LEADERSHIP

Leadership



Leadership in Health and Social Care

Introduction

There are people who are distinguished from all others, not by natural talent or knowledge, but, for their ability to inspire others to dream and make their dreams come true, to generate passion and energy into everything they do and transmit it to the people around them In their role, there is a huge difference between being a leader and being a boss, which is limited to meet senior leaders and find that the people around them do what is required. The leader is a person who is respected, admired, and followed by his team. He builds the best conditions for his organization forward, always giving the example, and implementing projects from start to finish. He knows how to interpret what happens inside and outside the company, and manages, through his entrepreneurial vision and management skills, become him and his company more competitive in the market.

A leader is known for creating the future for an organization. He promotes and directs the changes in his life and the organization he works for, is sociable, promotes its growth and the people around him, is tolerant, flexible, and takes risks. Leadership is the process by which an individual has influence over people and inspires, motivates and directs its activities to reach the goals; the essence of leadership is to have followers. Leadership varies from country to country and culture, for European leaders is more humanistic than the Japanese or Americans. Power of leader is the ability to induce or influence the beliefs or actions of other individuals or groups. Authority is a right in a position to make decisions. Formal authority is a type of power based on the recognition of legitimacy (Western, 2008, pp 77).

Discussion

Application of Leadership theories in the organizational context

Studies show that there is a direct effect of leadership styles on the business operations. This affect has given rise to numerous complementary theories. In order to become a successful performer, one should always take these theories and application of businesses into consideration. There are a number of theories that have come up during the previous years:

Trait Theories

Trait leadership theory is possibly one of the oldest theories and is also known as Great Man theory. It suggests that a number of people have the same quality that they possess from their previous generations and behaviours that make them better fitting to leadership. Trait theories recognize the characteristics and behaviours of people across the globe. It states that leadership is an inborn quality and that leaders cannot be raised. This is a hypothetical picture of an ancient belief which explains that when a group of people were facing extreme problems, a hero appeared and led them towards success.

Even in today's world, some people believe that leadership is an inborn quality (Storey, 2010, pp 301). The leaders with the trait theory have characters such as: decisiveness, assertiveness, cooperative approach, ambitiousness, alertness, etc. In business, leaders can use the information from the theory in order to ...