I am fortunate to have served in the United States Navy for 26 years because throughout my career my style of leadership evolved as I matured and my level of responsibility increased. Initially‚ I was a transactional leader because it was a way of separating me from my peers to alleviate chances of fraternization. The chain of command was strict in giving direction and the expectations were exacting in standards in accordance with approved guidelines. About half way through my career‚ I was a middle
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Leadership Style Leadership refers to a person who guides or directs a group of individuals (dictionary.com‚ 2012). Lewin (1939) suggests that leadership style refers to the characteristic behaviors of a leader when directing‚ motivating‚ guiding and managing a group of people. Listed below are a few of the most prominent leadership styles: Laissez –Faire (Delegative); Participative (Democratic); Authoritarian (Autocratic); Transformational and Transactional. The purpose of this paper is to report
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Leadership Style After taking a test to determine my style of leadership‚ the test stated I was a democratic leader. Democratic leaders focus on involving all members of the group‚ they also encourage and motivate group members to solve problems. A democratic style involves informing and agreeing upon a common objective and individual roles in completing the task. I am partially this style‚ I believe that a task should be delegated to group members‚ rather than being left to a popular vote by the
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Developing my Leadership Style Outcomes of Effective Leadership Pressures on organizations are increasing; even in the Students’ Union where I work. There are growing needs to become more efficient‚ and to deliver success against strategic goals with shrinking resources. Quantitative analysis can measure performance outputs‚ and managers can make judgments using business information by qualitatively analyzing. Employees often represent the largest expense for organizations; therefore
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Leadership Styles Case Study The type of leadership practiced at the NCF was‚ transactional leadership. “In Transactional leaders are focused on creating a bargain for individual interests who eventually go their separate ways‚ rather than the mutual effort of people who are interested in collective interests and have a common purpose” (Manning‚ 2003‚ p. 50). The leader at the NCF engages the employees to comply with the values regarding dual relationship by bargaining with them using something
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Case Study 2: Leadership Style of Sir Alex Ferguson I. Introduction Sir Alex Ferguson is currently the manager of one of the most glorious football teams in the world‚ the British club Manchester United‚ and this for more than 25 years‚ the upmost managing period of all times. “In 2010‚ Forbes magazine ranked Manchester United the most valuable franchise in world sports‚ with an estimated worth of $1.8 billion — more than that of the New York Yankees or Dallas Cowboys” (Elliot‚ par 2). Since
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and Blanchard (1969) leadership styles There are three principle leadership styles. They are Goleman’s providing six management styles for leaders to work more efficiently with followers based on situation (Hoang‚ 2010) and Blake and Mouton’s in which the combination between the concern for people and for production is presented and result in the effective management style (BPP learning media‚ 2010). Moreover‚ the Hersey and Blanchard’s studies how “leaders match their style to the competence and
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only affects her employees’ morale and productivity‚ it also affects the quality of patient care. At one end of the spectrum‚ some nurses lead with an authoritarian style‚ while others put the needs of their employees above all else. However‚ many find that they can merge strong leadership with an inclusive approach. The leadership style of the charge nurse in the cardiac floor is transformational. According to Joann (2015) transformational leaders encourage the personal and professional development
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Leaders can have one of three different styles – autocratic‚ democratic‚ or laissez-faire. Most people at one point in time have experienced each of these. Characteristics and Behaviors of the Styles Autocratic Leaders. My experience with an autocratic leader have not been as positive as a democratic leader as an autocratic leader is more a dictator. One in particular required immediate response to e-mails that she sent. Due dates were never given when information was requested
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Morality in Transformational Leadership Style I. Leadership This article aims to discuss the weakness of transformational leadership style. As we know there are two kinds of leadership styles namely the transformational and transactional leadership. Leadership occupies a strategic position and is absolutely necessary in an organization‚ where relationships happen between two people or more in achieving organizational goals. So that the position of a leader in the organization has a very important
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