Organizational behavior and leadership.

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Organizational Behavior and Leadership
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Table of Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................................3
Part A: Leadership Philosophy....................................................................................................3
Leadership Style.........................................................................................................................3
Leadership Principles................................................................................................................4
Impact of Personal Beliefs.........................................................................................................6
Key Experiences Informing the Leadership Style..................................................................7
Part B: Application of Leadership Philosophy...........................................................................8
Leadership Issue.........................................................................................................................8
My Decision Pertaining to the Leadership Issue.....................................................................8
Conclusion......................................................................................................................................9
Bibliography.................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Every organization requires a leader who will ensure its smooth running and drive
towards achieving the aims and objectives that are outlined. There are a variety of leadership
styles that can be used in an organization depending on the operations that are involved, the
responsibilities of the leader as well as the behavior and capabilities of the leader. Some of the
leadership styles include autocratic leadership, laissez-faire leadership, charismatic leadership,
transformational leadership, and transactional leadership (Du et al, 2013, p. 160). In each of the
leadership styles, a leader should have certain principles of leadership which would help him or
her to achieve the set organizational goals. There are times when the leader is faced with
situations which require him or her to incorporate various problem-solving skills and decision-
making. It is of great significance to note that the performance of an organization depends
greatly on its leadership (Amanchukwu, Stanley and Ololube, 2015, p. 10). This means that an
organization which has poor leadership practices faces a greater risk of experiencing a lower
performance level than an organization whose leadership is excellent. In this piece of work, I
will describe my leadership style, the leadership principles which I would not be willing to
violate, how personal beliefs impact on my leadership, and the leadership experiences which
have inspired my leadership style. Additionally, I will contextualize a leadership issue and give
justification on how I would have solved it.
Part A: Leadership Philosophy
Leadership Style
Transformative leadership style aims at leading the organization in a way that involves
the followers in decision-making, engages different stakeholders, and most importantly works
towards achieving greater outcomes at the end (Choudhary, Akhtar and Zaheer, 2013, p. 436).

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This has always been my preferred leadership style. This is because it mostly concurs with my
character and abilities. In a transformative leadership, I always aim at ensuring that the
performance of the organization progresses with time, without having performance deficits or
stagnation. Every year has its set goals and objectives to be achieved, both broad and specific.
The employees in the organization are motivated through various motivational strategies and are
coerced to be critical thinkers, initiators of projects, and achieve more than they originally
intended to (Priest and Clegorne, 2015, p. 76). Innovation is highly maintained in the
organization where I ensure that the employees are aware of what is expected of them and that
they maintain the set standards of their behavior and proficiency. The employee's performance is
maintained at a high level though minimum supervision and monitoring are done. This is
because the employees are motivated and inspired, and are willing to work peacefully and
professionally to achieve the objectives that are set in their various departments as well as to
achieve the general objectives of the entire organization. A transformative leader should always
be concerned with ensuring a progressive change in the organization, employees, operational
strategies as well as in himself or herself (Vito, Higgins and Denney, 2014, p. 820).
Leadership Principles
In my leadership, there are a number of principles which I have always pursued and
would not wish to violate them at all. Since the organization requires great innovations in order
to ensure that the various changes are met, I would never wish to lose innovation. Innovativeness
is of great importance in my transformational leadership. This is because innovativeness helps a
leader to identify areas of weakness within the organization and make proper implementation
plans and strategies which would help to counter such weaknesses (McCleskey, 2014, p. 117).
Through innovativeness, I will be able to identify better operational ways which will be used by