Leadership styles
Leadership Styles Leadership plays a key role recruiting identification with the organization 's objectives, regulations and directions regulations and directions. Leaders generally tend to adopt more than one leadership style as their default mode of operation within the workplace. "Certain styles tend to work well under some circumstances but are contraindicated in others" (Zervas & Lassiter, 2007). Certain leadership styles may have shot-term effects but be counterproductive in the long-term. In my opinion, transformational leadership styles seems to be more the more effective leadership style. It is especially beneficial on creative work. A transformational leader may have a close relationship to the Empowering leadership style resulting in a greater shared commitment and mutual values among staff members. Transformational leaders inspire with vision through high levels of communication and high commitment to self- observation and development skills. " Transformational leaders assume that subordinates will follow a person who inspires them and that to inspire, the leader must be a person with vision and passion" (Zervas & Lassiter, 2007). Transformational leaders are needed to change the company’s core beliefs and methods of working" (CIMA, 2007). A good example of someone who has a transformational leadership style or a transformational leader would be Colin Marshall. As a transformational leader, he transformed British Airways into the world 's most favorite airline in the 1980s. British Airlines was a falling company, but because Marshall paid attention to and listened to the concerns and ideas of individuals inside and outside of the airlines so that he could find and take note of the company 's values, behaviors, beliefs and attitudes, he was able to act on those findings to make effective changes to make the airlines successful/ It is a misconception that a well-liked leader or a nice leader is more effective than its opposite. Someone who is
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