Category: Leadership

Leader-Follower Relationship in Creating a Performance-Based Organizational Leadership Relationship building between leaders and followers in a work-based environment serves a critical role in determining the nature and scope of organizational performance. Over the past years, many researchers have devoted considerable efforts to exploring this concept in the view of organizational leadership theories (Gellis, 2001). The…

Table of Contents Introduction Ted’s Role as a Relationship Builder How Ted Can Deal With Cultural Diversity How Ted can Create Structural Empowerment Conclusion References Introduction A leader has leadership roles to play. In this case study, Ted is charged with the responsibility to motivate, empower, communicate, and develop his employees. This essay looks at…

Table of Contents Introduction Motivation from the Manager’s Perspective: Relevant Approaches Change Process: Teamwork and Individual Behaviour Leadership: Impact on Project Success Conclusion Reference List Introduction Effective organisational activities involve the coordinated work of all stakeholders, including both managers and employees. Achieving success is impossible if individual team members are not willing to take responsibility…

There are two main leadership theories: transformational and transactional. Transformational leadership is about a leader’s ability to change or transform groups or organizations in a significant way. Transactional leadership can be described as leaders who motivate their followers by rewarding them. This essay examines the strengths and weaknesses of these two major leadership theories. Speaking…

Introduction In literature, there is an abundance of definitions of good leadership and examples of being an excellent leader. All these definitions differ slightly from each other, but they have one common point, namely, a good leader has the ability to motivate people to do even those things that seem impossible at first sight. Certainly,…

In a work setting, there is a hierarchy that is built on servant leadership and followership. First and foremost, servant leadership is based on one’s desire or even an instinct to lead. A servant leader’s “highest priority is service to others, including stakeholders inside and outside the organization” (Williams, Brandon, Hayek, Haden & Atinc, 2017,…

The Chipotle firm’s food safety problems deterred customers and reduced its stock by more than 20% leading to the shutdown of several outlets. How the Composition of Leadership Influences Outcomes Studies have shown that the top management team (TMT) has the responsibility of leading an organization (Colbert, Barrick, & Bradley, 2014). It is hypothesized that…

Introduction The success or failure of any organization depends on the leadership in place. John C. Maxwell, a reputable author on leadership issues once said, “everything rises or falls on leadership” (Maxwell, 2007, p. 267). This assertion underscores the importance of understanding how various leadership styles affect employees and ultimately organizational performance for leaders to…

When a group or an individual worker faces any unexpected issue or fomenting conflict, the leadership intervention comes into play to restore cooperation and improve performance. Leaders’ main task is to increase group cohesiveness, efficacy, conformity, and productivity (van Thiel, 2020). I worked as Purchasing Manager having two Assistants under my management. One of them…

The Contingency theory and The Path-Goal theory are two ways through which we can evaluate leadership. The Path-Goal theory operates on the assumption that the effectiveness of leadership depends on what the leader does. A leader uses his skills to exercise influence and change the behavior of his subordinates. The Contingency theory, on the other…