LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND STYLES

Leadership Theories and Styles Tanya Brown MGMT 500/WS6 December 21, 2012 Keith Starcher

LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND STYLES

The accurate composed workings on charismatic and transformational leadership show that leadership has a unfathomable effect on followers. In this paper I will pursue going forward with the leadership theory by speaking about the fundamental problem. The concept presents the influences that charismatic leadership has its effects by powerfully engaging followers selfconcepts in the awareness of the task articulated by the leader. In this paper I will compare and contrast the servant leadership, transformational and charismatic leadership styles. I will evaluate of the usefulness of servant leadership to both forprofit and non-profit organizations. I will also speak about how the effective would servant leadership and what role leadership plays in my organization. In this paper I will compare and contrast the Servant Leadership VS transformational and charismatic leadership styles. According to Robert Greenleaf, the founder of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership conceptualized the idea of the Servant Leader. In his vision, the leader is first seen as a servant to others. The servant assumes a non-focal position within a group, providing resources and support without an expectation of acknowledgement. Greenleaf did not provide any definitions of servant leadership. Instead, he focused on specific behaviors of a servant leader, and the influence a servant leader has on followers (Greenleaf, 2008). Charismatic leader is a person who is dominant, self-confident, convinced of the moral righteousness of his or her beliefs and able to arouse a sense of excitement and adventure in followers (Bateman, Snell 2011). The transformational leadership is defined as; leaders who motivate people to transcend their personal interests for the good of the group (Bateman, Snell 2011). Transformational leadership has distant elements; idealized influence, motivation, stimulation, intellectual and individualized consideration (Bass, 1995).

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The servant leadership has six components; developing people, building community, displaying authenticity, valuing people, providing leadership, and sharing leadership (Laub, 1999). The difference between a servant leader and transformational leader is that transformational leaders focus is more fixed to the company and a persons behavior; they form an obligation to the companys objective. The servant leader focuses on followers, and the accomplishment of a companys objective and their outranked outcome. At the end of the day, these two leadership styles are different, but transformational and servant leadership offer a concrete agenda for an energetic leadership. The usefulness in nonprofit is that it helps people that are in need, whether it is spiritual or voluntary. Such places like the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, churches and other government funded agencies tend to lean towards low income people. Non-profit organizations still have to generate money; non-profit organizations have bills just like for-profit organizations. Servant leadership is useful in a church setting because the people of the church share the same beliefs. With the contributions (tithing and offerings) a church can rebuild to accommodate the growth of the church. The usefulness in a for-profit organization is that the owners and investors usually make the money, for example; GC services is a for-profit organization, GMAC contracted GC to collect on accounts, they pay us to do this, so they get a profit from what the agents collect. In my organization the servant leadership did not take place, However, there were some who had the same beliefs, and others did not. In my church the servant leadership came from the pastor, with leading, directing the congregation. The servant leadership is very effective because the church is driven by spirituality and lead by God, spoken through the pastor. The main focus of a servant leadership is to serve and lead. My pastor has exhibited those attributes to the people inside the church and the community surrounding the church.

LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND STYLES

Real successful leadership is rooted in the life of our Lord Jesus Christ (John 13: 2-5). My role as a servant leader is to minister to young adults (boys and girls) about making good decisions and not be led by the flesh. I believe this is useful as a steward by providing information to young people that may fall by the way side, knowing that making decisions come with consequences, whether good or bad could affect the rest of their lives. Just acknowledging that God is the head of life, I am obligated to give back to the young people and telling them of my life experiences, so they do not make the same mistakes I made at their age. Listening to young people share some of their thoughts and experiences has taught me that young people have problems too. I feel that a good servant leader has a real strong sense of purpose to encourage, inspire and motivate people no matter where they come from. This is useful to me as a servant leader, because it makes me a better person; it gives me an insight on other peoples experiences without passing judgment. Through this I have learned to treat people with Godly righteousness. If you do not have faith in God, deliverance will not be delayed it will be denied.

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Reference Bass, B. M. (1995). Theory of Transformational leadership. Leadership Quarterly, 6(6), 463478. Greenleaf, R. K. (1970). The Servant as Leader. Westfield, IN: The Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. Laub, J. (1999). Assessing the servant organization: Development of the Servant Organizational Leadership (SOLA) instrument. Dissertation Abstracts International, 60(2), 308 (UMI No. 9921922). Bateman, T., & Snell, S. (2013). Management: Leading and collaborating in a competitive world (10th ed.). New York,, NY: McGraw-Hill.

LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND STYLES

LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND STYLES

LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND STYLES

References Bass, B. M. (1995). Theory of Transformational leadership. Leadership Quartely, 6(6), 463-478. Bateman, T., & Snell, S. (2013). Management: Leading and collaborating in a competitive world (10th ed.). New York,, NY: McGraw-Hill. Greenleaf, R. K. (1970). The Servant as Leader. Westfield, IN: The Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. Greenleaf, R. K. (1997). The Servant as Leader. Westfield, IN: Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership.