Course Project: Leadership Philosophy Alignment

Leadership, Organization Theory & Change

Briefly summarize your chosen organization information (e.g., what is it? what does it do?)

My chosen organization is The Life Coach School of Arkansas.  The Life Coach School

of Arkansas has become one of the most profitable coaching companies in the United States.

The Life Coach School of Arkansas primary business is to operate several coaches, marketing,

author training, business and business law training. LCSA website is https://www.tapaward.com

and is very active on social media also like, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram and even some

other social media platforms so that they could promote their business and serve their customers

also by way of their social media handle and other customer service platforms. LCSA has

coaches operating across the country helping people to set goals and achieve those goals while

holding their clients accountable for his or her own goals.

According to the impact of life coaching on goal attainment, metacognition and mental

health the coaching industry and particularly life coaching has grown substantially since at

least 1998. There have been claims that the number of executive and life coaching number in

the tens of thousands in the United States and coaching has received widespread attention in

the popular Western Press (Hall, Otazo, & Hollendbeck, 1999)

As a result, when looking at motivation, Life Coach School of Arkansas

was able to create a fun environment with all of the coaches in the organization respects one

another and does not expect anything more.  According to International Journal of Conflict

Management workplace conflict will happen. There is no way around that but how one responds

to the conflict will determine how well the organization move forward and succeed.

Two organizational changes that will help to improve motivation.

Lets take a look at communication. Communication is one of the most effective way to have change within the organization. When those who work in your organization feel like they are not being heard that can cause internal issues within the organization. If they feel like they can express their feelings and concerns the organization will be able to work more effectively and trust has been established. We have to understand the importance of working in a positive environment.

According to Martin, A. J. (2009). Motivation and engagement in the workplace:

Examining a multidimensional framework and instrument from a measurement and evaluation

perspective. Because of this, some have suggested that empirical research into such

psychology has been fragmented. Many studies have addressed only a few aspects of

workplace motivation and engagement and these aspects have not been embedded into a

broader program (Thierry, 1998), The field of educational psychology is worth noting because

it has proven to be a relatively fertile ground for integrated motivational theory and practice.

Recent of motivation (e.g. Pintrich 2003). In this context, the Motivation and Engagement

Wheel (Martin, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007a, 2007b) was developed.

What is the leadership philosophy of the leader?

A good leader is someone who cares about others. Good leaders take risk and not only

think about themselves but also think about others. They show respect and are very

invested in what they are doing, not only for themselves but their organization as well. A

good leader share wins with others and not only that they want to lead by example and do

what is right.

We must understand that every individual is a leader in themselves. The personal leadership

philosophy is something that you believe in yourself. We need to have a proper vision on what

decisions need to be taken in-order to sort-out the inputs given in day etc.

Here are some positive pointers to follows:

1. You need to believe in yourself.

2. Have problem solving skills

3. Horny your beliefs and values

4. Learning from other.

5. Continue with Personal Development

6. Identity what your priorities are

To make a decision and to make a first step towards leadership, we need to have a positive

attitude and the mindset need to be strong in the area of success that you want to explore. We

need to have a proper group of people to support, that helps you to make decisions as per your

interest As a leader we need to inspire and motivate people to have a clear vision of the future.

We need to be confident enough to follow our ideas, visions and willing to take any risks which

are integrated in our idea. The other important aspect in leadership is to communicate and

delivering the news or ideas as per the vision which we had. As stated earlier, we need to have a

proper team for not only in taking decisions but also helps to group think. Need to have a faith in

team members. As per my point of view the leaders should be more organized, willing to take

success and failures as same etc.

Types of Organization Structure

Functional Structure

In this structure, employees performing similar tasks or similar specialty are grouped

together. for example, accountants are grouped in the finance department and same goes for

marketing, operations, and human resources departments. This structure allows quick decision

making, because the group members can easily communicate and also can hone their skills by

learning from each other as all have similar skill sets and interests.

II. Divisional Structure

In this structure, employees are grouped according to the products or projects that meet the

needs of a certain type of customer. For example, a restaurant with a catering service might

structure the employees according to different department they serve, such as a wedding

department or a wholesale-retail department. Employees are divided as to achieve highest

efficiency.

