Mgmt 3302 Leadership Review
Literature Review
MGMT 3302
How do leaders develop?
Given the large amount of different facets leaders posses in order to perform effectively in their respective domains, it is hard to specifically define leadership- however, it can be merely presented as an influencing process between a leader and the people who follow. Furthermore, leadership development is essential in carrying an individual through from the stages of emergence all the way to leadership effectiveness, and was defined by Day (2012) as “the expansion of an individual’s capacity to be effective in leadership roles and processes”. According to Santrock (2010) and Murphy (2011), there are major developmental stages in leadership; starting in early childhood, those years playing a major role in the upbringing of future …show more content…
However, as long as individuals keep on learning new skills and behaviours, development will continue (Bornstein, 1989). An individual’s background, environment and early upbringing are not the only factors in successful effective leadership development; although those elements are strong enablers, with many demonstrated correlations, they are not everything needed to be a leader . Gladwell (2008) underlined the crucial importance of training and practice through his analysis of notable leaders such as Bill Gates or the Beatles, and concluded that it requires 10 000 hours of work to become an expert in any field; and this can be achieved by anyone with the initiative to do so. Although practice may yield more results in skill development and mastery if performed at a young age during the “sensitive period” of learning, it does not however mean that it will instigate zero form of leadership development if practicing occurs later in lifetime (Avolio and Vogelgesang
MGMT 3302
How do leaders develop?
Given the large amount of different facets leaders posses in order to perform effectively in their respective domains, it is hard to specifically define leadership- however, it can be merely presented as an influencing process between a leader and the people who follow. Furthermore, leadership development is essential in carrying an individual through from the stages of emergence all the way to leadership effectiveness, and was defined by Day (2012) as “the expansion of an individual’s capacity to be effective in leadership roles and processes”. According to Santrock (2010) and Murphy (2011), there are major developmental stages in leadership; starting in early childhood, those years playing a major role in the upbringing of future …show more content…
However, as long as individuals keep on learning new skills and behaviours, development will continue (Bornstein, 1989). An individual’s background, environment and early upbringing are not the only factors in successful effective leadership development; although those elements are strong enablers, with many demonstrated correlations, they are not everything needed to be a leader . Gladwell (2008) underlined the crucial importance of training and practice through his analysis of notable leaders such as Bill Gates or the Beatles, and concluded that it requires 10 000 hours of work to become an expert in any field; and this can be achieved by anyone with the initiative to do so. Although practice may yield more results in skill development and mastery if performed at a young age during the “sensitive period” of learning, it does not however mean that it will instigate zero form of leadership development if practicing occurs later in lifetime (Avolio and Vogelgesang