LEADERSHIP STYLE

LEADERSHIP STYLE

LEADERSHIP STYLE

Introduction

Leadership is about influencing people in order to reach goals. It is also about coaching and motivating people so that they can give their best and reach a goal as a team. Leadership can be described many ways, but one thing is sure. Every leader has his/her own uniqueness, which is why leader opt that strategy in which he is good. The style of leadership which is discus here is the situational leadership; this will help to learn that how the leaders behave is different situation to maintain his influencing personality. Here some different strategies and interventions are also discussed which help employees to achieve their own and organizational goals.

Situational Leadership

In situational leadership, three factors affect the leader's decisions: the situation, the capability of the followers and the capability of the leader. The leader adjusts to whatever limitation is laid out in front of him by his subordinates and the situation itself. Adaptability is key here. The leaders need to be as dynamic as the different situations they are faced with. A famous example of this leadership style is Dwight Eisenhower.Management theorists from Ohio State University and the University of Michigan published a series of studies to determine whether leaders should be more tasks or relationship (people) oriented. The importance of the research cannot be overestimated since leaders tend to have a dominant style; a leadership style they use in a wide variety of situations. Surprisingly, the research discovered that there is no one best style: leaders must adjust their leadership style to the situation as well as to the people being led.

Implementing Situational Leadership

As mentioned earlier, implementing situational leadership in an organization is really nothing more than teaching managers how to recognize the strengths and weaknesses of each leadership style, and how this knowledge can be applied to a given work situation.  It's also important for managers to recognize their intrinsic leadership style, because that will often be the style they will fall back into in times of stress.

Successful leaders in any organization are able to quickly recognize the correct style to apply in a given situation.  They make use of that style to achieve superior business results.  Regardless of the model or theory used to describe leadership styles, both Goleman and Blanchard agree on this last point:  flexibility is the key to success.

Strategies and Interventions for Motivating people to achieve goals.

It is a known fact that motivation is the key to most employees' performance improvement. So, what are effective motivation strategies for employees to do their best work and keep their loyalty to the company?

The usual approaches to motivation at work focused on bonus, commission, pay and pension for people to do their best in the workplace. It is true that incentive rewards could very well motivate employees to be more productive and creative. However, incentives alone will not fix an unproductive workplace or a bad company. Recognition and rewarding employees for a work well done demonstrates care and concern for the ...