situational theory. Situational theory
states that the leadership style of a leader changes as per the situation. Moreover, it suggests that
one leadership style cannot be applicable in all the situations and therefore variations are
required (Thompson & Glasø, 2015). A leader under this theory, examines the type of
followers and the nature of the task. Also, leaders formalize the leadership style based upon the