Leadership Development

RUNNING HEAD: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
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Leadership
Development
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9/26/2019

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT 1
Leadership Development
Leadership development is concerned with enhancing the skills and abilities of the
leaders for the development of the long term goal. It seeks to increase the caliber of the leaders in
order to perform effective leadership into the organization (Komives, 2016). However, the
theory of leadership development called Leader-Member exchange theory is used for the
strengthening the relationship between the leader and the follower (Herman & Dasborough,
2016). This theory works majorly on two components. First is the role taking where the leader
assumes his/her position in the place of another person and another role is role making where the
members are expected to take new roles by taking the full responsibility of that position.
On the basis of understanding of this leadership theory, it can be implicated on the
employee working into the organization. As the theory specifically increases the employee
involvement, it is able to motivate the employees more and has increased the job satisfaction of
the employees. I have experienced that the knowledge which is acquired by LMX can be helpful
for the employee working into the organization as it can give rise to the development of in-group
employees by proving them an opportunity to grow and achieve the organizational objectives
(Graen, Canedo, & Grace, 2018). LMX theory can be applied to the leader into the
organization. A leader can leverage the leadership skills and enhance the relationship with the
subordinates. The theory can be implied to the leader in the sense that the leader can motivate
their members more and can encourage the employees more. Also, it can be noted LMX theory
focuses on each follower rather than using single leaderships for all the members. Thus, I have
experienced that the knowledge gained can be used for fostering the relationship with each
member into the organization and increases the level of trust and make the followers more
productive. A leader can use the acquired knowledge to increase the self-efficacy of employees.
The knowledge can also be used to reduce the turnover intentions and increases the job
satisfaction.
In-group employees are more trustworthy and loyal persons getting more opportunities
for personal development. Also, it can be noted that there are benefits for being ‘in-group’ for the
employees as it provides more career opportunities and gets more support and guidance from the
leader which ultimately helps in the achievement of the personal goals (Martin, Guillaume,