Flexible leadership theory comprises a leader altering their behavior in appropriate ways to adapt to a situational change. Countless researchers have come up with leadership expressions to depict individuals that are able to read a situation and adjust or change their actions according to the given situation. Yukl, however, makes a point of differentiating his research and analysis on when the flexible differences might occur including being flexible when “transitioning to a different position.” The author goes on to point out that a high level of EQ, or emotional intelligence, seem to be necessary to succeed as a flexible leader. As a flexible leader, an individual must be able to properly read the situation, adapt and act without compromising
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What these researchers miss is the opportunity for flexibility from one issue to the next or flexibility across a leader’s lifetime of leading. Though a leader is not asked to be emotional by Yukl, a leader is asked to be able to adjust from a forceful style to an enabling style in an effort to reach strategic and operational objectives. Combing this need to change with EQ’s measure and acknowledgement of social skills it becomes imperative that a leader have some minimal amount of necessary social skills to be a flexible …show more content…
Yukl never implies or explicitly says that leadership flexibility must include flexible ethics and morals. Robert Goss in his article “A Distinct Public Administration Ethics?” dives deeply into measurement of ethics across bureaucrats, legislators and the public and finds that though the measures may be different, the overall expectations are similar. Each group asks that leaders must be competent, trustworthy and accountable as their top three measures. None asks that leaders have flexible ethics or morals. To go a step further, the ASPA Code of Ethics explicitly states the promotion of Ethical Organizations by “striv(ing) to attain the highest standards of ethics, stewardship, and public service in organizations that serve the public.” Ethics and morals are not something that can be flexible, nonetheless there is always a chance for an individual to evolve or grow. This is not flexibly in ethics. The difference being that growth changes things to a contemporary heading, while flexibility indicates a variable view on any given situation at any given time. There is an obvious distinct and not so subtle difference because growth is not
What these researchers miss is the opportunity for flexibility from one issue to the next or flexibility across a leader’s lifetime of leading. Though a leader is not asked to be emotional by Yukl, a leader is asked to be able to adjust from a forceful style to an enabling style in an effort to reach strategic and operational objectives. Combing this need to change with EQ’s measure and acknowledgement of social skills it becomes imperative that a leader have some minimal amount of necessary social skills to be a flexible …show more content…
Yukl never implies or explicitly says that leadership flexibility must include flexible ethics and morals. Robert Goss in his article “A Distinct Public Administration Ethics?” dives deeply into measurement of ethics across bureaucrats, legislators and the public and finds that though the measures may be different, the overall expectations are similar. Each group asks that leaders must be competent, trustworthy and accountable as their top three measures. None asks that leaders have flexible ethics or morals. To go a step further, the ASPA Code of Ethics explicitly states the promotion of Ethical Organizations by “striv(ing) to attain the highest standards of ethics, stewardship, and public service in organizations that serve the public.” Ethics and morals are not something that can be flexible, nonetheless there is always a chance for an individual to evolve or grow. This is not flexibly in ethics. The difference being that growth changes things to a contemporary heading, while flexibility indicates a variable view on any given situation at any given time. There is an obvious distinct and not so subtle difference because growth is not