Leadership Analysis in the New Era

Question: Discuss about theLeadership Analysis in the New Era. Answer: Introduction Leadership is a concept and not a term and hence the perception may differ from thinker to thinker. But going by what is taught in the course, what I have understood is that, leadership is a trait of a person known as Leader. Where, Leader is any person who influences individuals and groups within an organization, helps them in the establishment of goals, and guides them toward achievement of those goals, thereby allowing them to be effective. So there are many facets that are linked with this analysis that is a leadership qualities comprises of influencing, group management, learner, people management and goal orientation. All these aspects are expected to be in place and ensured to be a good leadership traits. Leadership is an amalgamation of many other traits and not just a quality in itself. In all these aspects the achievement of the goal is the prime achievement and is expected to be in place(Sellwood, 2008). Learnings of Leadership for the Organization: I am from an organization where everyone is expected to lead and showcase an entrepreneurial approach towards the work. The Leadership Traits are a kind of a mandate that is needed to be put in place by a person in order to succeed. The concept of Goal Achievement and Influential characteristics is the main learning for me in person as far as requirements of my company goes(Maxwell, 2010). The Goal is something that I have to define for every new season in a new way, the concept of SMART Goals learned here is pretty fascinating and it gives a lot of weightage to the quality of the daily chores in the life of professional aggregation. The team management is another major skill that is learned for the organization by me in this course, they ensured that setting of goals and communication is one thing, if the management is poor, then the execution is also poor(Vojta, 2010). Implication on Future: Two major implications that I can foresee today, while assessing the learning from this course, they are as follows: Uncertainty Management: The uncertainty in the professional environment is a given thing that the dynamics will always be different. Coping up with these uncertainty is something that will be the differentiator between a good and a bad leader. The uncertainty management is some key analysis that how I should be differentiating the learned leadership style all the time and adjust as per the demand of the situation(Woodruff, 2012). Culture Management: Every company I have seen carries an inherent culture and these cultural pillars defines the philosophy of the companys assessment and management. As a leader it is a duty to ensure that the same culture is permeated in the entire organization and the working philosophy of the people remains in the defined direction only(Hoekstra, 2011). This is a core leadership lesson that is learned by me in this course and it will really help me in the upcoming professional days. Future Steps towards Learning: Practice the Ethics: Ethics is not just about being right, it is more to do with being righteous all the time. The utilitarian and deontological principles have to be merged together to form the best base for leadership as per the learnings gained form the course(Hayes, 2013). I feel that utilitarian process will ensure that I will think about the harmony of the most of the people, of course I cannot make everyone happy. But it is not to be forgotten that duty is to ensure that the organization is on the successful acclivity, hence the ethics of duty is equally important. This Ethical principle is a self-defined one and I believe if followed diligently, will never let me down in the professional environment(Kramar, 2014). The leader has to be cordial, but at the same time he has to be up for the work demand always and this principle will ensure that for me. Amalgamate Leadership Mentorship Management: I learnt that Leadership is just one side of attaining the leadership qualities, there are many other facets as well and basing an analogy for the business environment or organization that I am associated with, I can gauge that Leadership has to be mixed with Mentorship and Management. The mentorship angel comes in here, because till the time my people dont see me as a good guide there is no ways that he will listen to me and my demands. The management will hence automatically follow. Ones I am sure that people see me as a good mentor and a leader, they will follow my leadership style without much issues and they will be of an opinion that whatever direction I am taking the department to is the best for the company, people and the department overall(Edwards JC, 2002). There are seldom situations when there is a need to change the perspective and this amalgamation will open doorways for this development only. Developing the Self-Leadership Style: Situational Leadership: Situation is like a synonym of dynamism in the corporate world and I learned in this course that dynamic leadership style is the way forward for todays corporate world. The situation can demand a specific type of leadership in a new form all the time. This is to be understood well that seldom may an autocratic style be needed to set a new team and seldom has a leader to be complete laissez faire. All these are situations as per me and I duly acknowledge that understanding and setting up my behavior as per these situation will form a huge part of my development as a leader and whatever may come in between, I have to stick with a uniform code of leadership with all the followers, so that I am not in the podium for any discriminatory charges or allegation(Oracle, 2012). I believe leader must always be seen as an idol. Ethical Leadership: Ethics and leadership as per my experience are followed rarely by people in the top management. I personally want to change this taboo and