Within the four domains, the two internal aspects are heart and head, which lay stress on the motivation and the individuals’ point of view. The hands and habits are the two external factors of leadership. The successful servant leader should be started form the novice and step up little by little to achieve the master, which is a successful leader. The habits addresses the leaders need to refresh and renew daily commitments in order to remain a servant leader. An effective servant leader comes from the heart, which is the most significant for the servant leader and also the place to start in the four domains.
I can attest to this definition and characteristics of myself. I tend to find myself very direct that I had to learn how to put a filter before I speak bluntly. When seeking employment I find myself seeking leadership and management positions. Many times I find being overly confident in certain situations and wanting to take control of the situation. When working in a team setting I find myself wanting to start ahead of everyone else and leading the group to obtain the best results.
Motivation Plan Carey D. Hilburn Jr. LDR/531 November 25, 2013 Luis Ramos Motivation Plan A challenge faced by many organizations is to motivate members. The variety of personalities, skill levels and work ethics between different members makes it difficult to develop a motivation plan that is universally effective. It is important, however, to implement strategies to ensure each team member is motivated, has job satisfaction, and performs well in order for the organization to be successful. Through analyzing the different characteristics and personalities of each team member using the DiSC assessment, a motivation plan will be created for members of Team D as employees of the Education Resource Center. Motivation is defined
I try to show good leadership skills in hopes of influencing other people to make better choices. The world is looking for true leaders. We possess the abilities to be influencers. Leadership is an ongoing learning process. An effective leader is someone who compels and motivated others to action.
The success of this phase needs the commanding and logical style of leadership. It requires a more demanding approach as it represents the moment of launching the plans and strategies for change and these must have a precise debut. This phase has to be managed through the commanding and logical styles as they consist of directing and explaining, and of doing and studying. The catalyzing phase involves inspiring, energizing, and assisting. The inspirational and supportive styles are most effective as these develop through exploiting opportunities of change in order to accomplish positive goals.
IV. SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY What is situational leadership theory? Situational leadership theories in organizationl are a type of leadership theory, leadership style, and leadership model that presumes that different leadership styles are better in different situations, and that leaders must be flexible enough to adapt their style to the situation they are in. A good situational leader is one who can quickly change leadership styles as the situation changes. Most of us attempt to do this in our dealings with people: we try not to get angry with a new employee, and we remind forgetful people.
As well as being fun, team activities increase knowledge and allow teams to develop weak areas of expertise as well as enhancing team support, encouraging mentoring and developing leadership skills. There are three main types of teams these are dependant, independent and interdependent. A dependant team is where the members of the group are reliant on the leader of the group for guidance and support and would not be able to complete the task without the team leader, due to this the leader of the group would have to adopt an autocratic leadership style, so that the members of their team would be able to complete the task in hand. An independent team is where each member of the team is able to work effectively by themselves to complete the same task, the leadership style used by this group would be democratic because they would have to listen to each other’s ideas and all equally contribute. These kinds of teams are in permanent
There are many different forms of leadership styles and each differs greatly from the other. All leadership styles share one simple objective; to complete a goal as effectively and efficiently as possible. (Elliot) Effective leadership involves the delegation of tasks and proper training so that people can build upon their foundation of basic skills and grow their competencies. (About.com) An effective leader naturally motivates people to act upon opportunity, encourages others, and empowers people to achieve success rather than place blame. (About.com) To be an effective leader is to care less about your needs, and more about the needs of the people and organization you are leading.
The principal also feels that sensitivity and a selectiveness nature must be given to staff. He feels that staff have many things going on, time is an enemy of all and there needs to be an understanding as to what they can handle. Another factor of importance raised by the principal is the fact that he stated that what supervisors need to be conscious of is the fact that professional development should, in some cases is researched based. With this in mind he feels that those involved need to be mindful of that fact that research-based elicits proving that something is effective. With this key piece he believes creates greater success professional for educators and better higher achieving results for
There are different types Leaders. Leaders can either be Task – Oriented or Person- Oriented. In the article Leadership Characteristics by Karlene Sugerman says “Task- oriented leaders are most interested in training, instructing behavior, performance and winning. Person- oriented leaders are more interested in the interpersonal relationships on the team.” As for myself, I’m the Person- oriented leader because I believe if you get to know the person or team you have a better chance of running it and reaching your goals. Example of Task- oriented leaders are like coaches such Vince Lombardi, Bill Belichick, Bill Parcells, and Bear Bryant.