Leadership and Communications in Groups

Question: Describe how you will modify your behavior to become a more effective leader and communicator in your profession. Answer: Introduction Leadership is a practical skill and research area which includes the ability of the personal or organization to guide or lead the other members in the company or for the whole company or organization. It is the capability of an organization management to take up the right decisions and motivate others to do well in the respective group. The author leadership style is strategic to employment empowerment. This report contains the analysis of the strategic leadership, and various other discussions have been done in the presented report. Analyzing Leadership Style Leadership Styles has been divided by the qualities of the leader and the way of communication and decision making in employee empowerment. Autocratic is the leadership style in which the leader is solely responsible for the work and decision making process. Hence the employees are not included in managerial decision making process. In a democratic style of leadership, the process of decision making is not entirely dependent on the leader (Wilson, 2012). The communication is restricted and anarchical that hinders effective channeling of idea with the employees. Transformational leadership is the most suitable leadership style for any organization. In this transformational style, the leader is motivators, and they encourage their subordinates and followers (Hackman Johnson, 2013). The style is dependent on the higher level of the communication in the level of management with the employees and workers. The leadership style is noted for the system where the leader engages in work with their subordinates for identifying the required change. They create the vision that helps in the change of the plan for achieving the goal of the organization keeping in minds the employees welfare and empowerment (Chhokar et al., 2013). Transformational leadership style is committed to serving the purpose of enhancement of the moral and performance of the job that enhances the commitment of the employees for the working in the organization. Leadership Qualities Good leadership style promotes their employees and works for the empowerment of the followers (Ng et al., 2015). The leadership qualities that are beneficial for the employee welfare and empowerment are; Integrity: the open mind character of the leader is essential for the development of the organization and employee empowerment. If the employees have complete faith and trust in their leader, then they would not be afraid to speak what they have to say (Bauman, 2013). The term hidden agenda of the employees and talking on the back of the leaders would not be seen in the integrated leadership style. Communication: Effective communication is the major cause for the achieving the goal of the organization. The communication plays a significant role in understanding the problems of the employees and providing them the benefit of the work. If the leadership style follows good communication system, it will allow the employees to be able to communicate with the leader (Barry 2015). The leader should make sure that the employees are in their loop of communication and willingly present their ideas and issues to any decision or department. Hardworking and commitment: The hardworking nature of the leader helps in motivating the employees for working sincerely (Tobin et al., 2014). Every good leader must be committed to the development and effective working environment to the workers. Confidence: Being a leader, confidence plays an important role for the moral support of the employees (Ali et al., 2015). Confidence in a leader shows that controlling nature of the leader that is essential for developing trust among the workers on the leader. Fair: Biasing for any individual worker should be strictly forbidden in any organization. The leader should not show any priority to any member for their personal relationship with the member like friendship. Understanding and Flexibility: A good leader should be flexible regarding working condition on the condition faced. They should understand the problems of their employees and be supportive to them. The leaders should be lenient to the employees for any serious problem or not completing the work because of some valid reason. Inspiring: The leader should be able to be inspirational and influential for his/her followers. Inspiration to the employees can be provided by general peep talks, meeting, re-creational and cultural activities. It serves as a fuel for pushing the employees to perform better. Two Traits Beneficial for Organization There are two traits that every leader has to be to ensure that they become a great leader. The two selective traits are future oriented and positive attitude. These traits are really important for any leader to become an effective leader and which is also beneficial for the organization. The good quality of a good leader is that they think about the future (Ahmed Bach, 2014). They think about where they will be going in future rather than the where they have been. The positive attitude is maintained, and they look for opportunities for tomorrow, and they do not focus on past issues or challenges. This quality is rare among many leaders, and there it will be a great asset to the company if the leaders possess this kind of quality among themselves (Mitgang, 2012). The positive attitude is another trait for the organization and for the leader which is also a great value to the leader. People who have a positive attitude are known to be long-term thinkers; they always see things positi vely and they are always confident with their work and with their attitude and they are always excited about the possibilities. Analyzing Self Evaluation There are multiple phases of self-evaluation such as self-assessment, verification, and enhancement. The self-evaluation is always a critical part for any leader or employee to judge his abilities and by doing this he or she does know that where they need to work on. As far as the author self-evaluation is a concern, the author has to make sure that he or she has to remove the uncertainty from their personality traits or abilities (Day et al., 2014). The author has some difficulty with communication, work ethics, goals or objective orientation and lacks encouraging other teammates for their work. This ability of the author are discussed below in detail that how these quality are significant on the employees empowerment. Effective Leadership and Communication To develop effective leadership and communication quality the author needs to modify or develop some of the mentioned. The most important and key aspect for an effective leader is communication without communication and leader cannot show up his effective leadership qualities. A leader is among one of the workers who has the exceptional skill levels, and he or she can take charge in difficult situations and also guide others who do not have working experience and skill set (Gmelch, 2016). Qualities that the author needs to modify to become an effective leader are mentioned below. Communication an essential key to effective leadership is communication. To be a great and effective leader the author has to be a great communicator. Many great leaders do consider a high standard of communication. The author has to improve the communication with the other members of the company to ensure that they do interchange the right ideas in the workplace, and moreover they do understand what the author has to say. Goal Oriented The author has to have a goal or vision for their respective team, as this goal and visions are completely synchronized with the company objectives and aims. The author needs to make a plan list to how he or she can meet those company objectives and goals and what are the things they required to achieve those. This way thing will get easier for them and which will ensure that he or she is on the right track and can meet the company objectives. Work Ethics The author needs to have work ethics which will define his or her value to the company and their potentials. The work ethics is critical for any employee in any organization specially the leaders who are the role model for their teammates as they follow their leaders who have an exceptional work ethics. Encourage Others The author needs to develop a skill of encouraging others for their works and appreciate those who work hard and give their best to the tasks they are assigned with. This ability is critical because every leader has to encourage their teammates so that the teammates should feel that as my leader is focusing on our hard work and recognizing us all together or individually. This is some of the skills that the author needs to ensure that he or she can enhance their leadership quality by making or including these changes in their leadership styles. Conclusion The report presented here discuss the author leadership style as if its strategic and supportive for employee empowerment. Moreover, it has been observed that the author has some key abilities but also lack some of the key abilities that are required to make him or her effective leader. 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