Leadership in Action

Leadership in Action

Introduction

Leadership is power, exercise of influence of an authority that seeks to inspire the conduct of others in order to get them to voluntarily achieve the clearly defined objectives (Amagoh, 2009). While some have naturally predisposed to leadership, it is also true that leadership develops long term. This paper will reflect my personal style of leadership, how I act as a leader, my current and future role as a leader; my capabilities as a leader are a set of personal qualities and interpersonal skills.

My leadership style reflects the organizational characteristics and its relationship with its employees. If the power of a leader varies, it is likely that others in the organization behave similarly to treat both with colleagues and with the community. I believe that leader should be collaborating and opens, likes to persuade the similar approach amongst members and collaborating with the overall organization.

Discussion

The primary function of leadership, resulting from the history and the tradition is to maintain harmony in the broad sense. Leadership is characterized by the ability to learn, openness and conscious response to the challenges of the environment. In recent years, there has been the concept of leadership as subsidiary and even as a mission of service to others. The leader does not have to stand in front and lead by example, in some cases, should be invisible and to assist employees in their development.

Studying leadership takes into account the existence of personal, psychological and physical traits of strong leaders. Researchers differentiate specialties in this regard as it is believed that leadership may include intelligence, firmness, high growth, good vocabulary, attractiveness, confidence, and similar qualities, including very recently popular empathic intelligence.

My beliefs regarding the modern leadership is about building trust in the certain value, it is not aimed at quick results but rather to slow the development and maturation. An important part of my leadership is the ability to adapt to new conditions lead and make changes in your environment as needed. Moreover, my perspective is that I have a certain innate potential that can be developed, which includes the lifetime learning appropriate behavior and gain knowledge and skills in the areas of the so-called soft and hard skills.

Transformational leadership is most often understood as a process in which the vision of the organization is formulated and passed by the charismatic person in order to achieve innovation, communication and flexibility at all levels of the organization, which leads to positive change and motivates you to new activities. Transformational leaders motivate us to do more than we intended initially by increasing our awareness of the importance and value of tasks.

As a result of analysis of the strengths and weaknesses I being a leader carry the concept of transactional leaders as I run a continuous exchange with the subordinates, as a consequence of differences in their interests. I seek to maximize the effectiveness of using a combination of formal and informal power control, recognize, modify, and meet the needs and expectations of subordinates and ...