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Leadership Styles
Comp 2/Module 3 – Reflection
Eddie Rivers
LDRCB/535
April 25, 2021
Dr. Gwen
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Different companies use several leadership styles in running their businesses. Every
individual in a business should enquire specific characteristics essential in leading the
organization. To actively involve members in the participation of success, leaders should
influence and motivate others by building relationships and developing necessary skills for their
followers. Significantly, it's fundamental to understand how different leadership styles and
characteristics utilize in the achievement of a successful business. Therefore, understand the
servant leadership styles, participative style, and situational leadership style compared to aspects.
Servant leadership styles ensure that individuals seek to move the interaction away from
the management and personnel interaction to create a more empathetic approach to the
employees. Servant leader's concern is more on building leadership qualities among others since
they are more authorities than power; thereby, they influence the well-being of individuals and
promote innovation, thus' empowering employees due to their commitment to personal growth
(Lewis 2019). Whereas participative leadership allows members in an organization to work
together in making the decisions. Participative leaders allows people to share their ideas together
and processing them to ensure right decisions. In comparison to servant leadership and
participative leadership' situational leadership is also vital in an organization because it gives an
individual the mandate to weigh different variables in the workplace essential in achieving the
organization's goals.
Abraham Lincoln is a leader who embodies servant leadership style because of the
commitment to the growth of others and building community. Abraham's listening skills help
him understand the needs of the people, and servant leaders must ensure active listening vital to
enhance individual personal growth (Brown 2016). Also, Abraham knew the things going on and
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thus, understood people's weaknesses and strengths because of the concern to be aware of the
issues influencing the values and ethics of the individual. Encouragement made him an
influential servant leader likely in performing better to nurture and encourage others.
Abraham Lincoln desires to free people from slavery; thus, the ultimate goal he has is to
empower people by providing what they want. Therefore, Abraham's leadership style in ruling
ensured abolishing slavery in the United States and fundamentally changed the life and politics
of the Americans (Brown 2016). Therefore, his sense of integrity in the inspiration of loyalty,
dedication, and commitment proved that servant leader should lead with principles in serving the
people.
The servant leadership style reflects in the qualities of leadership I am holding, since
commitment in my work and helping others enhances success in the organization. Encouraging
others is essential because it helps people grow together, reason together, and make the right
choices necessary in personal growth. I learned that servant leadership is not about me but about
people to enhance noble work. Thus, my inspiration in an organization is to inspire others
through transforming and caring about individuals.
As a leader inspired in fulfilling the role of servant leadership, it is essential to share the
power with the teams in an organization. The sharing of the power encourages the individual to
work effectively, thus optimizing the performance in an organization. Also, a servant leader puts
the needs of others first and concentrates on performance planning, thus helping people achieve
their results. Therefore, fulfilling the ultimate role as a servant leader is allow the provision of
necessary tools essential in improving the lives of individuals.
I want to develop quality communication skills because influential leaders possess the
ability to communicate effectively in the motivation of their team members. The communication
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skills are essential because it enables easy delegation of responsibilities, easy listening, and
having flexibility in solving problems. The communication skill is vital since the employers also
look to hire candidates with practical communication skills. Therefore, strong leadership skills
are essential for job applicants and in seeking promotion.
In conclusion, every organization deserves quality and influential leaders vital in
improving the success of the organization and the personal growth of individuals. Therefore, it's
crucial to enhance leadership skills and delegate the skills effectively since leadership skills play
a significant role in a person's career development. Henceforth, it's necessary to determine the
leadership skills essential to help one become an effective leader able to motivate and empower
others.
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References
Brown, C. (2016). The servant leadership of Abraham Lincoln. Servant Leadership: Theory &
Practice, 2(1), 6.
Lewis, D. E. (2019). Old Testament view of Robert Greenleaf's Servant Leadership
Theory. Journal of Biblical Perspectives in Leadership, 9(1), 304-318.