Leadership and Management: Understanding the Traits and Approaches

Individual Report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK ..............................................................................................................................................3
Q1.What is involves in being a successful leader ?....................................................................3
Q2. Can good leadership be developed, and if so, how ?...........................................................5
Q3. What distinguish leadership from management ?................................................................6
Blake Mouton Grid.....................................................................................................................6
Q.4 What have you learnt about the leadership from your own experiences on this module ....8
and/or elsewhere?.......................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Leadership may be defined as the process of influencing and guiding followers of an enterprise
unit. It helps in making sound decisions and articulate a clear vision towards the fulfilment of
organisational goals along with providing the required tools in order to achieve those objectives
(Guest, 2019). They are the foundation of a sound team that directs its members in various
aspects of the organisation. It plays a vital function in making the enterprise successful. It also
enhance the productivity of the employees and organisation. This report will cover the
importance of involvement of a effective leader along with the theories of Greatman and Ralph
Stogdill's common traits. Further it also provides how can a good leadership can be developed
and the difference between leadership from management along with the Mintzberg's
management role. Finally it includes what are the traits that an individual have obtained from it.
TASK
Q1.What is involves in being a successful leader ?
It is a very crucial function of the management process. It helps in proper utilisation of its
workforce resources. A good leader makes the strategic planning in a very structured way so that
it becomes easier to attain the organisational objectives in a time frame period (Overby, 2021). A
successful leader collaborates its effective team members with the aim of completing the
provided task. There are various theories that are being involved in being a successful leader.
Greatman theory
This theory was propounded by Thomas Carlyle in 19th century, states that some people
are born with special attributes and that makes different from other people. A good leader sets an
example by completing complex task for his followers. The person who have this power should
deserve a better standard for his special power attributes (Baldwin and Chamberlain, 2018).
These traits remains constant over the time and in every group of an organisation. They directs

their attributes towards making their team effective and share their key characteristics for the
organisational needs. These traits is not found in every individual as only few have these
characteristics. These leaders are born to create history based on their capabilities and talent.
There are two assumptions of Greatman theory :
 Great leaders are born with special traits that makes them to elevate and raise.
 Great leader will arise when there is need for them is high.
Ralph Stogdill Theory
This theory was propounded by Ralph Stogdill in 1948, which states that the leadership
can be found in persons in a social situation and the also concludes that a person who is a good
leader in a specific field may not be found successful in other situations. He had conducted two
surveys of traits which result that eight leadership traits that are considered for a great leader and
which makes different from average individual (Syros, 2021) It also helps in identifying the
potential leader who have special attributes of traits. Following are the traits of a good leader
 Intelligence- A good leader uses his wisdom and knowledge in order to solve a complex
situation. There are various applications and theories the leader can use in according to
the nature of problem and identifies the best suitable outcome.
 Alertness – A good leader is always alert in order to eliminate the risk of failure along
with the mental quickness so that the team and business can adapt to the rapid change.
 Responsibility – The manager involves in various responsibilities such as conflicts
management, supervision, encouraging its team mates and communication clearly within
an organisation.
 Self Confidence – The leader has a special attributes that makes them unique,self
confidence. The followers can easily believe in their leader if he has confidence. It makes
the whole team positive and manages the risk involves in the given task.
 Intuition – It is one of the most important trait of leadership and the leaders of this trait
are not afraid in decision making. They take decisions by analysing the cause and do not
allow their unconscious mind to affect their decision.
These are the traits which are found in great leaders and by effective using of these
characteristics they are able to direct or guide its team members in a very effective and efficient
way. These traits can be obtained by taking various classes and personal training sessions from