Leadership, I believe, is the crux of any organisation. Leaders provide the direction and set the standards. In general, most people do not embrace change. With change comes uncertainty and fear of the unknown.
Motivation-what is it? “The willingness to exert high levels of effort to reach goals”. Everyone needs to be motivated, regardless of their positon. Poorly motivated staff transcends into an underperforming department. The three main leadership styles are Autocratic, Democratic and Laissez-Faire.
Autocratic leaders make decisions on their own-they do not consult their team members. This can be appropriate when decisions need to be made quickly and when teams are unable to come to agreement. This creates high dependency on the leader and can be problematic should the leader be unexpectedly absent. This style would be found in such organisations like the army. However, this style can be demoralising for staff and create de-motivation and alienation especially during periods of change as people like to be fully informed of what is happening. Often high levels of absenteeism and staff turnover come as a result of this.
Democratic leaders.
These types of leaders make the final decisions. However, they do include the team members in the decision making process. Often team members are encouraged to engage in the decision making. As a result of this teams are considered to have high job satisfaction and productivity leading on to motivation. On the contrary, when teams have too much say, at any time especially during periods of change, it tends to have the adverse effect and end up with conflict and the motivation plummeting delaying all work and decisions. The ideal time to push the boundaries is during change, so with this more relaxed approach to leadership, boundaries must be clear and laid out for all to understand. This style could both promote and