ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
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Leadership Skills
Savior Wright
BUS660: Contemporary Issues in Organization Leadership
Prof. Diane Hamilton
November 9, 2009
Leadership Skills
Leadership is important to any organization. For any organization to be effective, a leader must possess good interpersonal and communication skills and be understanding in their school environment. Leaders are able to produce higher levels of performance by uniting their staff and changing their goals and beliefs. The leader creates a reality through shared decision making which influences perceptions and activities. Leaders tend to manage meaning rather than processes. The basic key to strong leadership is the ability to motivate others and ensure that their actions are aligned with the goals of the organization.
A leader in a school should create a supportive communication climate that emphasizes listening skills, thus demonstrating respect and empowerment for staff and students. Also, the creation of a positive climate and culture that is critical to staff retention. The leader must decide the mission, vision and value of the organization. Culture cannot change without knowing where the organization stands along with the needs that have to be changed within the organization. Therefore, keeping employees involved, helps to ensure commitment and success. As a leader, your goal is to make people feel important, by creating an environment where people buy into to what you have to offer. Therefore, it is leadership that envisions direction, aligns resources, motivation, and commitment of people toward a common purpose.
Overall commitment to a school should increase when an open environment is present and staff members believe they are making meaningful contributions.
Therefore, the leader must have a leadership framework in mind that aligns the internal processes with an organization to the external environment. As a result, the structural frame argues "for putting people in the right roles and relationships. Properly designed, these formal arrangements can accommodate both collective goals and individual differences" (Bolman & Deal, p. 47). The structural frame, postulates that effective leaders define clear goals, establish specific roles for people, and coordinate activities through the use of rules, policies, and a chain of command. Structural leaders set direction and hold people accountable. As a leader, you must create a supportive communication climate that emphasizes listening skills, thus demonstrating respect and empowerment for staff and students.
In addition, to align the structural frame with a leadership style is essential in achieving the goals and mission of the school. The democratic leadership style also known as participative is one...