Leadership, leader, employees, cooperationn, motivation, power, influece, subordinates, coaching, teams, factors
Hughes et al., (2022) highlight power as the ability to effect change in others and influence their behaviours, attitudes, viewpoints, and norms. Concurrently, they highlight influence independently as the degree of the actual change. In organizations and hierarchical setups, leaders often hold the power and potential to influence others, above, laterally and beneath their ranks. Therefore, leaders must understand extensively, the factors and/or situations that affect their power and influence over their followers to ensure their goals and visions and those of their organizations are achieved.
[...] Ken Blanchard, (2017) highlights servant leadership as the greatest leadership style to influence change in your subordinates. He highlights that it is important for employees to feel their leader cares, listens and wants to help them. This environment makes them feel safe as highlighted by Simon Sinek, (2014) and allows them to blossom into great employees and great achievers in their roles. In this environment, employees do not create resentment or resistance even when punished as they are convinced their leader cares about them. [...]
[...] Such choices create a safe environment for employees and motivate them to deliver beyond what is simply expected of them. Conclusion Conclusively, leaders need to create an environment where their subordinates work because they feel the willingness to do so rather than solely because they are expected to, as subordinates can also use the same tactics as leaders to possess power and influence over fellow employees and create resistance leading to stagnating goals and low work outputs from teams. REFERENCES Blanchard Ken. (19th May, 2014). Servant Leadership. YouTube. [...]
[...] The greater these measures are, the more effective their influence is among that group. Figures of authority must understand that a leader's influence in a team or group is significant in illustrating the power they hold, as followers can also similarly have the power and influence to frustrate their leaders. For instance, a well-liked popular employee may easily influence other employees to go against their leader hence illustrating more power and influence over the group than their leader. This situation leaves the leader as an authority figure rather than a leader influencing the group towards certain goals and objectives and thus their position loses its power and authority. [...]
[...] https://youtu.be/ctZHSa4Qhd4 Hughes, L.R., Ginnette, C.R., & Curphy, J.G. (2022) Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience. https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2017/07/19/servant-leadership-how-to-put-your-people-before-yourself/?sh=159d82966bc4 Sinek Simon. (9th May, 2014). Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe. YouTube. https://youtu.be/lmyZMtPVodo Williamson Cheryl. (19th July, 2017) Servant Leadership: How To Put Your People Before Yourself. [...]
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