Leadership styles
1. Identify factors that will influence your choice of leadership styles or behaviours in your workplace.
The factors which influence my leadership styles and behaviours are:
• Workload and Time Pressure
• The feelings and body language of Individuals/Team
• Requests/Requirements of my Manager
• Customer Needs and Attitudes
• Personal Situations – either my own or that of my colleagues
Ultimately these factors would result in my behaviour being that of an affiliative and democratic style of leadership. It is also possible that a coaching style my also become apparent, where the factor is that of a personal situation.
2. Explain why these leadership styles or behaviours are likely to have a positive
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Referring to the Hay McBer and Goleman model, it is apparent that I sway very much towards affiliative and democratic styles of leadership. However from reviewing my recent behaviour, I am also inclined towards a coaching style, especially when the situation is that of a personal nature.
As a potential team leader it is possible that I may adopt more of an authoritative style especially when implementing working practices and achieving goals and objectives. Although this style can lower staff morale in the short term it has been proven within our business to gain long term results.
Upon asking my General Manager/Director to assess my leadership style, he made the following comments:
‘XXXX is very much in the affiliative style of leadership. Sometimes she will put peoples’ feelings first, putting their feelings ahead of the task in hand for fear of causing conflict. I feel that sometimes XXXX needs to move away from that style of leadership and progress more into a democratic and authoritative style. XXXX will know what needs to be done or changed but will refrain from putting the idea or solution forward in fear of upsetting her colleagues. Although when XXXX does move into the democratic space she can be very persuasive at getting team buy in and can be open to other team member ideas and suggested solutions.’
2 Describe what actions you could take to improve as a
Factors that can influence an individual’s choice of leadership in any given situation are many and varied. An individual is likely to have a primary leadership style which they are most comfortable with using. Often the primary leadership style is that which most suits their innate personality traits. For example,
A1. Leadership Style Upon conducting research, it is clear that the definition of “leadership” is not agreed upon. It is fluid, based upon many perceptions, situations, and surroundings. According to Robinson (2010), adopting a specific style of leadership is rather futile as it is, “contingent on the personal traits of the leader, the people being led, and the nature of the activity.” Tools are available to help guide potential leaders in determining a preferred style of leadership. For example, utilizing the “Leadership Self-Assessment
There are a number of factors that will influence the style of leadership a leader may choose, such as:
The authoritative style, powerful though it may be, will not work in every situation. The approach fails, for instance, when a leader is working with a team of experts or peers who are more experienced than he is; they may see the leader as pompous or out-of-touch. Another limitation: if a manager trying to be authoritative becomes overbearing, he can undermine the egalitarian spirit of an effective team. Yet even with such caveats, leaders would be wise to grab for the authoritative "club" more often than not. It may not guarantee a hole in one, but it certainly helps with the long drive.
During my examination of the various types of leadership styles, I was able to take a few assessments online. There were two that stood out the most for me which, were The Type A and B personality indicator and the Hemisphere Dominance Personality Assessment. I found that the style that these two assessments closely matched my own style.
1.1 Describe the factors that will influence the choice of leadership styles or behaviours in workplace situations (24 marks)
Before this lecture and assignment I never gave it thought about different leadership styles and what type I have or will deal with in the past, present, and future. This paper also gave me chance to break down how I’m a different leader depending on what situation I’m put in. As of right now it would be difficult trying to put my leadership style because I’m always in different positon that allow be that to specific leader. Right now I’m in a great position that allow me to lead other in the direction that benefit them and the
The contents and assignment in this course has helped me understand the various theories of leadership and how different leadership styles can have a negative or positive effect on followers and organizations. The leadership theories helped me understand the concept of leadership better because it educates me on the different leadership options that are available. Leadership and followership is not based on specific characteristics. Leaders must draw from things and approaches to find the right style. A follower’s attitude determines the way a leader leads. According to Johnson (2011) “Being a good follower means ensuring your boss is supported, but only if he is making optimum decisions”.
According to the psychology quiz, the leadership style was participative leader. In this particular style, the leader accepts advice and feedback from other members to eliminate barriers or obstacles within the organization. Participative leaders are competent within their role and utilize his/her qualities, skills and expertise to improve the organization. The leader motivates and build healthy relationship with team members, promote psychological safety and maintain open communication. Participative leader incorporates goals, vision, values, skills, and expertise for successful outcomes. For instance, if the leader role involves patient interaction, then he or she would focus on meeting and addressing the needs of patient to promote positive
The University of the Arts London is a culturally rich and diverse workplace. This diversity has an impact on the choice of leadership styles and behaviours a manager should adopt in the workplace but there are also other factors that come into play.
The styles today are less authoritative and more on trying to get feedback from co-workers. This change is driven by today’s individuals that want to be treated with respect and empowered to be self-driven. Today’s business environment requires managers to constantly evaluate his or her leadership style to maintain the so called competitive edge. Leadership moves through many power roles and how power vs. soft power that relates to managers as they manage people. The types of leaders are described with characteristics, as it relates to each individual. The characteristics styles that leaders show
The threads of my leadership style have been influenced by my personal work experience and my time in practicum. Throughout my experiences I have been exposed to many different types of personal and corporate styles of leadership that I have been able to evaluate and reflect on to judge their effectiveness and take away key concepts that I have applied to my own leadership style. Chief among these is understanding the concept that over reaching change and improvement is a team effort that requires being open to input from all different members of the health care team. My personal philosophy of leader ship is heavily influenced by my bird type which is a dove. Doves tend to be natural team players that like to collaborate and work as a team towards a goal.
I look at myself and I see an individual who wants to help others succeed. Understanding that helping other is my main goal will allow me to analyze what kind of leader I want to become. Knowing when a person needs coaching and when a person needs me to take a step away will be a key aspect to my leadership style. I want the people I am leading to feel confident with the task, but also comfortable enough they can ask for help if they need any assistance. Having a caring response to each problem will allow me to act rationally and take the best course of action. I will motivate others by allowing them to buy into my philosophy of helping others and always giving 100% of my effort.
Leadership styles vary amongst every person in a leadership role. Styles may be categorized as authoritarian, procedural, transformational, participative and laissez-fair. Following an assessment of my own leadership style (How to find your style of leadership, 2016) it appears that my style of leadership is characterized as laissez-faire. I’m a leader who is not formally recognized but rather involves the entire team and makes informed decisions based on group ideas, discussions and team decisions. The amount of control I typically have is low and I expect my team to contribute ideas and decisions but ultimately, I am responsible for the final decisions and the success or failure.
Leadership style is usually viewed as relatively stable patterns of behavior that are represented by leaders. In the circumstance of leadership, agentic and communal features seem especially relevant. For example, agentic features such as independent, dominant and competitive are more attached to men than to women. While communal features such as helpful, kind, gentle, sympathetic and personal sensitive are strongly occupied by women than men (Eagly, 2003). In addition, according to Eagly and Johannesen-Schmidt