Chapter 8
Leading the Way: Leadership in the Workplace
In This Chapter
Understanding leadership styles
Leading effectively
Steering clear of leadership pitfalls
Adapting to the future
What’s the point of leadership? Why can’t you just get on with doing your job running the organisation, or your department, without any leadership nonsense? Well, the success of an organisation is all about attracting the most talented people to work in it and giving them all the help they need to meet the organisation’s goals. Without effective leadership, there’s no one to create the vision of what the future organisation will look like or to motivate and influence the employees to take it there. Therefore, the leadership skills of chief executives and their teams are extremely important to organisations.
You can find as many leadership styles as leaders. For example, think of the differences between Margaret Thatcher and Nelson Mandela. Margaret Thatcher was described as domineering and confident of her own opinion (at least by her enemies!) and expected her subordinates to follow instructions, ...
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