The times are upon us when brilliant leadership is confounded. Leadership is defined by McShane et al. (2012) as influencing, motivating and enabling others to contribute to the effectiveness and success of the organisations of which they are members. Having leadership is essential to any organization and by leading will there be motivation and staff can look upon the leaders to strive together towards the organizational goals.
One of the most important aspects to a successful leader is having the appropriate traits. As the saying goes, ‘The clothes make the man’ where having the right traits will than make a capable leader whom employees can get inspiration from and in turn performing efficiently in the organization. The common leader traits as exhibited by good leader is having a high drive, desire to lead, honesty and integrity, self-confidence, able to analyze and make subtle decisions and having substantial amount of knowledge for business (Linstead et al. 2009). From these, we can develop and practice the correct traits in trying to achieve success as an effective leader.
As a leader, we can apply the right theories to an organization so as to better manage it and to accomplish tasks efficiently. McGregor’s Theory X and Y where people under the theory X can be rewarded or punish in accordance to promoting performance whereas under theory Y is where employees exercise self-control and motivation towards tasks (Kopelman 2008). This way as a leader, we can apply rewards systems to motivate employees or to motivate employees through inspirations as a role model by apply Theory X and Y accordingly to lead the organization efficiently.
Leadership and change are linked where by changing to the appropriate leadership style we can then make the organization perform effectively. (Burnes 2012). In this way, a leader must be adaptable to change according to