OB Assignment: What Makes A Good Leader?

OB ASSIGNMENT
“Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It’s about one life influencing another.”
-John C. Maxwell.

As John C. Maxwell said in his above quote about leadership a leader is a person who influences his group members in such a way that I leads to the achievement of a goal. He is the one who acts as an example so that the other people in his team are motivated by him. One of the greatest definition of a leader goes as follows,” a person or thing that holds a dominant or superior position within its field, and is able to exercise a high degree of control or influence over others”. A leader is a one who has a vision and that determination to achieve that vision in the future by making his team members works in a way to achieve it. Leader in a team will always have a heavy responsibility. The team leader provides a

For example, a hierarchical setting in a team effects the team members both positively and negatively. Like hierarchical setting can be motivating to some team members whereas to demotivating to some others. So a good leader or an effective leader is the one who considers all the aspects and takes a decision. There are times when leader is dominating, does not listen to the views of his team members and does what he wants brings a negative effect on the team performance. The team members feel that they are of no importance when their views are not heard or taken into consideration. Thus the team members don’t work up to their mark and this in turn reduces the team effectiveness. A leader should not be formal always like he shouldn’t be in a formal way with his team members always because no one like a formal way of communication and in formal way all the ideas and thoughts don’t come out. So a leader should interact informally also so that the team members feel free to talk and express in whichever way possible and whenever they