leadership

LEADERSHIP

The ability of an individual to maintain good interpersonal relations with followers and motivate them to contribute to achieving organizational objectives.

Importance of Leadership

1. Creates confidence: creates confidence among individuals to recognize their qualities and capabilities.
2. Assigns tasks and provides psychological support: Assigns tasks and provides psychological support to his subordinates by ensuring that people have proper material support to accomplish their jobs.
3. Necessary guiding and inspiring employees:  creates needs in the employees to perform high and helps in the attainment of organizational goals.
4. Developing team spirit: People in organizations are involved in different activities. Leadership mixes individual goals with group goals.
5. Link between management and workers: Explains the goals of the organization to the workers and recommends their cases for reward, promotion, etc.
6. Ensures required changes in the organization: Overcomes the problem of resistance to change and introduces it with minimum dissatisfaction. He persuades, clarifies and inspires people to accept changes wholeheartedly.

Type of leadership style

Autocratic Leadership Style:

• Manager keeps maximum power and decisions.
• Does not consult staff nor allowed to give any suggestions
• Staff obeys orders without receiving any explanations.

Required When:

• New untrained staff.
• Limited time to make a decision

Not used

• When staff becomes tense and fearful.
• Staff expect their opinions heard
• Low staff morale, high turnover and absenteeism.

Democratic Leadership Style/ participative style

• Encourages staff to be a part of the decision-making.
• Keeps staff informed about everything and shares decision making

Required When

• To keep staff informed about matters that affect them.
• Wants to provide opportunities for staff to develop a high sense and job satisfaction.
• Staff want to encourage team building and participation

Should not be used

• When not enough time to get everyone’s input easier.
• Manager feels threatened by this type of leadership.

Delegative/Free Rein Leadership / Laissez Faire

1. Leader gives complete freedom to the subordinates and Avoids the use of power.
2. Depends largely upon the group to establish its own goals and work out its problems.

Required When

• Employees are highly skilled, experienced, educated, trustworthy and experienced
• Employees have confidence in their work and can complete ​​​​​​​

Should not be used

• If the manager cannot provide regular feedback to let employees know how well subordinates are doing.
• When manager escapes responsibility and is hopes the employees do the task