Leadership and Management: Development, Skills and Experiences

This essay provides a comprehensive overview of leadership and management, exploring the traits, skills, and styles necessary for successful leadership. It delves into the development of leadership abilities from individual, relational, and contextual perspectives. The essay distinguishes leadership from management, highlighting their differences and importance in organizational success. Furthermore, it reflects on personal leadership experiences gained through coursework and other avenues, emphasizing the practical application of leadership theories and concepts. The document discusses various leadership theories, including the Big Five personality traits, Stogdill’s traits, Great Man Theory, Katz's Three Skills-Based Model, Lewin’s styles of leadership, Managerial Grid, Situational Approach, Path-Goal Theory, Transformational Leadership, and Leader-Member Exchange Theory.

Leadership and Management
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Table of Contents
1-What is involved in being a successful leader?............................................................................3
2-Can good leadership is developed, and if so, how?......................................................................8
3. What distinguishes leadership from management?....................................................................11
4. What have you learnt about leadership from your own experiences, on this course and
elsewhere?......................................................................................................................................15
References......................................................................................................................................17
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1-What is involved in being a successful leader?
The successful leaders include the various qualities and abilities within them. There are some
traits or style of leadership helps in understanding it well. Some of those are well discussed
below-
Individual: includes some traits, styles or skills which are well explained below.
Traits include Big Five personality traits, Stogdill’s traits or Great Man Theory which are
explained as follows-
Big Five personality
The Big Five personality traits are also known as five-factor model (FFM) which is taxonomy for
the character trait. It is mainly characterised by the acronyms OCEAN or CANOE. It also
includes below points.
Conscientiousness Openness to the
experience
Agreeableness Extraversion Neuroticism
It includes the
tendency of
performing in an
appropriate manner. It
includes the aim of
accomplishments,
self-dependence,
acting dutifully,
showing discipline
and etc.
It encompasses
magnitudes,
surfaces,
imaginative
counting,
concentrating on
the inner voice or
approach,
diversity, being
knowledgeable,
artistic
The agreeableness
includes a
propensity to
obliging other or
sympathetic
instead of
suspicious &
antagonistic in
another way.
It comprises of
necessity, positive
emotions,
assertiveness &
sociability, to
pursue inspiration
in the
associations.
In this stage
depression,
anxiety,
vulnerability or
anger gets
include in.
Effortless,
unnecessary
emotions get to
include in
neuroticism.
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compassion and
etc.
It gets utilised to
highlight the
various traits of
people in regards
to stay open to
some situations.
Sometimes
mental pressure
also takes place
under it.
Great Man Theory
It is the notion of the 19th century according to which history can get clarified by the influence of
great men or heroes. It also includes various powerful individuals who carry the personal
intelligence, wisdom, political skills
Stogdill’s Traits
This theory includes the understanding of trait variables or situational to control the different
situations. It amazingly includes the substitute, individual alterations or reliable leaders by the
diversity of groups or administrative situations. It was developed in 1974 (Montejo, 2018).
Skills:
Katz's Three Skills-Based Models
This theory of leadership gets considered as one of the most important theories which have been
developed by Robert Katz in 1955. He recognised various technical related abilities which are
related to the pitch, some of the conceptual or public abilities which are related to setting the
thoughts and ideas as the main area, the abilities of human which are related to the interacting
with people and many more which are importantly required to maintain or develop by the
leaders. Katz's Three Skills-Based Model is the most important model of leadership which
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focuses on the attention on the skills which are necessary for the company .Mumford was the one
who announced social verdict capabilities, overall information’s, problem-solving capabilities as
the main requirements in a leader. It includes higher leaders to study on their all conceptual skills
and practical leaders to sturdier about the technical capabilities(Nicholls, et. al., 2018).
(Figure: The Skills-Based Model)
(Source: Nicholls., 2018).
Styles:
Lewin’s style of leadership
Kurt Lewin has demonstrated an aspect which explains the outlook of a leader that leadership
style is so important for making the changes. Three flairs of leadership have been prepared by
Kurt Lewin or his team that is laissez-faire, autocratic, democratic and etc. The democratic
leaders mostly undertake the lively role in making the procedure of choice. It also includes the
Laissez-faire runners for participating in making the choice on their own, or in parting stuff to
the supporters.
Managerial Grid
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The model of the managerial grid is a model of leadership style which has been developed in
1964 and established by Sir, Robert R. Blake & June Mouton. It recognises the five dissimilar
classes of leadership which are grounded in apprehension for anxiety and persons for the various
innovations of inventions as well (Northouse, 2017).
Contextual:
Situational Approach
This theory of leadership mainly assists that there is no any specific leadership style on top. It
also suggests that what kinds of leadership or strategies are good for the tasks. It adds
attractiveness or and accomplishments to the performance.
(Figure: Situational Approach)
(Source:Northouse, 2017).
Path-Goal Theory
The path goal theory helps in identifying the leader’s behaviour and traits. This
leadership theory benefits in accomplishing the interests, ideals and goals of the team to
inspire them to work in the direction of the job. This theory well defines that the behaviour
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of a leader is depending on the motivation, performance and satisfaction of her or his
subordinates
(Figure: Path-Goal Theory)
(Source:eLearning Industry, 2016).
Relational:
Transformational Leadership
It is the leadership where the fortune’s mechanisms are required to recognize the variations in
their activities. It also includes the dreams of directing or leading a transformation with the
inspiration or implementing some transformation in the cycle (Priest, et. al., 2017).
