Analysis of Leadership Styles: Self-Assessment and Report Findings

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This report provides an analysis of leadership styles, focusing on the author's self-assessment and understanding of leadership behaviors. The introduction defines leadership as the art of motivating and influencing people towards a common goal. The report examines the author's leadership style through a quick poll and identifies it as participative or democratic. It then explores different leadership styles, including authoritarian, participative, and delegative approaches. The author's self-assessment reveals strengths in empowering team members and fostering a creative environment, while acknowledging a weakness in being indecisive during crises. The conclusion emphasizes the effectiveness of democratic leadership in increasing employee motivation by involving them in decision-making processes. The report concludes that effective leadership influences and motivates individuals to achieve common goals, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of the author's leadership style. The report also includes references to relevant books and online resources.
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK ..............................................................................................................................................1
1. Quick poll:...............................................................................................................................1
2. Leadership style......................................................................................................................2
3. Examination of leadership style..............................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4
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INTRODUCTION
Leadership refers to an art of motivating and influencing people or group of individuals
to act towards accomplishment of common goal (Yukl, 2013). This assignment is based on
leadership styles and behaviours.
TASK
Leadership is an act or ability of an individual to influence others by their thoughts and
actions. A great leader is courageous, possess a clear vision, has honesty, humility, integrity and
clear focus (Fairhurst and Connaughton, 2014). I believe that, being a good leader requires
continuous focus and team development that is accountable to get desired results. An effective
leader understands each individual of group, know their strengths and weaknesses to
appropriately manage team outcomes.
1. Quick poll:
1) Do I have good democratic leadership style?
Yes
No
Neutral
2) Which will be the good leadership style for me?
Authoritarian or Autocratic Leadership
Participative or Democratic Leadership
Laissez-Faire or Delegative Leadership
3) Would you think that I have good communication and interpersonal skill?
Yes
No
Neutral
4) Which type of leadership skill do you prefer the most?
Motivation
Positivity
Creativity
Communication
5) What do you think about my leadership?
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Good
Not too good
Bad
Neutral
2. Leadership style
Three broad categories of leadership style are identified by Lewin which are defined below:
Authoritarian Leadership: This leadership style is strongly emphasize on both,
command by leader as well as control of followers. In this, decisions are made independently by
leaders without taking any input from group.
Participative Leadership: This style of leadership emphasize on encouraging team
members to participate in decision making process. Leaders offer guidance to team and allow
inputs from them (Leadership Styles, 2018).
Delegative Leadership: In this leadership, team shows little cooperation and are not able
to work independently. There is lack of direction by leaders due to which team members refuse
to accept their responsibility and blame each other for mistakes.
By quick polling, I determine that I possess participative leadership style. In polling 7 out
of 10 people vote that I democratic leadership style will be the good leadership style for me. I am
good in encouraging team members to work collectively and participate in process of decision
making. This will help me in taking effective decisions.
3. Examination of leadership style
By examining my leadership style, I have learned that my democratic leadership style
allows me to delegate responsibilities or work among team members as per their skills and
knowledge. It helps me in empowering group members and ensuring their presence in decision
making process. This style also assists me in developing strong teams and fostering creative
environment. Besides these advantages, the disadvantage of my leadership style is that during
certain situations, it comes across as being indecisive. In situation of crisis, I must be directive
rather than being a democratic leader but, I am not able to play authoritarian role.
CONCLUSION
As per the above mentioned report, it has been concluded that effective leadership helps
in influencing others and motivating them to work towards attainment of common goal.
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Democratic leadership style assist in increasing motivation of employees by involving them in
decision making process.
REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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Fairhurst, G.T. and Connaughton, S.L., 2014. Leadership: A communicative perspective.
Leadership. 10(1). pp.7-35.
Yukl, G.A., 2013. Leadership in organizations. Pearson Education India.
Du, S., Swaen, V., Lindgreen, A. and Sen, S., 2013. The roles of leadership styles in corporate
social responsibility. Journal of business ethics. 114(1). pp.155-169.
Online
Leadership Styles, 2018. [Online]. Available through:
<https://www.verywellmind.com/leadership-styles-2795312>
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