Concept of leadership

Leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective

and directs the organization in a way that makes it more organized and logical meaning
Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to
achieve a common goal. Leaders carry out this process by applying their leadership
knowledge and skills. However, we know that we have personality that can influence our
actions.

If a leader has the desire and willpower, one can become an effective leader. Good
leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study, education, training, and
experience. A dedicated leader inspires his workers into higher levels of teamwork, there
are certain things that an effective and dedicated leader must be, know, and, do. These
do not come naturally, but are acquired through continual work and study. Effective and
dedicated leaders are continually working and studying to improve their leadership skills
meaning they are not resting on their success. While leadership is learned, the skills and
knowledge processed by the leader can be influenced by his or hers attributes or traits,
such as beliefs, values, ethics and character. Knowledge and skills contribute directly to
the process of leadership, while the other attributes give the leader certain
characteristics that make him or her unique meaning skills, knowledge, and attributes
make the Leader more effective and dedicated.

Types of Leadership
Authentic Leadership
The recent authentic Leadership approach seems to have evolved in the light of
majorscams and scandals, a blind race for profits and personal gains and short term
prospective, involving the CEO’s of top organizations. It focuses on the charter of the
leader as the driver of positive interrelationships. Authenticity is about being genuine and
not attempting to play a role; not acting in a manipulative way.

Autocratic Leadership
Autocratic leadership allows autocratic leader to take the ultimate control of taking
decisions without consulting others. An autocratic leader possess high level of power and
authority and imposes its will on its employees. This type of leadership proves to be
useful where close level of supervision is required. Creative employees morale goes
down because their output is not given importance and is often detest by employees.
Since they are unable to take any part in decision making, this results in job satisfaction
and staff turnover.

Laissez-Faire Leadership
Under this type of leadership, a laissez-faire leader do not exercise control on its
employees directly. Since employees are highly experienced and need little supervision, a
laissez-faire leader fails to provide continuous feedback to employees under his or her
supervision. This type of leadership is also associated with leaders that do not supervise
their team members, failed to provide continuous feedback resulting in high costs, bad
service, failure to meet deadlines, lack of control and poor production.

Transnational Leadership
The Informational leadership highlights a leader as a facilitator of change occurring,
when one or more persons engage with others in such a way that leaders and followers
raise one another to higher

levels of motivation and morality. The process of transformational leadership aims at influencing
changes in attitudes and assumptions held by organizational members and building commitment
for organizational goals and objectives. High level of communication exits between managers
and employees and it is under the guidance of leaders that employees meet their goals and
enhance productivity and efficiency.

Transnational Leadership
Transnational Leadership contrast, involves management –by- exception, intervention,
and punishing those who made errors. This can lead to negative emotions and
performance on the part of the subordinates. This approach would also require close
monitoring of the subordinates, who would surely not like it, and if they felt constrained,
their performance might not be best.

Additionally, some of their voluntary behaviors, like citizenship behaviors would be reduced. A
manger lead a group of highly motivated individuals who follow his leadership and achieve their
goals. Employees are trained or rewarded such as bonuses depending upon their performance.

Bureaucratic Leadership
Under bureaucratic leadership, a leader believes in structured procedures and ensure that
his or her employees follow procedures exactly. This type of leadership leaves no space
to explore new ways to solve issues and in fact work by book. This type of leadership is
normally followed in hospitals, universities, banks (where large amount of money is
involved) and government organizations to reduce corruption and increase security. Self
motivated individuals who are highly energetic often feel frustrated due to because of
organization inability to adapt to changing environment.

Charismatic Leadership
The charismatic leader is visionary and works by infusing high amount of energy and
enthusiasm in his team. He sets as role model for his team and drive others to show high
level of performance. This type of leader is committed to the organization and believes
more in him rather than his team. The presence of charismatic leader works as a boost for
rest of the employees and therefore such type of leader should be committed to the
organization for the long run.

