Leading People: Exploring Leadership Philosophies and Problems

This report delves into the multifaceted realm of leadership, examining various leadership philosophies and their impact on organizational success. It begins by exploring diverse sources of leadership philosophy, including academic publications and non-academic resources such as video statements by Tony Robbins, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates, to provide a comprehensive understanding of different leadership styles. The report then reflects on the application of these philosophies in mitigating leadership-related issues, specifically addressing conflict among team members. The author discusses the implementation of democratic and charismatic leadership styles to foster collaboration, share a vision, and generate positive attitudes within the team. The report concludes by emphasizing the critical role of leadership in guiding staff towards achieving organizational goals, highlighting the importance of effective communication and employee motivation. This assignment is a valuable resource for students studying leadership and management, offering insights into practical applications and theoretical frameworks.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................3
Sources of leadership philosophy:...................................................................................................3
Reflection on leadership philosophy to mitigate the leadership related issue:................................8
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................9
References:....................................................................................................................................10
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Introduction:
Northouse (2018) said that leadership is the interpersonal influence which is practiced
through an effective communication process in terms of encouraging the staffs towards the
attainment of organisational objectives. This paper will shed light on the leadership philosophy
and its impact on organizational success. In the first portion, both academic and non-academic
sources will be analyzed to get relevant information about the leadership philosophy. The second
portion will highlight my personal reflection on the way of solving leadership related problem
with the assistance of leadership philosophy.
Sources of leadership philosophy:
Bush, T., Bell, L. and Middlewood, D. eds., 2019. Principles of Educational Leadership &
Management. SAGE Publications Limited.
According to this source, leadership is entirely based on organizational vision. Successful
articulation of clear vision plays a major role in leading the staffs in an organization to work
effectively in order to satisfy the organizational goals and objectives. The role of instructional
leadership is needed to be considered in this context as it supports in keeping the staffs n the
right track which is the key of maintaining collaboration among the team members. It is worthy
to note in this context that presently the instructional leadership is playing a critical role in
generating the philosophy of the leaders to the followers.
Weiss, S.A., Tappen, R.M. and Grimley, K., 2019. Essentials of Nursing Leadership &
Management. FA Davis.
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According to this paper, in the context of healthcare, leadership plays a major role in
enabling the followers to provide high quality of healthcare services to the patients. Leadership is
defined as the way of engaging the staffs together in the pursuit of accomplishing common goals
and objectives. Appropriate leadership is one of the major factors of managing the internal
functionality of an organization properly by aligning the human resources in a single platform .It
is worthy to note in this context that the managers in the firms play the role of the leaders and
thereby take proper care leading the followers to the same direction. Leadership is entirely
focused on the accomplishment of organizational goals and thus attain ling term success from
business.
Podsakoff, P.M. and Podsakoff, N.P., 2019. Experimental designs in management and
leadership research: Strengths, limitations, and recommendations for improving
publishability. The Leadership Quarterly, 30(1), pp.11-33.
Based on this academic source, it can be said that leadership is the best way of managing
the human resources properly. The role of experimental designs is to be considered here as it
supports in the appropriate management of the human resources by leading them towards
appropriate direction. One of the supreme advantages of experimental leadership is to amplify
the ability of human resources towards accomplishing the common goals and objectives. It is to
note in this context that Experimental designs in management and leadership is one of the major
factors in strengthening the leader-member relationship and thereby run the entire organization in
a collaborative manner.
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Hansen, J.A. and Pihl-Thingvad, S., 2019. Managing employee innovative behaviour
through transformational and transactional leadership styles. Public Management
Review, 21(6), pp.918-944.
The performance of the staffs in an organization is one of the major factors in attaining
organizational success. According to this journal article, appropriate leadership style is an
imperative factor of improving the performance level of the staffs by guiding them towards
proper direction. Both transformational and transactional leadership style are the critical factors
in generating positive and innovative behavior among the staffs as it support in transforming the
philosophy of the leaders to that of the followers. The leadership style of the immediate
followers is an important factor of creating attitude and behavior among the followers,. Healthy
interaction in between the employees and the supervisors also support in developing innovative
behavior among the people.
