Fiedler contingency model

1. Discuss the differences between power, influence, and empowerment. Even though, there are differences among one another. Truly, they are essential ingredients of effective leadership. To put it differently, power involves controlling the behavior of others in a matter against their will. In contrast, influence involves leadership through competencies and trustworthiness without violating the followers’ free will. Although, empowerment is a process of motivation that encourages followers…

Everyone can born become a leader but leadership is not innate. A myth states that leadership is innate. According to some persons, leadership is determined by distinctive dispositional characteristics present at birth (Studentpenet.com, 2013). However, according to Forsyth (2009), leadership also develops over and done with hard work and careful observation. A quote from E.F Girard tells that ‘ leadership is accomplished by ability, awareness, experience and keeping posted; by willingness to…

Inspirational quotes 1. Be brave, be honest, life is yours. 2. Life is all about giving, once you started giving you won’t ask for anything. 3. Giving is a way of getting. 4. Don’t worry you will succeed in the end. 5. I love those who always speak truth. 6. Don’t look back; you are not going that way. 7. Love is for those who know how to love others. 8. Love is always a way of giving. 9. When life stand by your side, never leave. 10. Sometimes loving yourself is the true answer. 11. When I do…

An idea of 'Do what you love’ which is working on a job that a man really has a passion in is now being on spotlight. There are many books, TV shows, and Facebook pages with thousands of likes which tell the readers and audiences of how good and happy they would feel when they are working on a job they love and also encourage them to find and work in what they really love. Nevertheless, the idea of ‘Do what you love’ is not all new. It was introduced in 19th century by an American philosopher…

Jitanshi Mehta 1 Born and brought up in an Indian family, and being the eldest child in my family inculcated a lot of qualities in me. Maturity, responsibility, leadership and motivation are to name a few. These values gave me clarity in life and how I saw myself in future. After passing my 10th exams, I opted for a diploma in Engineering rather than the conventional approach of 10+12+graduation. Diploma studies gave me an insight of the entire field and detailed conceptual knowledge…

strong motivation and great satisfaction to the leaders who dictate terms. Therefore, the autocratic leadership style yield better results when great speed is needed. To the contrary, sometimes this style might leads to frustration, low morale and conflicts among subordinates. Most of the subordinates also tend to shirk responsibility and initiative. Democratic style is where the leader decentralises and assigns high authority to his subordinates. This type of leader makes a final decision only…

Motivation is divided into intrinsic and extrinsic factors that encourage passion and vitality in people to be continually interested and committed to an activity or to make an effort to attain a goal. When people are intrinsically motivated to do a task, they will start the task on their own, keep on doing the task on their own, and furthermore improve it. For many numbers of reasons, it’s better for society and for each person when people participate freely of their own will, meaning when…

All humans naturally desire wisdom. She reveals important truths about life, and leads those who follow her to godlier conduct and well-being. A good example of some of the teachings of wisdom can be found in The Chosen, by Chaim Potok. In Potok’s novel the protagonist, Reuven, a young Jewish student living in Boston during the Second World War, learns much about the world he lives in through the instructions wisdom gives him each day. Reuven’s life is not fast-paced or dangerous, but the…

1. Leadership development is important to me for several reasons. A leader is someone who guides a group of people to be more productive and successful in their work. An entire organization can take after the character of its leader. It seems that there are too many corrupt leaders in this day and age who don’t create a safe, productive atmosphere for work to be done. I think it is important to develop my leadership skills so I can ensure that no one in my future workplace feels unwelcome, taken…

Robert Kelly Model of Followership We were introduced to the Robert Kelley model of followership in the course of our lectures. Robert Kelly model introduces us to the different styles of followership, which as per him are of 5 types spread across two dimensions. The first dimension describes the behaviour to be active or passive…