Exploring Leadership: Understanding and Leading Change Approaches

This essay provides an overview of understanding and leading change within organizations by examining the contributions of various leadership approaches. It discusses autocratic leadership, where leaders make decisions without consulting subordinates; situational leadership, which involves adapting leadership styles to different situations; democratic leadership, which encourages employee participation in decision-making; and transactional leadership, which uses rewards and punishments to motivate employees. The essay highlights how each of these leadership styles can play a crucial role in effectively implementing changes and achieving organizational goals. The document concludes with a list of references.

Understanding and Leading
Change

Table of content
Introduction
Contribution of various leadership approaches
References

Introduction
Changes refers to the some event or
thing that may happen within or
outside the organisation which
affect its operations either in
positive or negative manner. These
changes may be in term of plans,
policies, strategies, technologies
and procedure which support an
organisation to achieve success at
marketplace.

Contribution of various leadership approaches
Leadership refers to the set of actions that are performed by an individual in order to lead,
guide and motivate the group of people for aligning their efforts toward the accomplishment
of organizational goals.

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Type of leadership approaches:
• Autocratic leadership:- It refers to the leadership style where leaders have an authority to
take all the decision without consulting their subordinates and employees have to work
over the orders that are being passed by their leaders.

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• Situational leadership:- It refers to the type of leadership where leaders switch among
different leadership styles as per the demand of situation. This is one of the most flexible
leadership style which support an organisation to implement changes effectively and in
dealing with different situations.

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• Democratic leadership:- This is one of
the most effective leadership style
where leaders also motivate its
employees to share their views and
participate in decision making process.

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• Democratic leadership:- This is one of
the most effective leadership style
where leaders also motivate its
employees to share their views and
participate in decision making process.

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Transactional Leadership:- It refers to a leadership style in which leaders give reward or
punishment to the employees on the bases of their performance. This leadership style
plays an essential role in motivating employees and enhancing their performance.

References
NHS England, 2016. Leading change, adding value. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants.
10(6). pp.302-303.
Peters, L., 2012. The rhythm of leading change: Living with paradox. Journal of
Management Inquiry. 21(4). pp.405-411.
Quinn, D. and et. al., 2012. Leading change: Applying change management approaches to
engage students in blended learning. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology.
28(1).

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