Definition and concept of leadership

A simple definition of Leadership is that "Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential." (Bennis 2012.)

Leadership is a very important role in any project. The type of the leadership depends on a person personality and culture impact. Three main types of leadership are autocratic, democratic, and delegative or free reign. According to culture difference and social impact, leader style is based on a team dynamic. Autocratic is a type which leader has to push and tell their team members to do what they have to do and how to accomplish it. This kind of leader is very independent and usually they not get the advice from their followers. Autocratic leader is believed as kinds of leader who can well motivate and solve the problem really fast and effective. Second type is democratic style. This style is a type of leader who involves the decision making process with their team members. The strength of this style is that team member feel more respect with their work and more open to the discussion. It believes that democratic leader is most effective leader in any team dynamic from different background. The last style is delegative. This is a way that normally use when there is a trust and confident with the work. It is because the leader will allow the employee to make the decision that usually they have an ability to analyse the situation and determine what have to be done and know how to do it. (Cherry 2012.)

The concept of leadership principle could describe the trait and skills of a person. First of all, the leader should have the ability of seeking self-improvement. In order to understand yourself and team members, seeking self-improvement will bring the strengthening to your contribute and gives a positive attitude to the team. By being able to know yourself, this could be done by accomplished though self-study and reflection with others. The other concept of leader is to be able to set the example and have the ability of decision making. The effective leader should be able to plan and make the decision by thinking about the objective of the tasks and be responsible with the team action. A good leader should not only expect their member to do or act on something but a leader might have to show the example to be a good role model for the team and it could be a way of motivate the others as well. Moreover, the most significance skills that leader should have is able to use the full capabilities of the organisation. There are many cases that the ability of a person is not use well enough. If a leader could bring out that skill it would be a way to develop the result and team spirit. The leader who can use the skill of train the team and lead the task, normally will also have a good ability in employ or guide the team to its fullest capabilities. (Nwlink 2010.)

After the research, we expect that we will be able to figure out what will be the leader type that most of the HAAGA-HELIA students prefers in a project. We also aim to outline the key factor of a successful team; what are they prefer from the leader and members?, what would be a limit of the leader to influence with the tasks?, what is the characteristic of the leader they want?, and how they expect the leader with their honest and ability?.

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