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Crafting the Social Architecture for a Positive Leadership Culture

   

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Running head: THE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCEThe Leadership ExperienceName of the studentName of the UniversityAuthor note
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1THE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCELeadership encompasses a research area that involves practical skill regarding theindividual’s ability to lead other individuals or an entire organization. There are variousviewpoints regarding leadership- Eastern and Western approach. The academic environments inUS put down the definition of leadership as social influence where a person can help otherpeople in achieving a particular task. From a European perspective, it is held that a leader cannotbe moved with the help of any communitarian goal but by the use of personal power. The idea ofleadership is based on individual quality and can be termed as “trait theory of leadership”.Talent, skills and physical characteristics are the three attributes that propel a person to theposition of power (Bavik et al. 2017). A good leader is integral to the success of an organizationand their main objective is to ensure stability in a ever-changing world. The best leaders knowsthat change is inevitable and they are flexible in their way of working.Once upon a time leaders used to believe that strict control was necessary for theeffective running of an organization. A rigid organizational hierarchy makes some people feelempowered whereas it makes the people who are at the bottom feel weak and unprivileged. Oldassumptions regarding power is not valid in today’s world. Control and rigidity does not producegood results and only creates an atmosphere of fear. An effective leader shares power with otherpeople and searches ways that would increase the brainpower of an organization and keepseveryone engaged in an organization (Carnes, Houghton and Ellison 2015). He sees to it thateveryone is committed within the organizational structure. An ideal leader is not a controller butwill act as a facilitator who would help other people to do their best and remove the obstaclesand giving people what they need. It will also provide learning opportunity and help in providingfeedback. The financial basis relevant to today’s economy lays more stress on information ascompared to the asset of land and building (Daft 2014). Human capital in today’s world is
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2THE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCEbecoming more important and it increases the power in regard to the employees. According toIsraeli president Shimon Peres idea is becoming more important as compared to the materials. Inyesteryears when a worker used to work for eight hours within a day then the traditional systemof control used to work but in today’s world success relies to a large extent on the intellectualcapacity of the workers. The role of a leader is to enable people so that they carry out their powerin the effective manner. Vineet Nayar who is the CEO of HCL Technologies has said that theyshifted the policy of the company and used to give more importance to the employees instead ofthe customers (Finkelstein, Costanza and Goodwin 2017). He made these relevant changes whenthe company was losing some of their best employees in the hands of their competitors. It provedto be highly effective and paved the path for the empowerment of employees.Social media has blurred boundaries within an organization and created a hyperconnectedworld. Collaboration takes the lead in this kind of world instead of competition. Those leaderswho are successful makes use of ideas and talent from different kinds of boundaries. Somecompanies provides encouragement to internal competition however those leaders who aresuccessful put more emphasis on teamwork and co-operation. Those teams that are self-directedare instrumental in spreading knowledge within an organization. Effective leaders alsocollaborate with suppliers, customers and universities (Fleming and Spicer 2014). A trend isgradually growing that companies conceive of themselves as a team together and create valuejointly instead of thinking of themselves as autonomous entities that is engaging itself in acompetition with that of others. Collaboration creates the path for great challenges in the area ofleadership as compared to the old concept that revolved around the concept of competition.Leaders should be able to develop their collaborative mindset and they should create anenvironment that facilitates teamwork and fosters the elements of mutual support. Leaders know
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