Introduction
According to (Kotter, 2010) ‘change by definition requires creating a new system which in return always demands leadership’. While (House et al., 2002) stated ‘Definition of leadership, Ability to influence, motivate, and enable others to contribute to success’. A change situation that I have experienced where I had to execute my leadership capabilities occurred whilst working on a group project at university. This project involved creating and promoting a household product from scratch and presenting it to the class. However since I changed from another module late I was placed in a random group. This change of situation was problematic for a number of reasons such as I did not know any of the group members for that reason it …show more content…
This is an example of team management 9, 9 on Blake and mouton leadership grid component (peter G 2016). This has a strong emphasis on both tasks and interpersonal behavior. This was an essential and valuable tool as it focuses on the importance on both tasks and interpersonal relationships which was important to me as a leader as I felt that focusing on peer relations aided significantly in changing the organization and structure of the group in terms of team work and motivating the group members through building a relationship with the group members. Evidence has supported the behavioral approach as an effective approach to leadership, as studies have found that ‘leaders who support their subordinates and team members and look out for their welfare is more effective’ (Judge, Piccolo, and Ilies, 2004). While another study found that ‘leader behaviour for predicting group performance is initiating structure, which is positively related to group performance’ (DERUE et al., 2011).This supports my behaviour approach to leadership in the situation as previously stated that I wanted to change the structure of the group to increase group performance. However a limitation to keep in mind is this approach cannot be applied to every
According to (Kotter, 2010) ‘change by definition requires creating a new system which in return always demands leadership’. While (House et al., 2002) stated ‘Definition of leadership, Ability to influence, motivate, and enable others to contribute to success’. A change situation that I have experienced where I had to execute my leadership capabilities occurred whilst working on a group project at university. This project involved creating and promoting a household product from scratch and presenting it to the class. However since I changed from another module late I was placed in a random group. This change of situation was problematic for a number of reasons such as I did not know any of the group members for that reason it …show more content…
This is an example of team management 9, 9 on Blake and mouton leadership grid component (peter G 2016). This has a strong emphasis on both tasks and interpersonal behavior. This was an essential and valuable tool as it focuses on the importance on both tasks and interpersonal relationships which was important to me as a leader as I felt that focusing on peer relations aided significantly in changing the organization and structure of the group in terms of team work and motivating the group members through building a relationship with the group members. Evidence has supported the behavioral approach as an effective approach to leadership, as studies have found that ‘leaders who support their subordinates and team members and look out for their welfare is more effective’ (Judge, Piccolo, and Ilies, 2004). While another study found that ‘leader behaviour for predicting group performance is initiating structure, which is positively related to group performance’ (DERUE et al., 2011).This supports my behaviour approach to leadership in the situation as previously stated that I wanted to change the structure of the group to increase group performance. However a limitation to keep in mind is this approach cannot be applied to every