Characteristics of a transformational leader are providing vision and direction, gains trust from others, communicates expectations and critical purposes, motivate and influence rationality, advises, and guides individuals (Robbins & Judge, 2013, p. 383). I tend to be creative with the task given to me and I have the ability to think outside the box. Although I have a high attention to detail, my critical thinking and problem-solving skills make me an effective leader amongst my peers. “[T]ransformational leaders also show greater agreement among top managers about the organization’s goals, which yields superior organizational performance” (Robbins & Judge, 2013, p. 383). According to a study conducted by Gong, Huang, and Farh (2009), employees who work under transformational leaders had more self-confidence in their ability to be more creative and perform higher (pgs.
Some of the most important skills I have learned are communication, time management, organization, and discipline. By watching the chain of command flow, I have learned how information travels and have learned communication skills. Strict rules on timeliness are highly enforced in the JROTC program. I have learned that being early leaves a better impression and is also more beneficial than arriving on time or late. These time management skills have already helped me and I know that they will continue to benefit me.
Everyone is watching how I not only act but lead because I am in a leadership position. This makes me even try even harder to be a great leader and a positive role model. My actions can have a direct impact on some of the future leaders. One focus I’m going to take on serving my co-workers, organization and society is to show my leadership style. I have had many leaders, bosses, supervisor’s among others who have been in a position of
By offering education opportunities, extensive amounts of supervisor led coaching and chances at additional responsibility and positions of authority they have created an upwardly mobile mindset in the members of this group. They have faced numerous leadership challenges in regards to organizational changes and will have to work at rebuilding some trust and faith in their workforce if they want future changes to be fully supported. The data gathered by their comprehensive standardization and evaluation program has proved to be an excellent tool for controlling technician behaviors and identifying negative trends so corrective actions can be quickly implemented. Finally, the numerous opportunities for recognition abound within this organization and serve to motivate and inspire to exceed established standards. Resulting in a highly motivated and dedicated force.
Successful organisations have leaders who set high standards and goals across the entire spectrum, such as strategies, market leadership, plans, meetings and presentations, productivity, quality, and reliability. Kouzes & Posner, 1987 talk about the road to great leadership and how it is common to successful leaders. They say to challenge the process, find a process you believe needs to be improved the most, then share your vision in words that can be understood by followers and inspire them. Next you enable others to act, you give them the tools and methods to solve problems and when the process gets tough you model it the right way. A boss tells others what to do but a leader shows that it can be done.
Servant leadership is all about creating teamwork, community, and allowing for others to be involved in decision making, strong ethics, and caring behavior. These are important factors as well as encouraging personal growth among the staff (Spears, 2005). The leader and the servant are usually thought of as opposites however, the servant leader model has shown how the two opposites are intertwined to create a model that teaches about how to put others first and promote the sharing of decision making (Spears, 2005). This model focuses on the positive impact on the employees as well as the community, rather than worrying so much about profit (Spears, 2005). Compare and Contrast Servant Leadership with Transformational Leadership Transformational Leadership is another excellent form of leadership that focuses on the leader as a role model, the ability to generate
Leaders serve as role models and communicate a clear vision to their followers. A transformational leader takes on the responsibility for revitalizing an organization. They define from what is already in place the need for change, create new visions, mobilize commitment to those visions, and ultimately transform an organization. They possess the ability to dream, translate those dreams and images so that other people can share them. (Tichy & Devanna, 1990, pp.
Introduction: Leadership is an art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal. Effective leaders are rare. Most good leaders have had their fair share of hard knocks that awakened them to the greater prospective within their scope of influence. Great leaders are excellent communicators. They are able to speak many languages of the individuals within the groups they lead.
Some of the more specific aspects being analyzed are Goal Setting Theory, empowerment, and Social Motivational Training as scrutinized by various researchers. It will also focus greatly on Self-Determination Theory, as it applies to almost all of the articles read, because of its significance and relatedness to motivation. The studies used to investigate the validity of these theories will be explored and analyzed in regards to their contribution to creating more motivation in employees which ultimately results in the elevation of job performance. One of the main contributors to motivation, which continuously presented itself throughout the different articles read, was self- determination theory. Self-
It is an inclusive of all the definitions, key areas, and local and international examples to get a better view of the importance of effective communication for leadership performances. It carries theoretical explanations given regarding communication by authors such as contingency theory etc., and further more clarification on how effective communication can be performed and practiced to become great leaders. These have been explained further more through taking world’s greatest leaders by analyzing their behaviors and attitude, systematic communication that they followed to become great leaders. At the end of the report, it gives a conclusion that leaders should communicate effectively to gain success and how it is to be done if the leaders a lacking on it. And it also conveys how the communication system should flow accordingly to attain goals and objectives for leaders as gaining effective communication is not that simple.