want to establish an inspiration for the people that you can be both ethical and a motivational or transformational leader at the same time. It may not be an easy thing to achieve, but again the situational leadership development that I have set as a plan for myself along with the Ethical practice plan that I have designed, if these things are mixed well, they will form a pretty potent mixture. This may sounds like a confused scientist, but I will still love to furbish this point and develop it to a level, that forms a model to be admired and followed by all the followers in the company or organization(Goleman, 2012). The Ethical Leadership is still not accepted by many as a solution, but my learnings prompts me the other way and I am adamant to achieve that. People Management: I believe that people must idolize their leader and for that a leader must always be up to take care of their followers. People management is the skill that develops the people from the scratch and ensuring that their career plan is developed, managed and executed by a good leader in a managed and controlled manner(Notar, 2008). Then people will also like to stick with me for their career enhancement and this way I will always have a pool of people, who are there with me for long and I can rely on them. They are also happy with me since I always take care of their professional needs and upgrades. People management is important because I feel that at the end of the day Leaders would have followers and followers are real people. Their management is like managing my followers and that is the reason I am able to assess the importance of the people management. Keeping the Learning up to Date: There are some new theories, research papers, conferences, meetings and philosophies that researchers keep publishing based on their live research that is capable of capturing the essence of the changing times effectively. This I have seen is missing in mainly all the leaders and that is why their leadership becomes ineffective with the changing times. Leadership is a learning journey and I have to learner throughout the journey. That is why I want to be upbeat in that parse always and to be sure that whatever may be the case I will always bring in the best practice for the people that is recommended as the latest best practice by the philosophers and researchers(Folkman, 2014). The new released paper will tell me what the changing needs of the people are so that I may incubate them in the management style that I am following and ensuring that people always feel happy and secured with me. Development Opportunities: Learnings: Not just self-learning, here I am trying to focus on the learning of the followers that I am leading in the company. The people must also understand the criticality that a leader will bring for them. How being a good follower is an important things and how can a good leader ensure them for a good career and advancement in the professional life for sure(Gates, 2010). The management for me just dont stop with people or the company. I ties a knot of relation with both and that association will stay forever, if I am the part of the company or not for that time. For me leadership excellence is not a fluke or learned thing, it should eventually become a habit and that can only be managed by proper learning and that is exactly what is mentioned in the point by me. I will design the sessions for leadership, organization behavior and goal implementation so that people are well on course as me. Reading: Reading is something that I personally give a lot of weightage, since there is so much of research going around the area of leadership and new recommended styles of leadership that is able to map to the most of the youth generation of any particular era. I fully comply with the fact that the type of people I will be leading will never be of the same type always. In order to ensure that I am able to tap a match with all of them there is a need to be an extremely well read leader in the form of psychology, philosophy and anthropology. This will teach me the way a conduct should be with a particular type of people and how they expect me to behave under certain conditions more effectively and am still able to manage the issues in the most ethical manner(Jennifer Deal, 2010). These things are evolving hence learning and reading as per me in a mandate to be followed properly. People Management: People management always remains a core challenge and in case it is not followed in the due compliance will lead to a downfall of the leader, no matter how intelligent, well read and thoroughly principled the leader is. It is to be well understood here that the people management as understood by me is not to do things which people feel is right for them(Horton, 2011). It is more to do with realizing the people that what I am doing with them is the only right thing for them. This will only come if I am extremely good with people management, the entire career trajectory of the follower or the junior will be with me and for that I have to be a good visionary and manager to be able to see what is best of them and then come up with the best proposition for them(Blanchard, 2012). The people management is more of an art than a skill that can be learned or relearned. Conclusion: As the concluding remarks for this report, that only thing that I would like to mention is that the course has been very enriching and that gave me a very new dimensional analysis of what is the meaning of good leadership, how leadership is an amalgamation of so many different aspects and how it has to be evolved and managed. How reading and keeping my knowledge upbeat will help me to flourish as a good leader and why I will be lacking in effectiveness if I am not maintaining a due diligence check over my people management and support skills. References: Blanchard, K. (2012). 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