Week - 05

Leadership traits and attributes

Every successful leader has exceptional decision-making skills. There are specific qualities that suit every leader’s ability to lead. There is uncertainty when making decisions, and good leaders must create clarity out of this uncertainty. In order to achieve an organization’s goals, decision-makers should evaluate both risks and opportunities while making commitments. Some of these leadership traits that best suit decision-makers include having good listening skills, being passionate and committed, showing positivity, being innovative, and having collaborative approaches (Scholl et al., 2018). It’s always essential that a leader listens to what his/her team have to say. Being passionate and committed means that the leader is enthusiastic about the organization’s mission.

Charismatic and transformational leadership

In transformational leadership, there is a collective vision that is used to bring change in social systems. In contrast, in charismatic leadership, the leader employs an approach used to inspire and devote followers (Le Blanc et al., 2020). Cohorts in the charismatic leadership style make attributes of leadership abilities that are heroic based on the observations made. A transformational leader has the vision of developing his/her members into able leaders because they are an inspiration. One of the impacts brought in an organization by both charismatic and transformational leadership styles is the leader's willingness to take risks.

Both of these leadership styles engender superior participation in subordinates’ works, and due to this participation, there is sophisticated efficacy and gratification. It’s easier for leaders to use these styles to implement new innovative technologies because teamwork among followers is encouraged to achieve an organization’s goals (Le Blanc et al., 2020). Creativity among the followers results in innovation. Implementing new innovative technologies means that there will be more motivation, which indicates that the followers will be swayed to do the best.

Traditional and High-performance focus

For organizations to operate smoothly, it should employ a high-performance focus because constant attention is required. The top management makes strategic decisions, and this can be done traditionally. Organizations outdo others based on how they perform, and that’s why they should employ high-performance focus when making operational decisions. Also, within an organization’s structure, operations are considered activities that maintain the brand, and that’s why more focus should be on operational decisions.

References

Le Blanc, P. M., González-Romá, V., & Wang, H. (2020). Charismatic leadership and work team innovative behavior: The role of team task interdependence and team potency. Journal of Business and Psychology, 1-14. Retrieved from  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10869-019-09663-6

Scholl, I., LaRussa, A., Hahlweg, P., Kobrin, S., & Elwyn, G. (2018). Organizational-and system-level characteristics that influence implementation of shared decision-making and strategies to address them—a scoping review. Implementation Science, 13(1), 40. Retrieved from  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13012-018-0731-z