Academic Report: Leadership Skills and Professional Practice

This report delves into the multifaceted aspects of leadership, encompassing its crucial role in organizational success and employee development. It begins by examining the involvement of leadership with literature skills, emphasizing the importance of effective communication and strategic thinking. The report then explores different leadership styles, knowledge, and understanding skills, highlighting the significance of ethical behavior and relationship management within organizations. Furthermore, it analyzes the cognitive and intellectual skills of a leader, such as reasoning, problem-solving, and the ability to analyze past performance. Practical skills, including patience, communication, and problem-solving, are also discussed. Finally, the report covers transferable skills for life and professional practice, like democratic leadership and autocratic leadership, and how they can be applied to achieve success in both personal and professional spheres, concluding with the importance of adapting leadership styles for competitive advantage.

Academic
skills(Leaders
hip)

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Involvement of leadership with literature skills..........................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
Different knowledge about leadership and understanding skills.................................................3
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................4
Cognitive and intellectual skills of a leader.................................................................................4
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................4
Practical skills in leadership........................................................................................................4
TASK 5............................................................................................................................................5
Transferable skill for life in leadership and for professional practice.........................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Leadership play an important role in every organisation as it provides necessary instructions
to the employees which are essential in achievement of organisational goals. If a business
entity chooses right type of leadership style in its functioning, then it is for it to gain
competitive advantage at the marketplace. Leadership also play a crucial role in business
and employee development. This report includes engagement of leadership with literature
skills along with knowledge and different understanding skills. This assignment covers
cognitive and intellectual skills along with the necessary practical skills. This report also
includes various transferable skills for life and professional practice with relation to a
business.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Involvement of leadership with literature skills
In the era of stiff competition it is essential for a company to implement proper leadership skills
are required by every organisation. As per the views of (Oc, 2018), the effective and efficient
leadership styles are essential in order to develop an edge over several competitors at the
marketplace. The practice of leadership styles should be carried out in a professional manner to
provide necessary instructions to employees. Leadership is considered as one of the major
business art which is beneficial in providing necessary instructions to the employees. According
to (Hallinger, 2018) act of leadership also helps in creation of harmony between workers and
develops motivation in them. In practical aspect of a business, there is an important role played
by leadership and its functions. Ethical and honest leadership practices should be performed by a
leader in order to maximise the output of employees and maintain transparency in the business
functions. Leadership skills and styles should be adopted in an organisation with proper research
and strategy to develop business functioning (Leadership styles,2021).
TASK 2
Different knowledge about leadership and understanding skills
According to universally accepted theory of behaviour in leadership, there should professional
ethics in the behaviour of a leader. The behaviour of a leader should be dynamic in order to

provide basic motivation to different employees. In leadership practice, Relationship theory also
plays a major role as it helps in development of healthy relationship between various employees
(Crosby, 2018). According to a data report, around 40% of the global companies adopt
democratic leadership style in order to involve the decision making of the organisation. In
leadership style, ethics and integrity play a major role in developing values in the employees. On
the other hand Autocratic leadership style is beneficial in providing a leader who takes all the
decision related to an organisation. In the Autocratic leadership style there is a less involvement
of employees in the decision making thus it increases role and power of a leader. Recent studies
show that leadership and its implications determine 55% behaviour of the employees in a
business. Most of the major companies perform a continuous assessment of all the leadership
related activities to change patterns in leadership (Uhl-Bien, 2018).
TASK 3
Cognitive and intellectual skills of a leader
Cognitive and intellectual skills of a leader are tested when a leader deals with various
consequences and hurdles which arise in an organisation. Cognitive skills refer to the reasoning
and intelligent skills of a leader to overcome various issues and situations which arise in a
business. The mind capacity of a leader should be developed and synchronised in an intelligent
manner to facilitate development of the organisation. Intellectual skills of a leader are not only
beneficial for a particular leader but they also play a key role in the enhancement of organisation
as well as of the employees. It depends on the nature and size of a business to apply various
cognitive and intellectual skills of a leader. The thinking ability of a leader should be great and
responsive to derive best solutions from organisational problems (Chen, 2021). A leader should
also posses remembering skills in order to do a brief analysis of business’s current situation with
relation to past business performance. Lack of intellectual and cognitive skills in a leader can
impact on performance of the business at the marketplace as well as it diminishes performance of
the employees.
TASK 4
Practical skills in leadership
The practical skills in leadership involve patience, communication and problem solving capacity
of a leader in different situations. First of all, patience is the essential part of practical skills

