Leadership Theories and Strategies for Aspiring Leaders

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
REFLECTIVE STATEMENT.........................................................................................................3
Understanding of leadership theories for aspiring leader.......................................................3
Evaluation of contribution of individuals, leaders and stakeholders in achieving mission and
vision by aspiring leader.........................................................................................................3
Ability of applying appropriate leadership strategies by aspiring leader...............................4
Evaluation of range of motivational theories.........................................................................4
Potential leadership style........................................................................................................5
MANAGEMENT REPORT............................................................................................................5
Introduction............................................................................................................................5
Servant leadership..................................................................................................................5
Critical evaluation of Kevin Johnson leadership....................................................................6
Personal brand of Kevin Johnson...........................................................................................8
Recommendation....................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

REFLECTIVE STATEMENT
Understanding of leadership theories for aspiring leader
Two fundamental question- the two major question which need to be asked by the leader
from themselves is that whether they have proper skills and abilities to handle so many people at
a single time or not (Doppelt, 2017). The other question they need to ask to themselves is that
whether the leadership style which they are using is correct or not.
Two aspect of leadership- the major two key aspect of leadership is that the leader must
be honest and must have a clear vision and foresightedness. These two aspects are very necessary
because of the fact that if leader will not be honest then the work will not be accomplished as
intended. Also, if there is no vision then the employees will not have direction to work and
accomplish the vision or mission of the company.
Leadership theory- the leadership theory or style is defined as the different ways in
which the leader can perform the task. these are some pre- established style which can be applied
in particular situation for leading the situation in successful manner.
Two theory applicable in VUCA environment- The two most appropriate leadership
style for the VUCA business environment is servant leadership and laissez faire leadership style.
Need for aspiring leader to have knowledge of leadership styles- the business
environment is very dynamic and ever changing so it is very necessary for the aspiring leader to
understand these leadership style. This is necessary because of the fact that this will assist the
leader to have knowledge that which style will best suit the current situation.
Evaluation of contribution of individuals, leaders and stakeholders in achieving mission and
vision by aspiring leader
Mission and vision of company- these are the main agenda for which the company is
working. The vision is the ultimate goal which the company wants to achieve. The mission are
the small objectives or the aims which are being made to achieve the vision of the company.
Contribution of individual- the individual are the employees who contributes a major
part in the accomplishment of the vision and mission of the company (Mahon, ed., 2016). This is
majorly due to the reason that the employees are the one who actually work for the company. If
they will not work in expected manner then the mission and vision will not be achieved.

Contribution of leader- the leader plays an important role in the executing the mission
and vision of the company. This is majorly pertaining to the fact that they are the one who set the
vision and mission for the company. Thus, every work is done in accordance of the vision and
mission made by the leader (Priest and Gass, 2017).
Contribution of stakeholder- the stakeholders are the one which are interested in the
profits of the company. Thus, they help the company in achieving and executing the mission and
vision of the company.
Need for aspiring leader to evaluate contribution of these people- it is very crucial for
aspiring leader to learn about the mission and vision of the company because this will provide
the aspiring leader a direction to work.
Ability of applying appropriate leadership strategies by aspiring leader
Leadership strategy- this is defined as the strategy which the leader uses to deal with a
particular situation. It is very important for leader to make strategy as this will provide a way for
the employee to work.
Change leadership- this is the ability of the leader to influence and encourage other
people to accept the change in positive manner. This is essential leadership as this will help the
leader in promoting change for the betterment of the company.
Organizational potential- this is defined as the capacity or the ability of the company to
accept or reject the change or any other sort of difference in the working.
Business context- this is defined as the ability of the change that whether the change is
relevant to the company or not. In simple term is means that whether the changes are related to
the operations of the business or not.
Need for aspiring leader to learn and apply different leadership style- it is very
necessary for the aspiring leader to understand different leadership strategy and change
leadership as there are many changes within the environment. So, the leader must know which
change is relevant and which is not.
Evaluation of range of motivational theories
Motivation theory- these are some set process and policies which stimulates a person to
behave or act in a specified manner (Fletcher, 2017). These theories are helpful in increasing the
working of the company.