1. Introduction
Leadership is an area of development that will perhaps never be mastered. I don’t believe that there can ere can ever be one best way to ensure effective leadership. Every organisation is unique. They all have their own idiosyncrasies and variants that make them similar but different. They all have their own contexts. Combined with these differences is the notion that organisations are always changing. So, if an organisation is always changing, then the leadership is required to change along with it. We can be consistent in some of the ways we lead and the processes we take, but leadership is not a static thing; it is ever changing.
Good leadership is something that develops through experience, knowledge, commitment, patience and the ability to know oneself and others & to be able to work well with others. Daniel Goleman says that the old model of leadership, much like the Great Man theory, where the skills and expertise of the leader were the most important characteristics are now now longer relevant. The new characteristics are those that …show more content…
Different styles of leadership may be more appropriate for different types of decision-making. Within my own experience, I believe that this is the fall back of most leaders new to an environment. When a principal or leader enter a school, it is usually not a position taken from within the ranks of the community. As such, it is impossible for a leader to be aware of the everything that happens and why. As a leader who has a strong belief in EI and supports empowerment through active coaching, relationships with peers and the broader community are imperative to success. However, the leader comes in and is expected to lead from the beginning. As such, leadership becomes very situational. Looking at the conditions as they appear to be and providing leadership based on what
Leadership is an area of development that will perhaps never be mastered. I don’t believe that there can ere can ever be one best way to ensure effective leadership. Every organisation is unique. They all have their own idiosyncrasies and variants that make them similar but different. They all have their own contexts. Combined with these differences is the notion that organisations are always changing. So, if an organisation is always changing, then the leadership is required to change along with it. We can be consistent in some of the ways we lead and the processes we take, but leadership is not a static thing; it is ever changing.
Good leadership is something that develops through experience, knowledge, commitment, patience and the ability to know oneself and others & to be able to work well with others. Daniel Goleman says that the old model of leadership, much like the Great Man theory, where the skills and expertise of the leader were the most important characteristics are now now longer relevant. The new characteristics are those that …show more content…
Different styles of leadership may be more appropriate for different types of decision-making. Within my own experience, I believe that this is the fall back of most leaders new to an environment. When a principal or leader enter a school, it is usually not a position taken from within the ranks of the community. As such, it is impossible for a leader to be aware of the everything that happens and why. As a leader who has a strong belief in EI and supports empowerment through active coaching, relationships with peers and the broader community are imperative to success. However, the leader comes in and is expected to lead from the beginning. As such, leadership becomes very situational. Looking at the conditions as they appear to be and providing leadership based on what