which should be present in a leader. Patience will help a leader to overcome various situations in
the organisational functioning as well as it will help whole team to perform efficient work. In the
leadership, effective communication should be facilitated by a leader at the workplace in order to
gain cooperation and coordination between various employees (Theories and models of
leadership, 2021). Communication practice should involve different ways which are effective for
a business to circulate crucial information among then employees. As far as practical skills are
concerned, a leader must be attentive in solving major problems which are arising in day to day
activities of an organisation (Uhl-Bien, 2017). Problem solving should be performed with
effective and efficient practices by a leader in order to find out best ways to deal with
organisational situations. A leader should be attentive and practical in various operations to help
a business in gaining competitive advantage at the marketplace.
TASK 5
Transferable skill for life in leadership and for professional practice
There are various leadership skills which are transferable in general and organisational
life. In life, essential qualities of leadership should be adopted to get an achievement of
leadership practices in general life. Democratic leadership skills should be adopted by a person
in order to facilitate decision making in the practical life. In other words, a person must take help
of colleagues and friends to formulate various major decisions of life. Problem solving skills
should be adopted in a precise manner to bring out effective solutions related to personal life. A
person must practice effective communication in the practical life to learn how to circulate
crucial information in the organisation (Takeuchi, 2020). For professional practice, Autocratic
leadership should be adopted which creates a major sense of responsibility of decision making.
The authority related to decision making is very crucial and to adopt Autocratic leadership style
in professional practice, a person has to perform a brief analysis. The role of leadership in
professional practice can be facilitated by various models and theories like behaviour theory of
leadership and relationship model which relates to leadership. It should be kept in mind that all
the necessary practices related to leadership should be kept in mind while doing professional
practice in order to gain competitive advantage at the marketplace.

CONCLUSION
From the above discussion on leadership and its different skills it can be concluded that it in
order to get an edge over competitors a business has to implement a proper leadership style.
The different styles of leadership styles play a major role in development of all necessary
business activities. In order to minimise risk and various market threats, a business has to
provide effective guidance to employees with proper leadership skills. The above stated
report also concludes that cognitive and intellectual skills of a leader develop a beneficial
approach for business functioning at marketplace. The above discussion points out the
practical advantage of leadership skills in an organisation and how beneficial it is in
increasing strength of a business.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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leadership and its outcomes. The Leadership Quarterly, 29(1).pp.218-235.
Hallinger, P., 2018. Bringing context out of the shadows of leadership. Educational management
administration & leadership, 46(1).pp.5-24.
Crosby, B.C. and Bryson, J.M., 2018. Why leadership of public leadership research matters: and
what to do about it. Public Management Review, 20(9).pp.1265-1286.
Takeuchi, R., Wang, A.C. and Farh, J.L., 2020. Asian conceptualizations of leadership:
Progresses and challenges. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational
Behavior, 7.pp.233-256.
Uhl-Bien, M. and Arena, M., 2018. Leadership for organizational adaptability: A theoretical
synthesis and integrative framework. The Leadership Quarterly, 29(1).pp.89-104.
Uhl-Bien, M. and Arena, M., 2017. Complexity leadership: Enabling people and organizations
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Chen, L., Li, T. and Zhang, T., 2021. Supply chain leadership and firm performance: A meta-
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