Leadership Styles and Effectiveness
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Leadership ManagementProfessional Development
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Leadership in the workplace
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3Leadership skills in Bestway Group, UK........................................................................................3Importance of Leadership in workplace .........................................................................................4Styles of Leadership adopted by various organisation....................................................................5Theories of Leadership ...................................................................................................................6Positive and negative consequences of leadership in the workplace ..............................................7CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................10
INTRODUCTIONThe scenario of workplace has been constantly changing from one generation to the anotherbecause no employee wants to be confined to a specific job or no longer wants to work in completeanonymity (Avey, Wernsing and Palanski, 2012). Instead, they want the organisation to realise thatemployees of the companies are important assets. The role of leaders is not only to increase thefigures of employee retention but they also focus on improving the productivity so thatorganisation's growth and development is enhanced. Traditionally, the term leadership isconceptualised as skills that are necessary to be displayed so that organisation's performance isincreased (Derue, and et.al., 2011). The study will mainly focus on leadership skills that are neededto improve the culture of the organisation, Further it will also discuss styles of leadership, positiveand consequences of leadership in workplace. Lastly it will also include the roles of humanresource managers in implementing high performing work practice in organisation.Leadership skills in Bestway Group, UKIt is very necessary for a leader to maintain specific skills so that they are able to respond tothe requirements of Bestway Group, UK in a effective manner (Hallinger, 2011). Bestway Group,UK is a conglomerate company that manages wholesale, cement and banking sectors in UK. Itaccounts for more than 6000 employees in the organisation, hence, it is very necessary develop acluster approach so that leadership skills can be regulated in the company. For example if a leaderdevelops the skills of self- regulation, self-monitoring and motivation then will help in building theabilities which can define emotional intelligence in a leader (Kalshoven, Den Hartog and DeHoogh, 2011). Different leadership skills that are needed in Bestway Group, UK are discussedbelow.Cognitive skills: To maintain a positive impact of leadership in the organisation it is very necessary for theleader to develop some cognitive skills so that they are able to perform various businessactivities with effectiveness (Moran, Abramson, and Moran, 2014).Information processing skills are the most important cognitive skills that should beinculcated in leader so that they can critical think on various situations and cases in theorganisation. For example written and verbal reasoning skills will help in increasing theknowledge to a certain level (Ruiz, RuizMartínez, 2011).Good communication skills are also equally important because the main job of leader is tocommunicate various information to all the employees who are working in Bestway Group,UK (Walumbwa, Morrisonand Christensen, 2012). Effective communication skills helps inpromoting a free flow of necessary information in the organisation.
Motivational Traits: To implement successful leadership it is very necessary for the leaders to be highlymotivated so that they are able to focus primarily on aims and objective so of theorganisation.On other hand the term motivation can also be used comprehensively so that leaders havethe tendency to achieve effectiveness by self monitoring and self regulating themselves(Leatherman, 2008).Motivational traits are important because lack of those traits will not help in convincing theworkers to work hard in Bestway Group, UK. This will hamper the quality of output whichis produced by the employees of the organisation (Puccio, 2010).Self-efficacy allows a leader to understand that, efforts are needed to accomplish varioustasks. It also describes confidence level, determination and direction so that different taskscan be performed.Importance of Leadership in workplace For effective working of an organisation it is very necessary to have leadership becauseemployees in Bestway Group, UK requires leaders who is efficient enough to understand the needsand requirements and who can genuinely motivate all the workers so that best results are produced(Effective Leadership in the Workplace. 2016). Leadership is necessary because if employees arefailing to deliver quality services to the customer then leaders should be able to empower andencourage them so that discover ideas and ideals. It is the duty of leaders to allow all the employeesto explore their talent and unleash the passion within them so that they are able to furnish desirableresults to the company (Cravens, 2014). A recent study conducted by Deloitte stated thatengagement from the employees is not enough for enhancing the performance of the company, butis also required for all the workers to be passionate towards their work so that they are not confinedto immediate roles and responsibilities. Secondly, it is also necessary for the leaders to build teams at workplace which last long.Leadership is very necessary for a team to work together (Caldwell, 2013). In 21st centuryworkplace environment a leader should focus on identifying the interconnections that existsbetween cluster groups so that they are able to initiate the thinking abilities of all the workers. In thechanging market place it has become very important for the employees to engage in discoveringtheir abilities and talents so that they are able to produce better results. This can be achieved byempowering them to think, act and innovate in different ways. Communications plays a veryimportant role in visioning the aims and objectives of the organisation (Dransfield, 2012).Communication certainly helps in defining methods that can help in meeting the expectations of
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