Sheninger, E., 2019. Digital leadership: Changing paradigms for changing times. Corwin
Press
With the advent of internet and technology, the need of digital leadership is increasing in
a rapid manner. Digital leadership comprises of dynamic amalgamation of the skills, mindset and
the behavior of leaders which intends to change the internal culture of an organization with the
strategic usage of technology. It is the primary role of the business leaders of the contemporary
times to present virtually in all the departments of the multinational originations and thereby lead
the people with utmost efficiency. It is the role of the virtual leaders to embrace change,
maintaining transparency in the decision making process, ensuring engagement and collaboration
among the staffs and thereby and focus on building strong community in an organization.
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Koopman, J., Scott, B.A., Matta, F.K., Conlon, D.E. and Dennerlein, T., 2019. Ethical
leadership as a substitute for justice enactment: An information-processing
perspective. Journal of Applied Psychology, 104(9), p.1103.
According to this journal article, the opinion of the employees is the vital factor in
reflecting their state of mind. It has been observed that it is the leaders hold the responsibility of
maintaining ethics in the workplace. They should avoid discriminating the people on the basis of
race, religion and physical disability. Being the supervisor, it is the prime responsibility of the
business leaders to adhere the justice rule which is the key of treating the followers equally. It has
been observed that the employees with ethical supervisor are more likely to put their effort
towards attaining organizational success.
Macdonald, I., Burke, C. and Stewart, K., 2018. Systems leadership: Creating positive
organisations. Routledge.
Based on this journal article, it can be said that leadership is the critical factor in keeping
the staffs knowledgeable about the external trend which is the key of leading them to work
proactively for the sake of improving the public image of an organization. According to the
Systems Leadership, it is the prime responsibility of the leaders in an organization to follow the
charismatic leadership style which is the key of building the degree of productivity of the staffs
by generating innovative behavior among them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBNoUhHtmVc
This is the personal statement of Tony Robbins leadership style. According to him,
leadership is the skill of influencing thoughts, behavior and feeling of the people and thereby led
them to proper direction. The psychological state of the leaders is an important factor of
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influencing the employees properly. Energy is one of the major factors of effective leadership as
it supports the leaders to use their own personal power in terms of changing the emotional tone
of the followers for the sake of improving their state of mind. According to Tony Robbins, time
management is also a vital skill of successful leaders. It is the key duty of the leaders to
practice time management which is the key of completing a large project within the given time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f60dheI4ARg
This video is based on the way of leading people by Steve Jobs. According to him, team
work is the best way of attaining long term success from the business by operating the internal
actrivities of a firm in a collaborative manner. However, team work is entirely based on the
culture of trust in an organization. Thus, it is the prime responsibility of the leaders to put strong
effort on building culture of trust in the organization. It is important for the leaders to deal with
the issues, perception and point of view of the staffs properly which is the key of generating
positive vive among them and thus enable them to complete their allocated task with utmost
proficiency.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Tztq3LU-w
This video is based on the perception related to the leadership by Bill Gates. According to
him, leadership is all about transforming the vision to that of the followers which is the key of
leading them towards proper direction. In addition, the leaders must also be self-motivated in
terms of building the leadership vision in him which is the key of influencing the behavior of the
followers. According to Bill Gates, flexibility is the key factor of generating positive attitude
among the staffs as it supports them to make a balance in between personal and professional life.
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Reflection on leadership philosophy to mitigate the leadership related issue:
Leadership is the key of aligning the employees in a single platform and led them to work
towards the common goals and objective. However, there are certain challenges, which are often
being faced by the leaders in the way of leading the teams with utmost efficiency (Kutz 2018).
Being the team leader, I have faced the issue related to conflict among the team members. In my
workplace, I was assigned with the role of leading a team which was comprises of the staff from
different background. This is the reason, for which the team members showed conflicting
attitude as they opposed in acknowledging my point of view. Moreover, the team members were
also lacking clear vision regarding the organizational goals and objectives. Being the leader, it
was my philosophy to align the staffs in a single platform. In order to mitigate the issue related to
conflict, I have put consistent effort.
