LEADERSHIP

Effective Leadership Style

Abstract

Transformational leadership allows the top management to empower and motivate employees to take up the organizational goals and enhance their performance in order to achieve them. Transformational leadership is the most effective style of leadership because not only does it acclimatize to the organizational culture, it realign it with the new visions with the passage and need of the changing times. Although charismatic leadership combined with rewards brings about desired results, transformational leadership adds the most to organizational development and performance. For that reason, leaders should take up the transformational leadership style to focus on learning and development that leads to success by building respect and trust based on teamwork for the purpose of goal achievement through clarifying expectations, motivational incentives on successful goal achievement.

Table of Contents

Abstractii

Introduction1

Leadership1

Discussion1

Leadership Styles1

Charismatic Leadership2

Transformational Leadership2

Effective Leadership Style4

Strategic Leadership4

Implications for practice5

Conclusion7

References9

Bibliography10

Effective Leadership Style

Introduction

Leadership

Leadership is a process through which others are influenced to understand and then form a consensus about the common goals. A leader is a person who plays the role of a facilitator for his or her team in order to motivate them to make a collective effort to accomplish the shared objectives (Yukl, 2009).

According to Yukl (2009) leadership is a process which is enacted upon by leaders in the context of a group to achieve a common goal shared by both the leader and his or her followers. Both leaders and their followers are consequentially affected by each other because both work in collaboration to achieve a common goal.

Therefore, leadership is an interactive event whereby a two-way transaction takes place between the leaders and followers. Since leadership is a process and not a characteristic or a trait it is not restricted to a few individuals. Meaning, leadership can be undertaken and executed by anyone and in a group setting is not limited to one person only.

The backbone of leadership is influential power. As leadership operates in groups, thus, a leader is one who can exercise influence over a number of people to push them towards the achievement of a common goal. When this influence is ethical, it results in a positive outcome and enhances the organizational effectiveness and boosts the performance.

Discussion

Leadership Styles

Charismatic Leadership

Charismatic leadership is characterized by a leader with an exceptional ability to attract followers and motivate them to follow his vision. Charismatic leader validates his leadership through repeat success that comes through deliverance of a solution for a crisis situation.

According to research conducted by Hartog & Koopman (2001), there is an irrefutable and distinguished individual factor in the charismatic leadership. Charismatic leaders possess a special persona which generally has a high level of energy, self-confidence, control, a strong need for power and influence, and a conviction in integrity of their own beliefs and ideals. Along with that they have exceptional intelligence, eloquence, rhetorical and interpersonal skills.

All charismatic leaders are inspirational figures for their followers. There is reciprocity of the social relationship between the charismatic leaders and their followers. The values of charismatic leaders are represented through role modeling ...