Leadership Theories and Styles

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Leadership Theories and Styles
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Introduction
Servant leadership is not a leadership style but a leadership approach. As a servant leader,
a person should focus on the needs of other people rather than their needs. This leads to
enhanced trust, stronger relation and higher engagement among team members and stakeholders.
This report compares servant leadership with other leadership styles and its efficiency in
profitable and non-profitable business organizations.
Question 1
a) Why were they leaders?
These people were leaders because they could inspire trust from people around them
through physical example and by having honest communication (Parris & Peachey, 2013).
Additionally, these people were leaders because they continually looked to improve and evolve.
b) Do you think their personality or their skills were most responsible for their
effectiveness at being a leader?
Personality has got adverse impacts on a person’s life since it regulates the manner which
they interact with others. Personality’s big five factors include intellectance, dependability,
emotional stability, agreeableness, and surgency. These five personality traits results to effective
leadership performance.
c) Consider the differences in being a servant and being a leader. Are there situations in
which these two concepts can merge?

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A servant gives priority to the interests of other people while a leader does not prioritize
on the interests of the team members. The two concepts at times merge because the servant and
the leader seek for opportunities to partner with groups as well as people in addressing
environmental, societal, and company’s issues.
Question 2
a) Compare and contrast servant leadership with the other leadership styles. Provide a
detailed explanation for your evaluation that demonstrates clear, insightful critical thinking.
In terms of inclusivity, relational leadership style basically emphasizes on bringing the
staff together for a variety of viewpoints. However, the servant leadership style does not concern
itself with building inclusivity within the work setting. In this case, relational leaders aim at
combining diverse workforce’s cross-section such that all the viewpoints of a goal are considered
(Black, 2013). On the other hand, charismatic leadership makes use of consistent communication
strategies in communicating unconventional vision aimed at offering a solution rather than on the
status quo.
b) Evaluate the usefulness of servant leadership to both for-profit and non-profit
organizations. Provide a detailed explanation for your evaluation that demonstrates clear,
insightful critical thinking.
Servant leadership assumes that involving the people who are to implement a particular
policy in the process of decision-making creates a better understanding along with the
implementation of the formulated policies (Carter & Baghurst, 2014). Servant leadership has got
several advantages to both for-profit and non-profit companies. For instance, people mostly work