Initially, I have tried to transform my vision to that of the team members which is one of
the major ways of making them feel valuable. Through this way, I have become able to engender
positive approach among them. According to the democratic leadership style, it is the prime
obligation of the business leaders to take decision by acknowledging the belief and perception of
team leaders which is very much needed in terms of keeping the team members satisfied (Ellis
2018). Democratic leadership style is considerate, collaborative and participative which helps the
leader to focus on developing healthy working relationship among the team members which is
the key of generating positive attitude among them. In order to mitigate this issue of conflict
among the team members, I have followed democratic leadership style in order to encourage the
followers to take part in the decision making process. By allowing them to take part in the
decision making process, I have become able to share my vision with that of the employees
which is very much needed to enable them to explore the way, through which the organizational
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goals and objectives can be accomplished properly. Moreover, with the assistance of the
democratic (participative) leadership philosophy, I have also become able to keep the staff
motivated.
Charismatic leadership is also the best way of generating positive attitude among the
followers. The leaders holds the ultimate responsibility of being visionary which is the key of
keeping the followers informed about the organizational goals and objectives. According to
Charismatic Leadership Style, every leader has big dream which they need to transform to that of
the followers for the sake of getting them in a right track (Hallinger 2019). In order to mitigate
the conflict among the team members, I have puts stress on maintaining healthy communication
with them. Through this way, I have shared my vision with the other and thereby ensure that all
the team members are working efficiently towards the same goal. By sharing my vision with m
team members, I have become able to generate belief among them which is very much needed in
terms of leading them to show positive attitude towards accomplishing organizational goals and
objectives.
Conclusion:
Leadership is one of the most important features in the contemporary times as it supports
in guiding the staffs towards right direction. Leadership is defined as the procedure of
encouraging the actions of the followers and thereby led them to satisfy the organizational goals
and objectives. This is the way of generating willingness among the people to perform their
allotted task in a proficient manner and thereby which is the key of enabling them to work
productively towards the organizational goals and objectives.
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References:
Bush, T., Bell, L. and Middlewood, D. eds., 2019. Principles of Educational Leadership &
Management. SAGE Publications Limited.
Weiss, S.A., Tappen, R.M. and Grimley, K., 2019. Essentials of Nursing Leadership &
Management. FA Davis.
Podsakoff, P.M. and Podsakoff, N.P., 2019. Experimental designs in management and leadership
research: Strengths, limitations, and recommendations for improving publishability. The
Leadership Quarterly, 30(1), pp.11-33.
Hansen, J.A. and Pihl-Thingvad, S., 2019. Managing employee innovative behaviour through
transformational and transactional leadership styles. Public Management Review, 21(6), pp.918-
944.
Sheninger, E., 2019. Digital leadership: Changing paradigms for changing times. Corwin Press
Koopman, J., Scott, B.A., Matta, F.K., Conlon, D.E. and Dennerlein, T., 2019. Ethical leadership
as a substitute for justice enactment: An information-processing perspective. Journal of Applied
Psychology, 104(9), p.1103.
Macdonald, I., Burke, C. and Stewart, K., 2018. Systems leadership: Creating positive
organisations. Routledge.
YouTube. (2019). Tony Robbins on the Psychology and Skills of Exceptional Leaders. [online]
Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBNoUhHtmVc [Accessed 25 Sep. 2019].
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YouTube. (2019). Steve Jobs talks about managing people. [online] Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f60dheI4ARg [Accessed 25 Sep. 2019].
YouTube. (2019). Bill Gates Leadership. [online] Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Tztq3LU-w [Accessed 25 Sep. 2019].
Northouse, P.G., 2018. Leadership: Theory and practice. Sage publications.
Kutz, M.R., 2018. Leadership and management in athletic training. Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Ellis, P., 2018. Leadership, management and team working in nursing. Learning Matters.
Hallinger, P., 2019. A systematic review of research on educational leadership and management
in South Africa: mapping knowledge production in a developing society. International Journal
of Leadership in Education, 22(3), pp.315-333.
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