Transactional leadership

Transactional leaders like structure and will clarify with their employees what is expected from them and provide rewards if targets are met and if they are not meant the possibility of punishment is real (Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors, Sept 1, 2015). Transactional leaders are unemotional in their work and focus on the impersonal aspects of management. They are ready to…

Transformation leadership theory posits that leaders transform their followers via their charismatic personalities and inspirational nature. The leadership approach seeks to produce valuable and positive changes in the followers with the ultimate objective being the development of followers into leaders (Shelton, 2012). When implemented in its authentic form, transformational leadership fosters the followers’ motivation, performance, and morale via a range of mechanisms such as the linking of…

Leadership and its definition can vary depending on the context. According to Cox (2016), leadership is a person’s ability to intentionally influence other people, resulting in structure, facilitation, guidance and relationship building for team members. Displaying effective leadership skills means being able to adapt to changing environment and inspire others to meet a collective goal (Cox, 2016). Necessary skills that a leader must display include the ability to be flexible, build trust,…

CRITICALLY ANALYSING LEADERSHIP In part one of the assignmenti identified the most commonly used leadership styles, types and theories used in the business environment. It is up to management to decide which theories fit their business vision the best it is sometimes necessary to use more than one. However not all these theories are perfect and in part three im looking to critically analyse these popular theories SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY as mentioned above the situational leadership theory…

Introduction to the topic The assigned reading for Forum 4 provided an introduction to leadership apart from management. The text and other course resource materials shared insight and perspective on the nature, styles, traits, and behavioral theories of leadership. Multiple models of leadership were reviewed in regards to style and followership. Leadership impacts the entire organization and can have a resounding effect on the organizations goal attainment (Satterlee, 2009). Three Concepts…

Leadership is the person ability to bring out the best in everyone in the work environment, in other words A leader is usually a person who people recognize as the most informed person or someone that can make perfect decisions. The best leadership is the one that meets the challenges you are facing and the needs of the people you are leading and show others you trust them. Effective leaders are often flexible and are able to change their perspective of leadership to suit changing circumstances…

Burns (1978) defined leadership “as leaders inducing followers to act for certain goals that represent the values and the motivation – the wants and the needs, the aspirations and expectations – of both leaders and followers. And the genius of leadership lies in the manner in which leaders see and act on their own and their followers’ values and motivations” (p. 19). A key component to effective leadership is knowing how to speak and not dictate to followers (Burns). Every school principal,…

Personality Framework is the most critical. Next, I will discuss my behavioral characteristics based on both the Ohio State studies and the transactional versus transformational models. Lastly, I will discuss the primary use of power I would rely on as a CEO with regard to the seven types of power discussed in class. Three Critical Traits for Leaders The three leadership traits that I believe are most critical for a leader to possess are: integrity, confidence, and inspiration. First of all, I…

Leadership has been described as the behavior of an individual when directing the activities of a group toward a shared goal according to Al-Sawai in the Oman Medical Journal (Al-Sawai, 2013). Also, leadership is less about one’s needs and more about the needs of the people and the organization. Furthermore, leadership styles are not something to be tried on to see which fits. Rather, they should be adapted to the particular demands, requirements, and the challenges facing the organization. Some…

There are many different leadership styles: autocratic, Laissez-faire, transactional, and transformational to name a few. Each style has positives and negatives. My research did not reveal any single leadership format to be without flaws. However, there are some that are more positive than negative. In addition, one format of leadership may be better suited for a specific arena while a different style fits another altogether. In other words, what works for one department or organization may…