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Blog Post #6 Grand Summary

In grand the different sources involved in my blogs all pertain to the importance on gaining knowledge of the variety of styles that exist for leading. As I have learned this knowledge is important in becoming a successful leader as the ability to adapt and match the best fit style to a situation or organization is what will have the biggest impact on leading a group towards performance achievements and goals. The different sources discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each style and in what type of situations they are best used. The sources tend to explain the styles in an interchangeable way implying their validity. As well there are trends within the sources involving repetition of the main styles in leadership. This trend allows me to believe that these are the most frequent styles seen within an organization to lead behaviors and people towards a common goal. These repeating styles include transformational, transactional, democratic, autocratic and laissez faire. Although I ...
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Blog Post #5 3 Ways to Easily Identify Your Leadership Style

Summary  This Newsletter discusses the importance of  understanding the leadership style and how to adapt the right one under different situations as this is what creates a successful leader. As a leader it's important to be self aware of your leadership style and knowledgeable of the different varieties that exist. Hiring managers may even ask about personal style to asses the level of compatibility to the organization. They may also want to see how self aware you are and how you are willing to adapt under certain situations. This question may be overwhelming at first, but with practice and knowledge can become easier over time. The following are ways you can enhance your self awareness and knowledge about leadership styles to prepare for a future in leadership or management. The first way to become more self aware of your personal leadership style is to conduct a self assessment. This can be done through online personality tests such as the Myer Briggs assessment, StrengthsF...
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Blog Post #4 10 Ways to Become a Better Leader

  Summary  This source discusses characteristic's of a good leader that can be performed simultaneously with the different leadership styles. These characteristics are the back bone of managing a team towards success. As implementing these strategies' leads to happier more productive and connected teams having overall positive impacts on an organization. Communication is a highly valued skill when it comes to effective leaders. Those who take advantage of working on communication are more likely to bring their teams towards success. Further, understanding members communication styles and getting to know them on a more personal level builds connections within the team. As well there is importance in being transparent and genuine to create an environment of trust where team members are confident in their leaders. Having structured and positive communication between members will improve the overall performance of the team. Next it is important for leaders to create a space where ...
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Blog Post #3 10 Common Leadership Styles

 Summary This source includes an article and a video by Jenn who is an Indeed career coach she shares some of the top leadership styles involved in management and helps understand how to choose the best option according to you and your organization. She talks about how it is important to be able to adapt a style based on organization personality since individuals under different situations benefit from different leadership styles. The following are the 10 most important styles according to Jen and when to consider them effective. 1. Coach  Leaders of this style are able to interact well with their followers and engage by motivating them through goal setting. This style is best used in a work place that values learning through mentoring. 2. Visionary  This type of leader thrives during organizational change by inspiring employees to further growth through confidence. This type of leader is great in organizations that strive for new innovative ways for accomplishing work. 3...
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Blog Post #2 How to Lead: 6 Leadership Styles and Frameworks

 Summary  This article talks about researchers development in the theories around leadership styles. These theories are based off behaviors involved in managing and motivating a group of people. It looks at the differences in styles and how they are used in various settings to accomplish social change and tasks.  Psychologist Kurt Lewin developed the first three major leadership styles. His research evolved around studying school children's response to these styles. This included authoritarian, demographic and laissez-faire. It was found that demographic leadership tended to inspire performance, authoritarian leadership was more productive, but led to less creativity and laissez-faire leadership was the least productive as it lacked regulation. Through this study connections where made between the styles and behaviors. It is important to note this as it can be useful when deciding what method to use depending on an organization or situation. The article also mentions two ...
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Blog Post #1 What are Leadership Styles?

Summary This article talks about the different styles of leadership for motivating and directing an organization. This involves how leaders go about with their plans and imposing objectives amongst their members. It is therefore important for leaders to understand the different styles to become more effective at adapting towards different situations. Through this managers and leaders can increase the success of their organization by increasing engagement and communication. The following includes the different styles of leadership according to the article. 1. Democratic Leadership This type of leadership allows individuals in the group to contribute to organization objectives. Team members can give input and leaders gain insight to help in making final decisions. By engaging the team to contribute members tend to be more productive and in turn have a higher satisfaction with the organization. 2. Autocratic Leadership  For this leadership style the leader tends to make all decisions ...
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