In leadership there are multiple areas that are of influence and the most impactful for me are positions on delegation, goal orientation and team building.
Delegation; delegation is an important aspect of leadership and it is used in order to ensure that the constituents are able to come up with ideas and implement them and also to help them deliver on their mandates, independent of their leaders. To model in such a case will be to come up with a working formula on how the employees are supposed to behave and also what they are supposed to.
In order to inspire them through delegation, the leader also needs to have certain roles it be available to advise them on what they are supposed to do and what they are to achieve. Delegation means that the leader is making it possible for the employees to make decisions on the day to day operations of the firm but with intent of achieving long term goals of the organization. (Bolden, Gosling, Marturano, & Dennison 2003)
When leading a team, it is important for them to be goal oriented and also to have personal goals. It is important to help employees to develop goals for themselves which are in line with organization goals (Engleberg, Wynn 2007). These goals should make it easier for the employees to work within the organizations strategic plan. This can be achieved by setting specific goals for the employees which they are expected to attain within a certain period of time.
In order to inspire the employees, as a leader on should have their own set of goals which they want to achieve within a certain period of time. This will help the employees with motivating them to achieve their sandal so departmental and their own goals in order not to let their leader down.
Team building is an important function f a leader. One might be the leader of the team or even the leader of the department and engage the employees to be in teams. In order to ensure that the team building exercise is going as planned. A rotation of teams’ member should be used in order to ensure that employees get to work against and with each other. The final team combination will be used for some time and this will lead to the teams and the employees being closer and competitive and working towards the same goal. (Bolden, Gosling, Marturano, & Dennison 2003)
To inspire them, in such an exercise, it is important to ensure partiality in the team and the leader can participate in either team which will bring the team closer and the leader closer to the employees.
The participative leadership theory suits the above situations better. This is because through the participative employees get to contribute to the strategic plans development process by contributing on the nature of the strategic plan. Through this leadership system, the employees get to participate and also get to set a strategic plan which will also help them to achieve their personal goals and makes it easier to inspire them.
References
3 Main Different Types of Leadership Styles Explained. (2016). Smallbusinesspro.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2016, from http://www.smallbusinesspro.co.uk/marketing/leadership- styles.html
Bolden, R., Gosling, J., Marturano, A., & Dennison, P. (2003). A Review of Leadership Theory and Competency Frameworks. United Kingdom: Centre for Leadership Studies. Retrieved from http://www2.fcsh.unl.pt/docentes/luisrodrigues/textos/Lideran%C3%A7a.pdf
Engleberg, I. N., & Wynn, D. (2007). Working in groups. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
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