Essential Requirements of Effective Leadership in a Changing Organisational Culture

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Chartered Institute of Housing | LEADING PLACES OF CHANGE | Assignment Number 2 | Essential requirements of effective leadership in a changing organisational culture | Presented by :Stewart Mustard Student No. 1054105 April 2010 | Contents 1 Chapter One 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Models of leadership 3 1.3 Leadership in a changing organisational culture 5 2 Chapter Two 7 2.1 Leading change within Alabaré Christian Care & Support 7 3 Chapter Three 9 3.1 Moving forward with change 9 3.2 Conclusion 10 4 Bibliography 11 Chapter One Introduction The aim of this assignment is to identify and discuss the essential requirements of effective leadership in a changing organisational culture and apply the discussion to Alabaré Christian Care & Support, paying particular attention to key issues the organisation may face in moving forward and how they could be resolved. Models of leadership Leadership n. 1. The abilities or qualities that make one a leader 2. The role performed by a leader 3. The leaders of a group considered collectively wordsmyth.net The above dictionary definition identifies three major elements of leadership: the qualities required to lead, the roles that a leader undertakes and the individuals who together lead the organisation. In his book How to Lead, Jo Owen states that “Leadership is too often shrouded in mystery. To become leaders we are urged to become a combination of Genghis Khan, Nelson Mandela, Machiavelli and Ghandi” (Owen, 2009 pxv). For many years, the idea held that leaders were born rather than made; that the equalities of leadership were inherent as purported by the Great Man Theory (www.leadership-expert.co.uk , 2010) or that there is a list of qualities that are present within individuals who are suited to leadership as in the Trait Theory (Bolden, Gosling, Marturano,

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