A charismatic leadership may pose as a risk to the company if he decided to leave to explore new
opportunities and it might take lot of time and hard work by the company to win the confidence
of its employees.
Participative Leadership
Also known as democratic leadership style, participative leadership consults employees
and seriously considers their ideas when making decisions. When a company makes
changes within the organization, the participative leadership style helps employees accept
changes easily because they had given a big role in the process. Participative
Leadership may be required for tasks that are non routine or unstructured, where
relationships are non-authoritarian and the subordinate‘s locus of control is internal.

Directive Leadership
Directive Leadership provides guidance about what should be done and how to do it,
scheduling work, and maintaining standards of performance. Thus, it may be inferred that
directive leadership is effective as the subordinators has an external locus of Control,
lacks experience, has a high need for clarity or a low need of achievement. Also, when
the task is unstructured, or there is conflict between work groups, a more directive style
would be useful.

Supportive Leadership
Supportive Leadership show concern for the needs of the employees, leader is friendly
and approachable. Supportive Leadership would be more suitable for highly structured
tasks, under bureaucratic and formal authority relationship. In supportive Leadership,
leader support to their subordinates officially and some time personally also. Leader
always try to fulfill their requirements, it boost employees moral also.

Achievement Oriented Leadership

Achievement oriented Leadership encourage employees to perform at their highest level
by setting challenging goals, emphasizing excellence and demonstrating confidence in
employees abilities. Achievement Oriented Leadership is largely suitable for unstructured
tasks, where the subordinate need for achievement is high.

Five Traits of a Good Educational

Leader
By The Room 241 Team • November 3, 2012

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This post has been updated as of December 2017.
All educators take on leadership roles. Teachers are the leaders of their
classrooms. Principals are the leaders of their schools. Every educator and
administrator plays a part in leading tomorrow’sfuture. How inspiring is that?
Together, no matter what your role, you are all making a difference in the lives
of your students.
Want to be sure you’re being a good leader? Here are five of the most
important characteristics any effective educational leader should possess and
demonstrate on a daily basis.
1. Self-aware
A good educational leader needs a solid understanding of oneself and should
also have confidence. When you believe in yourself, you can accomplish so
much more. Have confidence in the decisions you make, don’t be nervous,
and don’t be afraid of what others may think. Plan how you’ll start each and
every day in ways that will lead your students, school, and colleagues in the
right direction to achieve their goals.
2. Excellent communication skills
You can’t lead a group of people if you don’t speak with others! The best
educational leaders are excellent communicators and know how to reach a
variety of people in many different ways. For instance, a principal might have
one-on-one chats with teachers each week and also send out a daily email
update. This way, the principal takes the time to communicate in-person but
also makes communication convenient by emailing the teachers as well. No
matter what your job title is at your school, make sure you’re constantly
communicating with your colleagues, students, and others.
3. Resourceful
To be an effective leader, you need to be resourceful and open to new ideas.
Especially during tough economic times, technology helps to change
classrooms, and you need to be open to new ideas that will improve the way
students absorb and retain information. You also need to know how to use the
resources you have to the best of your ability—if you aren’t sure, ask
someone in the know. Take an online course. Get the answers you need;
others around you will benefit greatly from this type of leadership mentality.
4. Lead by example
The best leaders in the educational system make it a point to lead by
example, and not simply by words. It’s easy to spell out rules and dictate them
from an ivory tower, but this type of leadership will not have a large impact in
your school. As an educator, you have so much influence on students. If you
want students to speak kindly to one another in the hallways, you must always
speak kindly, too. If you want your students to show respect, show them what
that means. This method is effective and powerful, and helps you teach
students skills they will need for the rest of their lives.
5. Power of teaching and learning
Perhaps the most important trait of being an educational leader is believing in
your students and the power of education. If you don’t believe in your students
or your colleagues, then everyone is doomed for failure. It’s vital to believe in
what your school is trying to accomplish each and every day, and to convey
your enthusiasm for change, your own motivation to make things better, and
your confidence in those around you. Your words and actions directly impact
morale—show others your passion for education, and they’ll feel it too.
There are obviously so many different characteristics and traits of a good
leader, but these are a great place to start if you’re stepping up to more of a
leadership role in your school—whether that’s in your classroom, on a sports
team you coach, or within your district. Show ’em what you got.