Great leaders possess many different qualities such as emotional intelligence, honesty, vision, and persistence. One would think that all leaders possess those qualities, but today’s society dictates what leadership qualities are acceptable. In other words, leaders with power appear to be successful. For instance, some managers are driven by titles while others use the position as a growth opportunity. Leadership styles vary from person to person. Therefore, affiliative, democratic, authoritative, and coaching are leadership styles I desire to possess as a human service leader. Affiliative leaders enjoy having harmonized relationships with their employees. I relate to this leader style because I love to interact with people. Six years ago,
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I could have handled the situation negatively if I allowed my title to affect me. However, I empathized with my cashier as if I had experienced the disruptive customer. After everything had subsided, I treated her to dinner. In comparison to the affiliative leadership style, democratic leadership style has some similarities regarding how they work with their employees. Democratic style includes their employees with making major decisions. They consider their employees ideas, as well as reward their performances when goals are set and reached. As a youth leader, I am not obligated to consider the ideas from the youth. Selfishly, I could plan events and require the youth to participate without any planning knowledge. However, I love working with the youth.
Receiving input from the youth keeps me updated with the latest trends. I encourage them to provide input while planning youth events such as fundraisers and outings. It is important for me to approach them as if we were a team. A youth ministry will not function without the youth. I communicate to them regarding the importance of working together. Goals are reached successfully when we approach each task as a team. Democratic leadership demonstrates effectiveness of building great leaders, whereas authoritative creates opportunities for future …show more content…
The affiliative, democratic, authoritative, and coaching leadership styles strengths and weaknesses go hand and hand. The coaching and authoritative styles work together by creating visionaries, while the affilitative and democratic mobilizes and build up their employees. Leaders who display the characteristics of these leadership styles should continue to help their employees, but limit the employee’s involvement. In other words, employees can take advantage of their managers by overpowering their decision making. For example, my husband’s manager Kenny favors one of his employees. James is his manager’s favorite. When their manager Kenny makes decisions, he considers Jim’s decision over the rest of the employees. My participative leadership style will be the opposite of Kenny’s leadership approach.
My participative leadership style allows me to accept input from other group members while making decisions. In a management setting, I would assure that my employees have the necessities to grow and improve. This mind set reminds me of our textbook, “Good to Great”. The idea of starting my non-profit organization feels like reality to me. My employees must embrace my passion to help the youth. If we are not on one accord, then my organization would not succeed. My desire is to work with others who are purpose driven, but not title
I could have handled the situation negatively if I allowed my title to affect me. However, I empathized with my cashier as if I had experienced the disruptive customer. After everything had subsided, I treated her to dinner. In comparison to the affiliative leadership style, democratic leadership style has some similarities regarding how they work with their employees. Democratic style includes their employees with making major decisions. They consider their employees ideas, as well as reward their performances when goals are set and reached. As a youth leader, I am not obligated to consider the ideas from the youth. Selfishly, I could plan events and require the youth to participate without any planning knowledge. However, I love working with the youth.
Receiving input from the youth keeps me updated with the latest trends. I encourage them to provide input while planning youth events such as fundraisers and outings. It is important for me to approach them as if we were a team. A youth ministry will not function without the youth. I communicate to them regarding the importance of working together. Goals are reached successfully when we approach each task as a team. Democratic leadership demonstrates effectiveness of building great leaders, whereas authoritative creates opportunities for future …show more content…
The affiliative, democratic, authoritative, and coaching leadership styles strengths and weaknesses go hand and hand. The coaching and authoritative styles work together by creating visionaries, while the affilitative and democratic mobilizes and build up their employees. Leaders who display the characteristics of these leadership styles should continue to help their employees, but limit the employee’s involvement. In other words, employees can take advantage of their managers by overpowering their decision making. For example, my husband’s manager Kenny favors one of his employees. James is his manager’s favorite. When their manager Kenny makes decisions, he considers Jim’s decision over the rest of the employees. My participative leadership style will be the opposite of Kenny’s leadership approach.
My participative leadership style allows me to accept input from other group members while making decisions. In a management setting, I would assure that my employees have the necessities to grow and improve. This mind set reminds me of our textbook, “Good to Great”. The idea of starting my non-profit organization feels like reality to me. My employees must embrace my passion to help the youth. If we are not on one accord, then my organization would not succeed. My desire is to work with others who are purpose driven, but not title