Leadership Styles: Situational, Participative, and Transformational

This report delves into various leadership styles, emphasizing the significance of situational, participative, and transformational leadership in addressing evolving market demands and enhancing productivity. It explores the Pygmalion effect, highlighting how leaders' expectations can influence employee behavior and performance. The report identifies barriers to achieving leadership goals, such as ignoring mistakes and lacking technological advancements, while also underscoring the importance of transformational leadership in fostering individual development and organizational change. Furthermore, it examines the alignment of values and principles within an organization, emphasizing the role of open communication and conflict resolution in boosting employee productivity. The report includes references to relevant research and publications on leadership and organizational behavior.

LEADERSHIP AND
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT

Developing leadership
characteristics
 I believe that Situational leadership,
Participative leadership and Transformational
leadership are more important than other forms
of leadership in this particular situation
 These three types of leaderships can effectively
help to resolve any issues according to the
changing demands or requirements and the
leaders who follow these three styles of
leadership, are seen to have gained more
success in terms of managing people and
enhancing productivity.

Developing leadership
characteristics
 The situational leadership allows the leaders to
take decisions according to the changing
demands
 Participative leadership style is seen when the
leaders proactively get in touch with the
employees and help them to work
 The transformational style allows the leader to
simultaneously work with the employees and
identify the necessary changes that should be
done in order to enhance the effectiveness of
the workforce

Developing leadership
characteristics
 I believe these three types of leadership
styles can lead a company to glory as
these three styles of leadership are
appropriate for the changing demands
and requirements of the market and the
employees

Developing leadership
characteristics
 These three leadership styles can
effectively negate any issues in man
management and can ease the pressure
of the subordinate employees of the
business concerns.

The Pygmalion Effect
 In workplaces leaders try to adapt to a
concept which is known as Pygmalion
effect; that is also known as self-fulfilling
prophecy. These terms are utilized to
explain how an individual can
unconsciously and consciously are able
to learn about an expectation and then
act in such a way which is consistent
with that particular expectation

The Pygmalion Effect
 Pygmalion effect does not make the
expectations come full circle when an
employee just has an expectation and
then it takes place. Rather, the
expectation should be the reason why
something is happening.

The Pygmalion effect
 A leader’s expectation regarding his or
her subordinate employees can
effectively change or influence the
mentality and the behavior of the
employees. It can be said that the leaders
of the business organizations should be
able to realize this particular influence
and the way to harness it to work towards
the set targets of the business
organization.

The Pygmalion effect
 The Pygmalion effect actually empowers
the workers and make sure that they
realize their capability to work in terms
with the expectation of the leaders and
this ensures that the employees are
aware of their potential. This significantly
helps in increasing the overall
performance of the workforce of the
company.

Barriers to Reach Leadership
Goals
 In today’s ever-changing market situation there are
numerous barriers which are present in attaining the
leadership goals and those are mentioned in this
section.
 Ignoring the utility of committing mistakes, refusing
to help the employees, not demanding the
appropriate things, lack of functional credibility, not
having much courage to discard the age-old
equipments and making necessary technologically
advancements and inability to face leadership’s
power dynamics can be potential challenges that
people can face while achieving the leadership goals

Barriers to Reach Leadership
Goals
 The leaders should work on these issues by
understanding that the mistakes are vital for future
improvements and if they refuse to help the
subordinates, the quality of the work will have to suffer
 The leaders should have expertise in the operational
area of the company so that the subordinates feel
comfortable while working under them
 The leaders should try to make technological
advancements in the workplace to achieve better
productivity and must learn to use power ethically and
effectively for the best interests of the business
organization

Barriers to Reach Leadership
Goals
 It can be said that the leaders must
understand the importance of above
mentioned areas as these are integral
aspects behind the success of a
business organization.