leadership | manpower planning | human resource management | career development
Leadership TrainingGood leadership has to be made not born. If you have the
desire and willpower, you can become an effective leader. Good leaders develop
through a never ending process of self-study, education, training, and
experience. This guide will help you through that process. Bass' (1989 & 1990) theory of leadership states that there are three basic ways to explain how people become leaders. The first two explain the leadership development for a small number of people. These theories are: • Some personality traits may lead people naturally into leadership roles. This is the Trait Theory. • A crisis or important event may cause a
person to rise to the occasion, which brings out extraordinary leadership
qualities in an ordinary person. • People can choose to become leaders.
People can learn leadership skills. This is the Transformational Leadership
Theory. When a person is deciding if she respects you as a leader, she does not think about your attributes, rather, she observes what you do so that she can know who you really are. She uses this observation to tell if you are a honourable and trusted leader or a self serving person who misuses authority to look good and get promoted. Self-serving leaders are not as effective because their employees only obey them, not follow them. They succeed in many areas because they present
a good image to their seniors at the expense of their workers. What makes a person want to follow a leader? People want to be guided by those they respect and who have a clear sense of direction. To gain respect, they must be ethical. A sense of direction is achieved by conveying a strong vision of the future. |
Contact us for more
information. for more information regarding this subject please fill in the form below and we will get in contact with you as soon as possible. |