Leadership. There are many styles or ways that a leader can use to motivate people. The basic three styles of leadership are: autocratic,democratic and lassiez-faire.

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Leadership

Leadership is the ability to influence a group of people toward the achievement of predetermined goals or a vision.it is basically about coping with change and leading a team.it hovers around the development of human personnel. Every leader has his own personal style of leadership. Leaders are an enabling force helping the organization and people to achieve the aim of the organization and the needs of the people. It’s more about people and the concept of serving them. Good leadership demands attitudes and behavior which are humane. Followers follow their leaders because of their behavior which makers’ people trust them and not due to the skills or talent they possess. Leaders make relationship with people.

There are many styles or ways that a leader can use to motivate people. The basic three styles of leadership are: autocratic,democratic and lassiez-faire.

Autocratic leadership: it’s when the manger dominates its employees. Keeps all the power with himself. Does not consults or discuss anything with juniors while taking decisions. He likes to delegate his work. He orders and commands. He does not communicate much and has a set or predecided rewards or punishments. He neither gives many explanations nor trusts them.

Democratic leadership: it’s when the leader involves the employees in decision making. Sharestask with the employees. Take their advice and trust them keeps them informed about the decisions taking place. Heis highly involved with the employees and encourages them to grow. Rewards them when they show good performance. (S.P.Robbins 2009)

Lassiez faire: gives full authority as well as responsibility to the employees and leaves them at their own. Gives no direction and expects them to solve their own problem.

It’s very difficult to choose one single style of leadership. The leader must be flexible enough to behave according to the demands of the situation. Stick to any one style of leadership does not enhance productivity and in such changing global scenario it would have an adverse effect. Acombination of leadership should be exhibited depending on various factors. The world has becoming globally so advanced that change has become a daily phenomenon. The world now is very interdependent and there are several forces from all the sides to harm the organization and its people.at these times the leaders should be adaptable to situations and should have emotional strength to cope with the changes personally.

Choosing which style of leadership depends mostly according to the situation. Some other factors which could also be considered to determine the decision of which combination of leadership should be applied are:

  • The culture of the organization.
  • The time available to make the difference.
  • What is the relationship shared between the leader and follower.
  • The level of hierarchy and the decision making powers.
  • Whether the employees are trained in their task.
  • Whether the leader understands them and their task.
  • Degree of satisfaction,stress etc. of the employees.

It depends on the leader how to manage and hone the talents of his/her followers between so many forces of pressure.(US Army Handbook,1973)

In this modern age of increasing global change, a leader must be constantly evolving and improving him. He must be able to understand the fast change and react, unreacted to it to fit into the situation. He must be able to create the visions of the future and accordingly inspire organizations members to achieve optimal effectiveness.The leader must be able to challenge the status quo, formulate structured plans and inspire people to aim high.

Many contemporary styles of leadership have evolved to fulfill the needs of the organizations from increasing modern issues. They are

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  • Transactional leadership
  • Transformational leadership
  • Charismatic leadership
  • Creative leadership
  • Corrective leadership
  • Change leadership
  • Multicultural leadership
  • Pedagogical leadership
  • Intelligence leadership
  • Servant leadership
  • Bridging leadership
  • Purposeful leadership

And some more.

A blend of these leadership styles is appropriate at present times.Before that avery important aspect of leadership which needs to be discussed is trust. Unless the followers have faith,trust on their leader none of the styles would do any good. One can say that trust is the foundation stone of leadership and building relationship. (R.Nagel 2006)

TRUST

Trust is when has a faith on the other that he/she ...

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