Leadership Approaches: Traits, Styles, and Functional Styles Analysis

This report examines various leadership approaches, including the trait approach, functional leadership, and behavioral styles. It highlights how leaders shape team member skills, provide motivation, and influence organizational culture. The report differentiates between leadership and management, emphasizing the role of informal influence. It explores different leadership styles, such as autocratic and democratic, and discusses the importance of adapting leadership approaches to specific situations. The document references leadership theories and offers a concise overview of key concepts, providing a foundation for understanding leadership principles. It also touches on the importance of learning and developing leadership skills through training and experience. The report emphasizes the impact of leadership on achieving organizational goals and objectives, focusing on how individual behavior influences outcomes.

Leadership and its approaches
Leadership and its approaches Qualities & Traits approach
Leadership is a process which shapes team members skills and
knowledge to give them motivation and encouragement in work performance.
Besides, Leadership is far different concept than management because
management is relying on formal authority else leadership is based on informal
manner. Also, it influences group members and change the organizational culture
in positive context.
Leadership approaches define the different characteristics or skills of
different kinds of leaders. Such as Qualities or Trait approach and Functional or
collective leadership style. These two different approaches consist certain
elements that differ one leader to another.
As per according to the trait approach it has been seen that leaders are the
individuals who better lead their team members in full enthusiasm with high
trends.
Leadership can be learned and developed according to this approach where one
person gets to learned things from others or by getting special training for that.
Functional or group approach leader is the style in which leader perform
different functions and take best decision making style for a particular situation.
Functional or Group approach
Behavioral style method
This leadership approach majority is the best following results and target to
following the leadership goals and objectives. In this context behavioural
leadership is depends on the individual behaviour which define the major goals
and opportunities.
REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Storey, J., 2016. Changing theories of leadership and leadership
development. In Leadership in Organizations (pp. 17-41).
Sotarauta, M., 2015. Leadership and the city: Power, strategy and
networks in the making of knowledge cities. Routledge.
Style of leadership
Leadership styles depends on the different situation according to which a
leader perform in front of their team.. This leadership style has different
phases like which of these should leader are like autocratic, democratic,
etc.