Leadership Philosophy

Running head: LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY
LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY
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Introduction:
A leader is a person who guides a group of people in order to achieve a certain goal.
He is the in charge of all the responsibilities to help people achieve their goal. A leadership
philosophy consists of moral ideas of how a leader should behave and act. Leadership quality
is developed within when we are able to recognize our passion, strengths and weaknesses
(Pardey 2016). It is important to discover oneself and reflect our problems. Nobody is a born
leader, the philosophies associated with leadership qualities helps a person to become a leader
of the group. Leadership quality comes naturally within one self and the only purpose of
leader is to serve those who need guideline for the course of event. A leader never limits his
knowledge and always tries to learn new things. A leader is a person who is always ready to
face new challenges in life. Leadership philosophies is required to understand how it can
make a normal person differs from a group of flock. Leadership philosophy is an odd
combination of leadership and philosophy, which gives a person an inspiring attitude towards
life. The Principles and the leadership qualities together combine to give the components of
leadership philosophy. A leadership philosophy aims to provide a powerful behavioral code
of conduct. One can develop this philosophy gradually over time with the help of
experiences. The leadership philosophy provides a kind of moral and expert support that
everyone on the team or company can have an account to (Ncube 2010). A leader needs to be
bold enough so that everyone respects him and follows his advices. Therefore, there is a need
to acquire effective personal philosophy of leadership. This helps in empowering and
building a greater position in the minds of the followers. Philosophy is something personal
and which you have the right to choose based on your understanding. To become a successful
leader it is important to be inspiring, collaborative, risk taker and proactive (Stone-Johnson
2014). An ideal leader has clarity of vision and is always fair and supportive.
Leadership Styles:

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There are different types of Leadership style for people with different mindset.
Leadership style can be defined as the behavioral pattern, which is acquired by the leader in
order to influence his followers so that they can achieve their required goal (Latham 2014).
Leadership style is a way to provide proper direction, implement plan and to motivate people.
The leadership style is categoriesed in two ways: Situational approach and behavioral
approach. The behavioral approach further comprises of Autocratic Leadership, Participative
Leadership and Laissez-Faire in power orientation; employee orientation and leadership
orientation while the situational approach comprises of Path-Goal Model, Fiedler’s
Contingency Model and Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Model (Nanjundeswaraswamy
and Swamy 2014).
The leadership style that I use is Democratic leadership. I use democratic leadership
style to encourage my team members to enhance their productivity skills (Yahaya and
Ebrahim 2016). I like to include my team members in several decision making process so that
they do not feel inferior. My motive is to uplift their creativity and to engage them in projects
and problems. This helps my team members to feel motivated towards working hard and to
feel highly satisfied. This style helps the team to participate freely and the best part of this
leadership style is comfortable communication within an organization (Puddington 2014). I
also make sure that my team member has the capability to work on his or her own. The
phrase ‘laissez-faire’ is French phrase that literally means ‘leave on their own’. I do not try to
control my people rather I give them freedom to utilize their own knowledge and to work on
their own. Participating in various decision making process will make the group spend more
time with each other which will eventually result in strong team unit. Using this style of
leadership, I try to maximize the scope of flexibility and creativity among the members. One
of the best example of this style of leader is Mahatma Gandhi who always believed in their
followers and never commanded anyone to follow his rules and regulations but rather