Leadership in the Workplace

Leadership is a necessary trait that a manager must carry and demonstrate. Different types of leadership are required for different situations. The different types of leadership are: coaching, super, and servant.

Coaching Leadership

Coaching leadership instructs followers on how to meet special organizational challenges they face. This type of leadership identifies inappropriate behaviors and suggests to the subordinate how they should change them. As the name indicates, this approach is much like a coach.

Super Leadership

Super leadership although it sounds like the best way to lead, it is not always the appropriate type. Super leadership is leading others by showing them how to lead themselves. A manager must teach them to think on their own, eliminate negative thoughts, and build self-confidence. If a manager does those things, the subordinate is more likely to lead her/himself.

Servant Leadership

Servant leadership is placing more value on helping followers achieve aspirations and fulfill personal needs. This type of leadership has been around the longest. A servant leader has multiple traits such as; a good listener, persuasive, empathetic, and consider themselves a steward of human resources.  Research has shown that this type of leadership has a lot of potential to lead an organization to success. 

Works cited:

Brown, Paul. "Leadership." Management 320. Barry Hall, Fargo. 2 Dec. 2015. Lecture.