“A Term Paper on Organizational Leadership”

Organizations need strong leadership for optimum effectiveness. Leadership, as we

know, is a trait which is both inbuilt and can be acquired also. Organizational

Leadership emphasizes on developing leadership skills and abilities that are relevant

across the organizations. It means the potential of the individuals to face the hard times

in the industry and still grow during those times. It clearly identifies and distinguishes the

leaders from the manager. The leader should have potential to control the group of

individual. Strong leadership is needed in order for an organization to excel. This is a

trait that can be acquired and developed. Developing a leader's skills and abilities helps

the individual to stand out in the organization.

Organizational leadership, then is a management approach in which leaders help set

strategic goals for the organization while motivating individuals within the group to

successfully carry out assignments in service to those goals. Organizational Leadership

is about leading and managing individuals toward achieving a strategic organizational

goal. So an organizational leadership is a change agent, somehow who sees the big

picture but also understands the processes or steps to making change happen.

It’s one thing to learn about a subject. But the essential skills and mindset of

organizational leadership can be learned ;( Ellington) include Problem solving and

decision making, Communicating ( especially listening effectively), Relationship-and

team- building ( including developing leadership potential in others), Identifying future

Innovations and opportunities , Using integrity and ethics and Thinking strategically,

system-wide holistically. Some people learn organizational leadership skills through

real-world experiences. Yet benefit of an education, either at the undergraduate or

graduate level, is the chance to study theories about motivation, strategy and leadership

and then put those theories into practice without the same level of risk. After all the

practice is when you make mistakes- and we all make mistakes,” (Ellington). The

difference is that in an education setting, no one is going get fired or lose their company

or go into debt. We provide a safe sandbox or playground for our students to try

simulations and develop confidence in their abilities.

Organizational Leadership equips experienced team leaders and aspiring executives

with the skills, strategies, and tools to raise to expanded leadership responsibilities and

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scope of responsibility than traditional management. Organizational leadership

communicates the mission and vision, establishes the strategic plan and inspires

individuals to put forth their talents to fulfill the goals aligned with the strategic plan and

ultimately, the leader’s vision. Organizational leadership requires developing an

understanding of your own worldview as well as the worldviews of others. Furthermore,

organizational leadership requires an understanding of the composite worldview of the

organization, which consists of the many diverse and sometimes conflicting worldviews

of the individuals within that organization. Organizational leadership encompasses a

broader scope of responsibility than traditional management. Organizational

leadership communicates the mission and vision, establishes the strategic plan, and

inspires individuals to put forth their talents to fulfill the goals aligned with the

strategic plan and, ultimately, the leader’s vision. LEADERSHIP leading a team or a

group is a real skill that takes time, thought and dedication. Leadership is the most

studied aspect of business and organization because it is the one over aching topic that

makes the difference between success and failure. At times, it may seem overwhelming

complex, but by focusing on some fundamentals you will find that you can lead your

team with confidence and skill. Leadership and management are two distinctive and

complementary systems of action. Each has its own function and characteristics

activities. Both are necessary for success in an increasingly complex and volatile

business environment. Strong leadership with weak management is no better, and is

sometimes actually worse, than the reverse. The real challenge is to combine strong

leadership and strong management and use each to balance the other. Both leadership

and management skills are needed for success. At times, “leadership” will need to

manage task and projects, and “managers” will need to influence and inspire people.

Managers are not confined to management and leaders are not restricted to leadership

the critical issue is about getting the right balance for the job you do. Management is

generally seen to involve overseeing day to day operations, accomplishing goals and

achieving tasks, while leadership spans a wider remit that includes influencing and

inspiring others, generating ideas and defining a strategy and vision. 

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model: principals are managers and teachers are their employees, often voiceless and

powerless to influence their superiors' quest to improve student achievement. But with

the growing emphasis on high-stakes testing and the advent of No Child Left Behind,

many school leaders are seeking more effective organizational behavior by drawing on

the leadership potential of all stakeholders, especially teachers.

Schools making this change are creating and expanding teachers' roles as leaders. For
principals, this trend is a shift from “relying on the power of the system” to “seeking to
empower others”—or, more specifically, a shift from “seeking to be in control” to “letting
go of control and building a community of relationships that tends to be self-organizing”
(Caine & Caine, 2000, p. 8). Lending support to the need for transformation, Buchen
(2000) argues that “the only leadership that will make a difference is that of teachers.
They alone are positioned where all the fulcrums are for change. They alone know what
the day-to-day problems are and what it takes to solve them. They, not the principals,
should be the ones to hire new teachers. They know what is needed.” In schools where
transformational leadership is present, administrators recognize that the leadership of a
department chair or team leader can make a significant difference to the climate and
culture of the school. They are not threatened by a teacher's influence or exercise of
leadership, nor by giving up some control. These administrators strive to encourage and
cultivate leadership and “make better use of the unique strengths and contributions
[that] department heads can bring to school management and improvement” (Weller,
2001, p. 80). At these schools, teacher leaders act as coaches and mentors, observe
classrooms so that instruction can be refined and best practices implemented, and
attempt to realize a vision or to “reculture” the environment. With the pressure of high-
stakes testing and the need to meet state and federal benchmarks, administrators rely
on these leaders to improve achievement and even defer to them in certain instances.

Organizational leadership is important because it:

1. Motivates team members. Team members respond in kind to the leader. They

will be motivated to mirror the growth mindset for their teams and themselves

and consider how they can personally contribute to the forward momentum of the

organization as a whole.

2. Allows for a problem-solving and decision-making mindset. In a psychologically

safe atmosphere where people are not afraid to speak up, great ideas can

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solutions and make decisions, exponential growth is possible. 

3. Promotes communication, ethics, inclusion, and respect. The highly emotionally

intelligent organizational leader communicates in all ways that every employee's

contributions are respected, as every role is vital to the organization's forward

movement as a whole. The leader shares the organization's values and models

the communication, ethics, inclusion, and respect expected of each individual.

4. Allows organizational leaders to remain goal-oriented. With individuals

empowered to fulfill their roles and develop innovative solutions, the

organizational leader may focus on the larger picture: moving the mission

forward with an eye on navigating the challenges ahead.

Good leadership can help build a culture of continuous improvement and high-quality

learning.

Being an effective organizational leader means having the ability to evaluate you as

a leader, and the willingness to make changes when necessary. ... Good people

produce good products and services, so good leaders ensure the right employees are in

the right position for the organization's needs.

Successful leadership requires capitalizing on strengths and managing around

weaknesses, strength can be defined as consistent, near perfect performance in an

activity. Strength is not necessarily the as ability. Ability is strength only if you can

fathom yourself doing it repeatedly, happily and successfully.Good leadership in schools

helps to foster both a positive and motivating culture for staff and a high-quality

experience for learners. Leaders at all levels in schools can contribute to this by

developing the top skills needed by school leaders.

Hence, organizational leadership requires ethics. Ethics aids leaders in balancing truth

and loyalty, individuals and communities, short-term and long-term, and justice vs.

mercy. Ethics is not an inoculation or a compromise. It is a process and a lens by which

leaders approach a problem situation. Ethics call on us to be impartial yet engaged.

Effective leaders utilize ethics to look for the hidden alternative in ethically questionable

situations.

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help those who are doing to do even better”. (Jim Rhon)

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