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Leadership
LO2
DEFINATION OF LEADER
Leadership is the ability to persuade followers
to achieve delivered objectives.
It is the art of influencing and inspiring the
Advantages:
Provide Strong Motivation
Quick
Frequent Implementation
Strict Discipline
Disadvantage:
◦ Negative Motivation Style: Focus more on negative
motivation like demotion, penalties, minimize
remuneration etc.
◦ Decrease Organizational Efficiency: Employee work
under pressure. Employee work under leader
instructions thus discourage employee skills.
◦ Lack of Creativity: Unable to introduce new
knowledge, ideas and process of work.
◦ Instability: Work under pressure leads to job
insecurity which leads to high employee turnover.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP
Believes in decentralization of power
Invites subordinates in decision making
process
Two –way Communication
More Scope for creativity
Provide Importance for team spirit and group
effort
Advantages:
Better Decision: More heads on the problem
group
Group members are told to work things out
professional staffs
Group may drift aimlessly in the absence of
leader.
Paternalistic Style
Leader assumes a fatherly role
Leader guides protect the followers and work
together as family
through experiments.
Adaptive Leadership is Adaptive change
Navigating business environments
Adaptive leaders should embrace uncertainty
solution.
Leading with empathy
Adaptive leaders create a group attitude