MY VISION ON LEADERSHIP

MY VISION ON LEADERSHIP

Leadership is defined as “a collective and collaborative process focused on relationships and networks” (Kezar et al, 2011, p.63) and it has crucial impact upon the achievement of organizational aims and objectives. Traditionally, leadership has been divided into autocratic, democratic and laisser-faire categories as it has been argued by leadership theorist Kurt Lewin.
However, Fitzsimons et al (2011) convincingly argue that the range of leadership styles and theoretical frameworks are much wider and more complex and not all of them fit within the classification offered by Lewin. Specifically, additional leadership frameworks include bureaucratic leadership, charismatic leadership, people-oriented leadership, servant leadership, task-oriented leadership, transactional leadership, as well as, transformational leadership.
The things I want more than anything growing up as a leader is to be unforgettable to employee to impact on their performance growth happiness and life .I had the experience of working under many leaders and I learnt different style of leaderships. Among those leadership style I would like to practice transformational leadership style

Transformational Leadership
As per Mullins and Christy (2016), Transformational leadership is the process creating motivation and commitment amongst followers in achieving organizations vision and the leader’s ability to harness values and morals of followers by creating an environment of trust and loyalty (Mullins and Christy, 2016). I believe such a leadership style would be motivational as it gives authority to the followers to make decisions on tasks pertaining their task at hand with confidence.

Leadership style at Virgin
Leadership style at Virgin Atlantic stems from the organizational culture of the company that has been set by its founder Sir Richard Branson, who successfully exercises charismatic and transformational leadership styles. It has been specified that “his leadership style is often described as ‘transformational’, because of his informal style and lack of emphasis on hierarchy within his companies,  and ‘charismatic’ because Branson and Virgin are so inextricably linked” (Grout and Fisher, 2011, p.46).
Moreover, Sir Richard Branson positions his adventurer personality as the brand image for all companies belonging to Virgin Group, including Virgin Atlantic. Therefore, due to the tremendous influence of Richard Branson as well as his encouragement transformational leadership style exercised in various management levels within Virgin Atlantic.
Effective exercise of transformational leadership style has enabled Virgin Atlantic to increase its market share though introducing innovations in various business
Conclusion
 There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ leadership style and the impact of exercising any leadership style depends on a range of factors including the nature of the business, personality of employee, team dynamics within the organization, external market environment etc.
My objective is to developed my knowledge further in understanding different types of leadership styles practiced all over the world. The styles of leadership keep changing as we advance hence the success stories about much-needed organizational reforms. Thereby in order to become a great Transformational leader, I would like to allocate time to develop the skills that I lack and polish up on my strong skills.
    Reference                                                                                          
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60O2OH7mHys

https://research-methodology.net/virgin-atlantic-airlines-employee-motivation-leadership-and-organisational-culture/
Mullins, L. and Christy, G. (2016). Management & Organisational Behaviour. 11th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, pp.215-218.
Kezar, A.J., Carducci, R. & McGavin, M.C. (2011) “Rethinking the “L” Word in Higher Education: The Revolution of Research on Leadership” John Wiley & Sons
Fitzsimons, D, James, KT & Denyer, D. (2011) “Alternative Approaches for Studying Shared and Distributed Leadership” International Journal of Management Studies            
Grout, J. & Fisher, L. (2011) “What You Need to Know about Leadership” John Wiley & Sons

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