Part 2:
Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional in your responses (125-words each)
1st post (student name: Taylor)
Scenario 2: Effective Leadership
“There are several types of power: legitimate, reward, coercive, expert, and referent power. Effective leasers take steps to ensure that they have sufficient levels of each type and that they use their power in beneficial ways” (Jones, 2020). In my time of working in property management, I have had three different community managers. My first community manager showed referent power the most, she had the respect, admiration, and loyalty from our entire staff. She was always willing to work in any department and made everyone feel appreciated and valued. My second manager used coercive power more often, she used her power as the community manager to punish others which made most of the staff resent and retaliate against her. The third community manager used reward power as she was always willing to give tangible rewards such as bonuses and prizes. This allowed many of the staff members to continue to work hard to receive these awards, but it also brought on the issue of staff members always expecting to receive a reward.
I believe effective leaders know when to use a specific managerial power to keep their employees productive and working efficiently. They are able to analyze the tasks at hand that need to be completed and use the correct power to ensure the tasks are being completed, while still caring for their employees. In order to make sure managers are using the correct managerial power, they are able to look at the tasks and see what type of power should be used to ensure their employees are treated fairly but to also make sure the tasks gets completed in a timely manner.
Jones, G. R., (2020). Contemporary management (11th ed). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.
2nd Post (Student name: Kristina)
Scenario 3
One of my favorite living leaders would be 44th President Barack Obama. A person cannot become a leader until and unless he is a great communicator. Mr. Obama is a leader because he knows how to talk to any person, group or audience regardless of their background, age, race, gender, etc. His entire campaign was a classic case of how to communicate with virtually each and every person in the USA who is eligible to vote, gain his confidence and send the message across in clear terms. Another characteristic that he embodies would be his We-Not-I attitude. The act of using we is a unique way of making people involved in a conversation and then making them believe they have actually contributed something positive to a cause. Countless times in his speeches, Obama used “we” in and making people believe the people of a particular city or the whole country has done something which they can be proud of.
During both of his terms as president, Mr.Obama had to consider everything he did and said. His consideration wasn’t only for himself and family but also for the voters he was rallying in his corner. He had to consider how the world would function each day whether it was economical, political and or environmental, the final decisions came down to him. When it comes to structure, running the world could leave things unorganized at certain points. During the depression he had to make sure structure was in order for unemployment payments, during hurricane season, he had to structure FEMA packages and even while our soldiers were at war he had to structure safe travels back and forth for them. All in all I believe that as a leader he was dealt a unfair hand and made the best out of it.
Sources:
Husain, H. (2017, January 24). 6 Inspiring Leadership Traits of Barack Obama. Retrieved from https://blog.taskque.com/leadership-traits-barack-obama/
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