Leadership Styles and Characteristics

Running head: LEADERSHIP STYLES AND CHARACTERISTIC
Leadership Styles and Characteristic
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Leadership styles and characteristics of leadership...................................................................3
Characteristics of the leader being admired...............................................................................3
Own leadership style..................................................................................................................4
Environmental and societal factors influencing approach to leadership....................................5
Economic conditions influence leadership style........................................................................5

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Leadership styles and characteristics of leadership
The major purpose of leadership is to make the organisational vision achieved and
ensure that each and every organisational members are guided properly towards successful
accomplishment of the business goals and objectives with ease and efficiency. The leaders
are also handed over with the roles and responsibilities of setting the performance targets and
manage cooperative interaction among the employees of the organisation to ensure putting
the right amount of efforts, furthermore facilitate learning and development along with
refining the policies, principles and procedures required to create convenience for the staffs to
contribute largely to the organisation (Ahmad & Ibrahim, 2015).
Considering the scope of the assignment, I have selected Jeff Bezos as an effective
leader whom I admire. Jeff Bezos is the CEO of Amazon, one of the largest multinational
company with its headquarters in United States. Jeff has been a visionary leader, according to
many, and has been a technology entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor and also the president,
CEO and chairman of Amazon. Amazon is a multinational technology company that has
specialised on e-commerce technology and delivers good quality technology based solutions
including cloud computing services, artificial intelligence and digital streaming services
(Walker & Aritz, 2015). The company sells grocery items, electronic goods, food items and
most importantly, everything that people need to fulfil their needs and requirements
effectively at present.
Characteristics of the leader being admired
I admire the leadership of Jeff Bezos because he has been revolutionary and has
transformed the entire business by facilitating the e-commerce and even focused on
enhancing the business performance largely. The behaviours and characteristics that the
leaders present within the organisation reflect the leadership style that they possess and also