Leadership is the most discussed topic when it comes to business. There has been much research into leadership and it the effect it has on the followers. Leadership research has included various attributes that show the difference between leaders and non-leaders and the effect it has on the followers. Leadership is a process using socially acceptable behavior, including personality traits used to inspire individuals to reach a goal or objective. There have been many studies that shown individual characteristics including skills and abilities can predict leader effectiveness. This paper is designed to discuss the persuasive forms of leadership and how the persuasion can facilitate change.
Persuasive forms of leadership
When it comes to various forms of leadership, persuading followers to comply with the demands of the leader can foster some difficultly. Implementing innovations to meet the needs of the public requires creativity and persistence of the leader. “Innovation results from the diffusion of new ideas to organizations that adapt them to their needs” (Rusaw, 2001 p. 200). Public leaders use creative and innovative solutions through working with a variety of different individuals in order to reach and obtain goals.
Public leaders have a different way of maintaining goals and objectives; they use different forms of persuasion in addition to using different types of influence on their subordinates. For example, the attitude of a public leader may differ from that of a private entrepreneur. They typically have a more tolerate and respectful attitude towards others versus that of a private leader. This allows the public leader to become a transformational leader, one who uses inspiration to persuade their followers to achieve the goals or objectives. Transformational leadership is best defined by the term charisma, which brings higher expectations and confidence in themselves and those who follow.
There have been
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