Leadership Styles and Traits

Running head: MANAGEMENT
Management
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Trait theory:
1. The leadership trait from the trait theory that I believe to possess is “Eagerness to accept
responsibility”. From childhood, I prefer to complete a task that has been assigned to me
in an effective way and take the ownership of my own mistakes. Another trait that I
believe to possess in me includes intelligence and action oriented judgment. In one of
the school play in our school, I was appointed as the director. In spite of several adverse
situation that came in our way, the above mentioned leadership trait helped me to make
smart moves that had finally led us to the success. However, I believe I lack the
leadership trait of understanding the needs of the followers. During the above
mentioned play, in order to gain success I had over pressurized my fellow actors which in
turn had imposed negative impact on their intrinsic motivation to be the part of the play.
2. One of the leadership trait I posses outside the trait theory is my self-managing nature. It
is hard to manage followers if a leader s not capable to manage him. As a leader I possess
the capability to prioritize my goals and develop the potential to accomplish the
objectives.
3. Based on the above discussion, I believe that that I have the potential to evolve as an
effective leader. My eagerness to accept responsibility will not only enhance my
professional competence but will also enhance the trust of my followers. Making smart
decision and action oriented judgment will enable me to achieve my professional goal
which in turn will motivate my follows. However, I need to work upon my understanding
of follower’s need to become an effective leader in future.

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Situational, Transformational, and Servant Leadership
1. Situational leadership refers to adaptive leadership style that encourages the leaders to
access their team members, weight the variables of the workplace and select leadership
style based on the goal and circumstances of the same (Nguyen et al., 2017).
Transformational leadership is a leadership style that involves the leader to work with the
team members, indentify the required change and create a vision through inspiration.
When it comes to the servant leadership style, it can be defined as the philosophy that
effective leaders strive to serve others. In servant leadership style, the leader shares
power and priotorize the requirements of the employees and helps the same to enhance
their performance.
2. As per my opinion, the most effective leadership style amongst the above discussed three
is situational leadership. Different organization demands different kinds of leadership
style. For instance, educational institutions need transformational leadership where as
disciplinary forces like military force need autocratic leadership. Therefore, leaders
should not confine themselves in a specific leadership style but should modify the same
on the basis of the organizational needs.
3. When I was working for an organization, I have experienced transformational leadership.
I worked as a part time employee in XYZ organization. I had a demanding schedule that
required frequent travel. As a result, within a few months I become exhausted and stated
losing interest in my profession. That time I had experienced the support of my leader,
Mr. X, who was the manager of the institution. Mr. X had noticed me since a week and
understood that something was bothering me. One day he called me in his cabin an asked
me about my issue. When I stated him about the excessive workload and travel issue. He