Leader-Member Exchange Theory
This theory arises when the leaders and followers are perfectly capable to develop the operative
connections which make consequences in the joint effects. This theory has been discovered by
the UHI-Bien & Graen.
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2-Can good leadership is developed, and if so, how?
In an order to run the business in an appropriate manner it is important to develop a good
leadership. For developing the good leadership there are various ways. Some of those are
discussed below-
Individual perspective
Leadership is so decisive or practical characteristics which actually develops the various
processes and procedures for achieving the objectives. It includes the perfect understanding of
taking the decisions effectively, precisely and efficiently so that target can get achieved properly.
There are so many characteristics can get found on the prominent leaders. Some of the traits or
characteristics are vision, strong personality, trustworthiness, accountability, resilience and etc.
(Ross, 2013).
Leadership is all about motivating a team to work in an effective and efficient manner so that the
organizational goals and objective scan be accomplished. From an individual’s perspective
leadership helps in motivating people to work more. Leadership directs the people in the right
direction. Leadership is more of an applied and a conclusive characteristic which changes during
the course of accomplishment of objective
Relational Perspective
A good leadership includes the qualities of trusting or helping the employees to work with
efficiency. They motivate the workers to perform with confidence. A good leader requires
encouraging their team for performing together and attractively. A leader is responsible for
completing all the works and tasks carefully and properly as well. A good leader is required to be
very attentive, creative or innovative to all situations or conditions whether if it is negative or
positive. In order to get the best results or outcomes, a leader requires a good team which can
support him or her attractively. He is the person who appreciates the teammates for their better
performance. A leader is also required to be always accountable towards the success of the team
or group. A good leader is required to deal with some people to get encountered with some of the
circumstances or situations. He or she basically requires a strong personality so that negative
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situations can get encountered in the perfect time frame. In the situations of uncertainty, a leader
requires to be very effective & presentative all the time so that negativity or loss can take no
place anywhere. A leader is completely responsible for arranging all the important things for the
betterment of the business. It also includes minimising the risk factors. It also includes some
examples such as technical skill, communication skills, people skills, knowledge and etc. These
are also discussed below herein-
Technical Skills
A good leader requires all the technical skills which can get used in the business in any manner
for the success or improvement of it. Adoption of all the updated technologies at the required
time is so important to get include in the environment of business. Good knowledge of technical
skills helps the business to grow faster. Without having proper knowledge of it, a leader becomes
unable to meet the business requirements in a proper manner. Having proper knowledge of the
same helps in managing the business activities in a proper manner and efficiently as well
(Bolman, et. al., 2017).
Communication Skills
It is well known that in order to run the business with positivity and without conflicts
maintaining the good communication skills are importantly required. It helps the people to
encourage themselves towards their objectives or gaols in a proper manner. Communication also
helps in building the strong bond between the followers and leader which helps in maintaining
the positive environment in the business. This is how it can be said that in order to meet the
efficiency of the business communication skills is essential in a good leader (Samuels, et. al.,
2017).
Contextual Perspective
The main aim of a leader is to fulfil all the business requirements in an appropriate manner. It
gets considered as the most important characteristics of a leader which helps him or her to be
successful in each and every manner. It has been observed that leaders thought process gets
decided by the majority of results of a project or ideas. A leader is required to be enthusiastic in
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the various ways of pessimistic, pain or adversity. It has been stated and well understood before
that the good leaders are born with tragedy or during the bad times. A leader is required to be
optimistic so that he or she can perform greatly. It helps a leader to motivate his or her team to
perform with efficiency and represent themselves with attractive results. It also increases the
motivation, efforts or confidence of team members (Wildavsky, 2017).
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3. What distinguishes leadership from management?
Leaders and managers are very important for running the business in an efficient manner. Both
of them work so hard for meeting the needs and requirements of the business in a proper manner.
Managers are responsible for managing each and every activity in an appropriate manner and
directing the business in the perfect direction. On the other hand, leaders are the one who always
influences people to perform gratefully (Goleman, 2017).
Leadership
Leaders get considered as a superior personality who always focuses on people and motivates
them to perform so attractively and with quality as well. They focus on the objectives of the
business to accomplish them willingly and enthusiastically as well. A leader motivates the people
to work in the required and perfect direction. A good leader also includes the talent of leading a
group or crowd &encourages them in their desired direction. This process or procedure mainly
consists of manipulating the crowd or an individual. It helps them in the accomplishments of
objectives & goals in a proper manner. A leader basically includes the various abilities or
capabilities for motivating people or directing them for meeting their needs and requirements in a
well-behaved manner (Ward, 2016).
Management
Management is an art of managing and running business in a successful manner. Managers get
considered as the responsible person for maintaining, managing or designing the various
activities of the association in an attractive manner it also includes the art of completing the tasks
in an appropriate manner and in the limited time frame. Management basically denoted to a
process or procedure which gets used by the people for dealing and managing people from
different age group for meeting the company’s goals (Antonakis, et. al., 2017). Management
takes place in various areas such as hospitality, offices, sports, education and etc.
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(Figure: Manager VS. Leader)
(Source:Toolshero, 2018).
Difference between leadership and management
The prime difference between leadership and management is that leadership is for leading the
formal or informal groups or crowd wherein management only maintains the crowd of people.
Both Managers and leaders work in the same direction for the betterment of business. The
differences among the two are stated below:
Management Leadership
Management includes the activities of
managing or designing the business activities
in an appropriate manner.
Leadership is well known for the quality of
influencing or motivating people to perform
better.
The manager organises and motivates the
people to perform harder.
The leaders always encourage people.
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