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Table of ContentsTASK 1............................................................................................................................................1P1 What is involved in being a successful leader?.....................................................................1TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5P2 Can good leadership be developed, and if so, how?..............................................................5TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6P3 What distinguishes leadership from management?................................................................6TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8P4 What have you learnt about leadership from your own experiences, on this course andelsewhere?...................................................................................................................................8REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
TASK 1P1 What is involved in being a successful leader?The term leadership brings to mind a variety of images, i.e. an explorer, an executiveand a manager as well. A leader is a person who is able to deliver results without givingimportance to their jobs. Along with this, successful leaders have the power to influence theirsubordinates; it results accomplishment of business goals and objectives in an effective manner.Successful leaders are focused to know when to seize market opportunities and how influencesubordinates to do any task or activity towards attaining firm's goals and objectives (Gayle,Tewarie and White Jr, 2011). The best leaders have a combination of three aspects, such are stated as under: - Individual Traits – In order to understand an individual's traits or characteristic it is essential forcorporate associations to implement Trait theory of leadership. The theory is emphasised ondetermining several personality traits which are associated with successful and strong leadershipin variety of situations. Trait theory of leadership is based upon “Great man theory” whichsignifies that leaders are born: it identifies that there are certain behavioural characteristicswhich are common in leaders. (Hendriks and Scheerens, 2013).I Implications of leadership arestated as under: - Certain traits produce certain patterns of behaviourThese patterns are consistent across different situationsPeople are born with these leadership traitsSkills – Where the trait approach taken into consideration the personality of an individualbut to understand attitude or behaviour of a leader Style Approach can be acquired. In thismanner, Katz’s Three Skills Model can be adopted by business associations thus to improvetheir skills and competencies. The skill approach of leadership states that different leaders havedifferent behaviour which allows them to act in several situations. Styles – There is no specific leadership styles that suits for all situations but it helps tounderstand a common approach of leadership thus to develop or boost up individuals skills. Inthis manner, Blake Mouton Managerial Grid, a popular framework for thinking about a leader's"task versus person" orientation. Contextual – This aspect of leadership involves three approaches, such as - 1
Situational approach - The basic premises of this leadership application is that there areseveral situations which occur within working environment which can affect individuals effortsor action. As above mentioned that there is no specific leadership style for leaders to deal with allproblems and issues; so Situational approach suggested that leaders are required to implementtheory as per the nature of situation. While applying the theory, various principles must befollowed: - Language learning is habit-formationMistakes affect negatively, hence they should be ignored because it give rise to badhabits. Different languages have to be learned properly so as to deal with people of diversenature. Contingency model – The model is based upon contingency theory of Fred Fiedler it isassociated with effectiveness of leadership within business organisations. As the theory is basedupon relation between performance of a company and leadership. It is one of the oldest situation-contingent leadership theories which signifies that if a corporate association wants to attaingroup efficiency then there is needed to evaluate a leader on premises of underlying traits orcharacteristics.Path goal theory – The theory was formulated in order to define the way through whichleaders inspire and support their subordinates for accomplishing specific goals and objectives.Specifically, leaders have to clarify the path thus followers get to know which way to go (Dohand Quigley, 2014). Path goal theory describes to arise the rewards along with ways anderadicates roadblocks which stops them to attain team goals and objectives. RelationalServant leadership – This leadership style signifies that servant-leader is servant first.Servant leadership style is a balance and blend of servant and a leader; thus servant leader is theperson who have values contribution of every individual and seeks out their viewpoints. Thesepeople cultivate a cultural of faith or trust with others because won't follow others withouthaving trust upon them. Transformational leadership – Its a style of leadership in which leaders work with otherteams in order to determine required changes and implement a vision thus to implement changesthrough inspiration and innovation. In addition to this, transformational leadership increase2
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