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TABLE OF CONTENTS1. The Things involved in being a successful leader................................................................12.Can good leadership be developed, and if so, how?................................................................33 Difference between leadership and management.....................................................................64. Reflection on leadership experience.......................................................................................9

1. The Things involved in being a successful leader The best leaders posses combination of various abilities as well as core competencieswhich enables therm to become different from other people in an organisation.There are various models as well as theories which defines the skills and qualities of aneffective leader.Trait Theory : This hypothesis is based on the assumption that leaders are born. Trait theory alsostates that an individual those who have suitable qualities as well as traits can become leaders.This theory also dictates that behavioural characteristics are common in all the larders. Traitstheory also states that leaders have some specific qualities which enables them to lead . Thesome qualities which are highlighted by Trait theory are :Assertiveness: It is defined as the quality of being self-assured and confident . Effectiveleaders are always assured and they have confidence on decision made by them. Leaders withassertive quality or skills share their opinion and by utilising such ability they influence otherpeople for executing specific task (Rahim, 2017). Such types of leaders also respect the opinionsor ideas shared by other people.Dependability: It is considered to be as necessary trait which an individual as a leader isrequired to posses. This trait assist leaders in developing trust. An effective leader has sense ofresponsibility as well as dependability. For instance, With dependability leaders can have focuson more than one activity (Lopez and Ensari,2014). The dependability trait assist leader ongetting the task completed on time. Another instance, supporting followers in completing theirwork will assist leader in reducing the time required for training to employees and keepsoperations moving with fewer mistakes. It also assists in building unity among team members.Persistence : Leaders with such type of trait consider failure as the temporary hurdles. Inother words' leader have high potential to continue move forward. Effective leaders have highstrength to accept the challenge. For instance , popular leaders like, Thomas J. Watson wasconned and had no money, investment or job. Uncertain situation has happened in life of Thomasdue to which he lost his money (Iqbal,2013). But still he has taken high efforts to achievesuccess in his career, as of a result of which Thomas J. has successfully accomplished his careerobjectives.Adaptability : It is the good quality of the best leaders that they can easily adjustthemselves in new environment. Adaptability is considered to be as most valuable ability.

Katz’s Three Skills Model : As per this hypothesis an effective leader posses mainly three skillsthese are technical, conceptual and human.Technical skills:knowledge of Unix/Linux Operating System , data base managementsystem , etc. are considered to be as technical skills. Technical knowledge varies as per thenature of business operations.Human skills;It includes the ability of an individual to work with other people. Thisability enables leaders to work effectively. Example of human skills include ability tocommunicate, influencing power etc.Conceptual skills: Such types of abilities assist leader in developing new ideas. Forinstance creativity, decision making etc.Lewis leadership styles :Autocratic leadership style :Leaders with this type of leading style make their owndecision without consulting with other team members.Demographic leadership : leaders with this type of style involves team members indecision making process.Laissez- Faire : Such types of leaders allow other people to take decision on their behalf.Situational approach :This concept of leadership states that there is no single style whichcan be used by leaders in all situation. It is required by leaders to select leadership style based onneed by followers as well as demand of situation. Instance of situational leadership can be basedon the following situation one is telling , in this leader defines the roles as well as responsibilityof worker closely supervises them.Contingency Model :This hypothesis states that leaders is required to change theirmanagement style based on the situation. Contingency Model also dictates that motivations arecontingent upon the ability of leader to control situations.Path Goal theory : It is required by leaders in an organisation to set the short or longterm targets for their followers (Barrick and et.al., 2013). This concept states that leaders areaccountable for clearing a “path" for followers , so that they can easily achieve their goals.Servant leadership: Leader with this type of leadership approach have good listeningskills. In addition to this they also have some qualities like healing, empathy, awareness and

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