Leadership and Motivation
Understanding Leadership
* Understanding leadership styles
There are many different leadership styles and different styles work in different situations. In order to have a stronger team, it is essential to adapt to each situation and individual by using a variety of leadership styles. Different factors will influence the choice of leadership styles, including the context (volunteering, private organisation or public sector), the people involved and the level of responsibility, the goal to be reached, the timescale and the personality of the leader.
As it has been mentioned above, there are many different styles a leader could adopt. Therefore, it is paramount for the leader to assess the situation in which the leadership style will be used beforehand as some styles will be more appropriate in some situation. A good way to illustrate this idea would be to take one leadership style as an example and evaluate in which context this particular style would be the most suitable and what are the factors that the leader should take in consideration when choosing this particular style.
A leader might choose to use a democratic style if he wants the employees to be involved in the decision-making process. This particular style would be appropriate if the leader wishes to encourage team building and participation, especially with highly experienced employees or when implementing operational changes or resolving individual or group problems. In this case, the main factors influencing his decision of style could be: the levels of skills, the nature of the task, for a long term project, within an organisation encouraging employees to take more responsibilities, when the leader trust his staff members, or if there is a large and complex problem to solve which requires a team effort. However, this particular style would not suitable if there is not enough time to get everyone’s input, if it is easier and more cost-effective for the manager to make the decision or if the
* Understanding leadership styles
There are many different leadership styles and different styles work in different situations. In order to have a stronger team, it is essential to adapt to each situation and individual by using a variety of leadership styles. Different factors will influence the choice of leadership styles, including the context (volunteering, private organisation or public sector), the people involved and the level of responsibility, the goal to be reached, the timescale and the personality of the leader.
As it has been mentioned above, there are many different styles a leader could adopt. Therefore, it is paramount for the leader to assess the situation in which the leadership style will be used beforehand as some styles will be more appropriate in some situation. A good way to illustrate this idea would be to take one leadership style as an example and evaluate in which context this particular style would be the most suitable and what are the factors that the leader should take in consideration when choosing this particular style.
A leader might choose to use a democratic style if he wants the employees to be involved in the decision-making process. This particular style would be appropriate if the leader wishes to encourage team building and participation, especially with highly experienced employees or when implementing operational changes or resolving individual or group problems. In this case, the main factors influencing his decision of style could be: the levels of skills, the nature of the task, for a long term project, within an organisation encouraging employees to take more responsibilities, when the leader trust his staff members, or if there is a large and complex problem to solve which requires a team effort. However, this particular style would not suitable if there is not enough time to get everyone’s input, if it is easier and more cost-effective for the manager to make the decision or if the