Leadership in Business

The provided assignment content discusses the importance of leadership in a business setting. It highlights the key skills required by leaders to motivate and guide their followers, including communication, positivity, trustworthiness, and clear direction. The report also explores different leadership styles, such as transformational leadership, which emphasizes individualized consideration, intellectual stimulation, inspirational motivation, and idealized influence. The author shares their own personal leadership plan, focusing on strengths such as communication skills, positive attitude, creativity, and delegation. The plan aims to reduce weaknesses and bring opportunities for growth in the organization.

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Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Leadership skills..........................................................................................................................................3
Perceptions..................................................................................................................................................4
Leadership styles.........................................................................................................................................4
Implementation of personal leadership plan................................................................................................5
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................7
References...................................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
Leadership is an important element in the business because it maintains the relationship
between employees and employer. The role of leaders is to guide their followers in an
appropriate manner in which they make able themselves to recognize that what is wrong and
what is right. It is required for the leaders to adapt the various theories and qualities to handle the
workforce of the business in an efficient manner. It will reflect the self awareness of leadership
in the business along with the strength and weaknesses of the values of leadership. The
opportunities and barriers will be mentioned in this report.
Leadership skills
It has been analyzed that leadership skill must have in the leader to handle the various
situations in the business. A leadership skill involves the motivation, delegation, positivity, and
trustworthiness, clarity in communication, feedback and responsibility. Leaders must have the
quality of good values and ethics to connect with vital situations through making the followers
understand regarding bad habits such as smoking or drinking in the premises of organization
should be prohibited (Adair, 2013). The activities of leaders has been observed while working,
he engages with the team member and handle every situations patiently whether it’s supportive
or non-supportive by his end. Leader should not misbehave with his employee and always
support them to accomplish the task. I learned that leader has the ability to change the working
environment by giving support to his followers. It will give me satisfactory resolutions.
Leadership is able to encourage my motivation and productivity and help me to attain the goal
progressively (Syed, Bandara, French & Stewart, 2016).

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Perceptions
My perceptions are similar of the person with whom I share my assessment. Leadership
is important tool to manage the situations of the organization. Clear communication, directions
and goals should be clear of leader. Communication is the backbone of the managing the
conversation of the management and leader should have the excellent communication skills so
that company’s vision and mission can be conveyed to the employee in clear manner (Simha,
Armstrong & Albert, 2012). Direction and goals must be decisive as per the person with whom I
shared my assessment so that the leader of the organization will not face any issues to share the
goals of the company with the followers. My perception is different because it is not possible
that leaders get every step and task easy, leaders should have the skills to make the tough
description into easiest manner so that all the employees get better understanding regarding the
goals and objectives of the company.
Leadership styles
There are various leadership styles which have been followed by leaders to encourage
their followers for accomplishing the target within time frame. I as a leader follow
transformational leadership style that refers the involvement of other employee in the decision
making. It enhances the confidence of the employee and gives them job satisfaction because it is
necessary for the organization to make employee feel that they are working at safer place. It is
the leadership which builds social and creative changes in the organization (Nahavandi, 2016).
By using the various motivation techniques, transformational leadership is able to enhance the
motivation of the employees. There are four elements of transformational leadership that is
individualized consideration, intellectual stimulation, inspirational motivation and idealized
influence (Selcer, Goodman, & Decker, 2012). Due to use the style of transformational, it

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influences the employees effectively because I act as a coach and mentor with my followers and
considers their needs and concerns on prior basis (Longenecker & Fink, 2015). I give empathy
and support and keep communication open to all my followers so that they could not get hesitate
to share their views ad ideas. I involve intellectual stimulation in my leadership style that refers
the risk and solicit follower’s ideas. I nurture people who have the ability to think independently.
I motivate my followers ad invest my time to develop their skills. I give preference to the ethical
behaviour and in case of any issues or conflicts, as per company’s norms and policies I will take
action against them who breaches the policy of an organization.
Implementation of personal leadership plan
Personal leadership plan of mine can be implemented if I focus to my strength for
reducing the weaknesses of mine. I analyzed myself and found that my communication skills,
positive attitude, creativity and delegation are my strength. The issues arise in the organization
when the employees of the organization are unable to understand the objectives and goals of the
company, I am able to convey the objectives and goals of the organization in front of them in an
appropriate way and delegate the responsibilities as per their abilities. My positive attitude will
enhance the productivity of the employee and make them sure that they are working at safe
place, along with that positive attitude will be helpful for job satisfaction. Creativity of the leader
brings the innovation in the organization and without innovation employee of the company might
be got bored with their daily work and their learning skills will stop (Mabey & Mayrhofer,
2015). The opportunities of this leadership plan can be the growth of an organization as well as
mine in effective manner. Good environment will bring the opportunity to make changes in the
organization with new technology so that physical efforts can be reduced. Good leaders are able
to see the potential risk and implement the plan in that way so that risk could not get hampered

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the organization. With new opportunities in the organization will be the reason of motivation for
the employees and they will stay with company longer which will enhance the credibility of the
organization (Chang, Chen & Chiou, 2015). There are so many barriers which may cause the
growth of the company. Refusing help, not asking for the right things, lack of functional and
process credibility are certain barriers which may lead the organization adversely. I will not deny
for help to my followers regarding organizational work and update myself about their activity
and target so that time to time I will ensure and motivate them. I will implement of personal
leadership plan with good efficient manner.

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Conclusion
It has been concluded that leadership is consider as the management tool which is
necessary for the business to satisfy their employees by their job. It is the report which has been
discussed the quality of leaders and leadership skills as well as the self awareness. I have learned
that being a good leader is not easy but by following transformational leadership I can win the
trust of employees and motivate them towards accomplish the goals. Certainly, I have
weaknesses but with the help of my strength I will reduce and bring the various opportunities in
the organization for not only in the favor of organization but also for the workers.

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Syed, R., Bandara, W., French, E., & Stewart, G. (2016). The status of research on leadership in
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