Leadership in Business

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Leadership in Business

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Table of Contents
Trait Theory.....................................................................................................................................3
Situational, Transformational and Servant Leadership...................................................................4
Identify a Leader..............................................................................................................................6
Leadership Scenarios.......................................................................................................................7
Personal Leadership/Management Profile.......................................................................................8
References......................................................................................................................................10

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Trait Theory
1. From the overview of the Trait Theory of Leadership, I tend to have a feeling possessing
three different traits like People Skills, Creativity and Task Competence.
Regarding People Skills, I as a Department Manager in a retail institution reflected the
potential of interacting effectively with the members of my team, the team leaders, senior
members of the store management and finally with the customers. Honing such
interpersonal skills not only contributed in developing strengthened and quality
relationships with both the internal and external stakeholders but also contributed in
exchange of ideas.
From the Creative viewpoint, as a Department Manager I took over an additional role of
supervising the Visual Merchandising activities both along the department and the
organization as a whole. My knowledge of visual merchandising ideally helped in
creating a color appeal along the store which in turn contributed in enhancing the flow of
consumer traffic inside the store (Glendon, Clarke, & McKenna, 2016).
Finally, in terms of Task Competence, I was ordered by the Store Manager in seeing the
affairs of the store in that both the store and assistant store manager were required to
attend a conference. It was a great opportunity for me in that I was required in reflecting
needed competence in acting as a Store Manager and I served the day in an effective
fashion in that under my leadership the store gained on both margins and returns for that
day’s operation (Garcia, 2014).

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2. I further possess the trait of an effective Team Leader such that I have the capability in
not only arranging teams at the workplace but also in continually interacting, motivating
and monitoring their performance of meeting departmental and organizational objectives.
3. Surely, based on the traits analyzed above I surely feel that I reflect the potential of an
effective leader. Like an effective leader, I tend to share my vision and views with the
team members and also carry out quality interpersonal relationships with other members
of the store for helping in the meeting of departmental and store objectives (Robinson,
2016).
Situational, Transformational and Servant Leadership
1. Situational Leadership
The theoretical aspect of Situational Leadership is developed by management scientists
Paul Hersey and Kenneth Blanchard. It essentially reflects that managers and business or
organizational leaders are required to bear needed flexibility in their behaviors and
working styles such that the same can be effectively adjusted or streamlined for
effectively matching with the attitudes and performance style of the subordinate groups
that are needed to be influenced for the betterment of the organization as a whole
(Lehmann, 2016).
Transformational Leadership
The concept of Transformational or Change Leadership was introduced to the
management literature by McGregor Burns. Transformational or Change Leadership
refers to the leadership style where a leader introduces his or her subordinate staffs to