Essay on Leadership

Authentic leadership no doubt makes an individual successful and better but along with this, it also helps in making the whole organization become successful way more than just an individual.

Authentic leadership highlights on the point that how a leader can gain the rightfulness along with the building of trust by making a bond of honesty with their followers. Different researches have been done on the word authentic leadership and it has been concluded that there are four of the major components and they are:

An authentic leader truly shows the self-awareness by dazzling upon their own values, strengths and weakness. One of the true authentic leader knows about themselves and they value their gifts or strengths given by the God and also knows about their limits.

They also demonstrate the word of rational transparency. They tell their thoughts or share them openly. They also maintain a very good balance. (Avolio, B. J., & Gardner, W. L. 2005).

Authentic leaders are completely balanced in their any kind of the approach because they listen to the suggestions of everyone and also value them and if they find something wrong in them, they try to change it.

They also display a very strong moral code that establish in their relationship with others and in decision making too. This whole ethical foundation is completely resistant towards the outside forces.

Emotional Intelligence

Emotional intelligence in authentic leadership is considered to be one of the most important traits. Several researches are also been done and they shows that whoever is capable of handling their own feelings, showing of empathy, handling the impulses and remain in connection or relationship with others through passion and energy are very important for the emotional intelligence and may or may not be essential leadership traits as well. (Petran 2008)

Example of Authentic Leader

An authentic leader always understand the power and energy of the network which he or she is working with along with the pros of organizing strategic partnership. Maura McLaren is an executive director and CEO of the real institute of Canada. He developed the exceptional kind of the leadership skills through the developing of highly recognized strategic alliances with many other different associations. Bonding was being done with four of the different organizations and all of them became much stronger after combining.

Authentic Leader is the one that takes the responsibility of the whole organization and further makes an organization and the employees working in it to work properly and honestly. Leader should set a goal and be an idle for the employees as whatever leader will do ultimately shows the path to employees as well. For the managing of different kind of changes in an organization and be a good leader for an organization few steps are required which are:

Plan accordingly and carefully:

Before bringing any kind of change in an organization or its team, the leader should have a clear and straight plan in mind that covers how, when, where that change is going to take place.

A leader should always be honest with their employees. Each and everything should be clear to them. This will help them in getting motivated and be a part of bringing a change in an organization too. (May, D.R., et.al, 2003)

Communication of Leadership:

Lines need to be opened between the leader and employees. A leader should bring out time so that he or she can communicate with them in a better way. Small meetings should also be arranged to know the difference before and after applying a change in the organization. Every question should be answered properly by the leader to the employees. (Schermerhorn, J. R., & al, e. 2004).

Assigning duties of The Leadership:

As an authentic leader, he or she knows which employee is capable of which kind of duty. Before assigning duties, the potential of every employee should be well known and only then that particular employee can help in bringing the change in an organization.

Training & Development of The Leadership:

Training is an important factor to make an organization successful. It is that program which helps up in strengthening the skills of different employees which needs improvement. Below mentioned are some of the primary reasons for training in an organization:

•          For increasing the adherence and productivity to the quality standards

•          Reduction of direction and the supervision

•          Increasing the stability and flexibility of an organization

•          For the manpower needs in the future

•          To make sure there occurs a reduction in accidents and different errors

•          To know about the new techniques

While a development program helps in bringing all the employees to a higher state so that all of them know about each and everything they have the same knowledge and skills. This is helpful in the reduction of any weak links within the organization that completely rely on others to complete their simple and easy tasks.

 Motivation of The Leadership:

In the organizational behavior, it suggested that the employee needs to be motivated for the best performance with their ability. When the employees see the clear link among the effort they should be motivated and reward what they receive. Whereas the reward must be seen along with the equitable to inspire the works of employees. In this case, the motivation accounts for the individual's intensity, persistence, the direction along with efforts towards obtaining the goal. In the organizational behavior by the combination of the different elements, the motivations are achieved which also combine to produce satisfaction, and job designs. (Kinicki, A., & al, e. 2015).

Emotional Behavior of The Leadership:

Emotional behavior or relationship is something that needs to keep out of this job field. Being a leader it is very important to deal each and every employee equally. Yes there should not be harshness or rudeness without any issue but if needed leader should get strict enough to make sure organization works properly. This is not just for the leader itself or the organization but this is for the employees as well.

 Conclusion of The Leadership

No one is born perfect, changes and improvements come with the passage of time. Along with the leader it is very necessary for the employees working in an organization to be confident and hardworking as well. Team means team and everyone should work as a team and only then an organization can become successful enough and gain reputation in the society.

References of The Leadership:

·         May, D.R., Chan, A.Y., Hodges, T.D. and Avolio, B.J., 2003. Developing the moral component of authentic leadership. Organizational dynamics.

·         Kinicki, A., & al, e. (2015). Organizational Behavior: A Practical, Problem-Solving Approach. McGraw-Hill Education,

·         Schermerhorn, J. R., & al, e. (2004). Core concepts of organizational behavior. Wiley.

·         Avolio, B. J., & Gardner, W. L. (2005). Authentic leadership development: Getting to the root of positive forms of leadership. The leadership quarterly, 16(3), 315-338.

·         etran, M.. An exploratory study of executive transformational leadership, wisdom, and emotional intelligence in management process turnaround situations. Ed.D. dissertation, Pepperdine University, United States — California.