Leadership Styles Report | Questions-Answers

Running head: LEADERSHIP STYLES
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Executive Summary
The aim of the report is to analyse the various leadership styles that are used by aspirant
leaders in order to achieve the mission and vision of the organisations. This reports further
make an analysis of the Starbuck case in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the servant
leadership style on this organisation.

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Table of Contents
Part 1..........................................................................................................................................3
Question 1..................................................................................................................................3
Question 2..................................................................................................................................5
Question 3..................................................................................................................................6
Question 4..................................................................................................................................7
Question 5..................................................................................................................................8
Part 2........................................................................................................................................10
Introduction..........................................................................................................................10
Discussion............................................................................................................................10
Conclusion............................................................................................................................18
References................................................................................................................................19

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Part 1
Question 1.
Leadership is the quality or skill of an individual that influence the subordinate’s or
followers to achieve the aim of an organisation or group. There are different kind of
leadership theories and every leadership theory has different features and characteristics that
are applicable for different organisations or different type of people. It has been observed
from a recent research that the leadership is not only defined as a position but it is a process
that helps to build relationship among different people. By acquiring a systematic
u7nderstanding of the leadership theories it will be possible for the potential leaders to think
critically and create a communication system that will enable them to motivate others in
achieving the desired objective of the organisation (Dugan 2017).
The leadership theories will help the aspiring leaders to select their individual style of
leadership which best suited with his or her individual character and on that basis they can
encourage the followers to attain the target that is set for them. Leadership quality of every
individual cannot be the same the leadership theories can be supportive to the leaders to
follow a specific style that will make them more efficient to manage the followers so that
they does not get overburden with responsibilities and can do their duty effectively . The
leadership theory will help the aspiring leader not only to lead but also to guide the followers
how to perform and give their best to achieve success and fulfil organisational goals (Meuser
et al 2019).
a)
Leadership is a very difficult task as they have manage both the employer and the
employees, so in doing such difficult task the leaders have to ask questions to themselves to
evaluate their efficiency these two fundamental questions are

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“Am I doing the right thing for the right reason “?
Do I spend enough time with my team?
b)
Two main features of leadership
A leader should contain many skills and characteristic features in order to inspire the
followers and to make them efficient to perform the two important features of leadership are
stated below
 Transparency and
 Trust
c )
Leadership theory
The different leadership theories (style) are the following
 Great man theories
 Trait theories
 Contingency theories
 Situational theories
 Behavioural theories
 Participative theories
d)
The two leadership style that are applicable for volatile and complex environment it
will be essential to have these two kind of leadership style
 Purpose driven leadership style and

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 Shared leadership style
e )
Different leadership style can provide different ideas about managing an organisation
so in order to acquire more professional skills it will be essential to take a detail knowledge
about various kind of leadership styles (Ruben and Gigliotti 2017).
Question 2
In order to assess the quality of their leadership style and to measure the efficiency of
their work it is indispensable for the aspiring leaders to evaluate the involvement that they
made in generating and implementing the mission and vision of a business enterprise.
(Alabdulhadi Schyns and Staudigl 2017)
a)
Organisational mission and vision
A vision is aim that the company want to attain in the coming days on the contrary a
mission report is more focused on the current objectives of the organisation.
b)
Influence individuals make in implementing mission and vision
Individuals by working efficiently and as per the instruction of the leaders can
contribute in implementing the mission and vision of the companies.
c)
Contributions leaders make in implementing mission and vision
The leaders by setting the targets to the subordinates assist in achieving the objectives
of the organisation and give motivation so that they can execute their performance in an