Leadership in Business: Disciplines, Skills, and Roles

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Leadership in Business
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Main disciplines and skills of a team leader....................................................................................3
Role of leader in the team and organization....................................................................................4
Role played by leader in handling difficult situations.....................................................................5
Time Management...........................................................................................................................6
Kinds of manager in an organisation...............................................................................................7
References:......................................................................................................................................8

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Main disciplines and skills of a team leader
Effective leadership incorporates disciplined thought along with that of disciple actions.
Leadership effectiveness is proportional to that of the character of the leader. An important
attribute of a leader is self-discipline and they can apply it in the organization in order to bring
out the best performance of the people in the organization. An ideal leader should work on
themselves before working on other people. Leadership revolves around the preparedness of the
person so that they can perceive their responsibility in a particular situation irrespective of the
cause. A leader should set aside his personal needs and constructively discuss and play a pivotal
role in the process of problem solving. Leadership is about making the right decisions rather than
about making tough decisions (Katzenbach and Smith 2015). An ideal leader should be able to
filter out popularity and emotion so that he can lead a group and set an ethical precedent. They
should serve the greater good and be just and fair. A leader should be able to identify the best
outcome in the case of a given situation and approach the particular situation by engaging other
people within an objective. Leadership should make high level decisions so that it can ensure that
the macro resources are allocated in the right manner on the basis of the priority need
(Tannenbaum, Weschler and Massarik 2013). A leader should constantly appraise the internal
along with the external environment in order to understand what kind of capacity they possess
that can help them achieve an objective.
A good team leader should be able to master the important art of communication. The
team members should be kept briefed and informed regarding important developments. This will
make them feel involved and increase their self-esteem. He should be astute because all kind of
information cannot be passed and an ideal leader should know how to filter matters. A large