Matrix Structure

A matrix structure has complex story as it combines elements from both the functional and

the divisional models. It first divides employees according to their specialization, then further

separates them into departments according to projects and products. To make this structure a lot

of planning and efforts are required but one e achieved increases the productivity of the team,

promotes innovation and creativity, and good decision making.

Flat Structure

A flat organizational structure impedes the traditional top-down management system. There

is no concept of boss, each employee is the boss of themselves, this eliminates bureaucracy and

improving direct communication. For example, an employee with an innovative idea or

suggestion doesn’t have to contact each level of upper managers to get the idea to the person in

charge. The employees can communicate directly with each on peer-based level.

When teams belong to one group of leaving beings which has on motto or objective or goal.

Everybody in the team will involve in the work of progress the team to achieve objective or goal.

But we know that human beings cannot be perfect. So, they often committee mistakes.

Sometimes they de motives and stop their work, which will create problems in their future.

Sometimes they do not know ‘what to do in a situation and sometimes they unknowingly cheated

by others. So, to escape from all the above situations a team leader is required. A leader is one

among the group who can guide and foster team members in the developed path. Leadership is

not a self-enrichment, it is 360-degree enrichment. Leadership basically required in every sector

like industries, schools, collages, politics, spirituality, agriculture, family, all types of unions etc.

A leader can be strength or weakness of a team. So, care should be taken during selection of

leader for a team.

The following qualities are required to be a good leader:

1. Give respect to other team members.

2. Mentally and physically strange

3. Concern to both team members and organization.

4. Ability to motive people

5. Hard worker.

My self-leadership is being adaptable at all the time. You have to be prepared for each and

every situation which is being faced or which has to directly related with you. I personally use

this adaptive leadership style to obtain the maximum efficiency out of the given tasks. My

having an adaptive leadership style I can easily determine between the most usable and least

usable things and adaptor myself according to the situation which directly benefits the overall

efficiency as well as productivity of my leadership.

Leadership is one of the main parts in creating a strategy. In other words, leaders are the

strategic creator for an organization. Weather perfect leadership skill one can easily create and

strategy which is more effective and productive for a specific organization. Leadership skills are

very much required to create each and every strategy, which is related to the betterment of the

organizations and provide a very basic instruction support to build a strategy. Leadership define

how the strategy is going to work and instruct the team accordingly to create and formulate a

strategy which is more efficient. Without a proper leadership strategic formulation is not

possible. Lacking leadership that strategy formulation would go into a wrong direction and

formulated strategy would be inefficient and incomplete. Teamwork is one of the most essential

parts of any organization to achieve its goals as well as to create a better place and the work

culture.

Some different type of teams inside an organization are as follows

• Departmental teams

This kind of teams are specialized in some specific department and work towards achieving a

specific Google which is outline by the company is mission statement. A fine example of this

kind of team is a developer team which works on the software project for a specific company.

These kinds of things are usually permanent, and they have a work on going on the specific

projects.

• Cross functional teams

For attracting with different departments in the organization cross functional teams are

associated. Be the specific teams tackles different event for the company and provides basin

support for different events organized at different times for specific organization. By

implementing the Hofstede’s four dimensions we can easily increase the over of level of

leadership in an organization.

• Power distance

Power distances can be described as an authoritative difference between the communities

inside an organization. By obtaining the overall power distance between the employees and the

leader, effectiveness of the specific leadership could be determined and also the environment of

the leader what the employee and teamwork can also be determined which plays an important

role in creating an ethical working environment for the employees. Lessen the power distance

better the management as well as involvement of the leader towards the team. By maintaining a

power distance between employee and leader, a leader can easily increase its level of authority

over its employee which is very much needed for completing the task on time by maintaining

and the authoritative approach for the organization.

• Uncertainty avoidance

Uncertainty avoidance can be defined as a process of avoiding the uncertain events in the

cultures belonging to some specific region. What is type of dimension, formal contact between

the employees as well as leader is an essential art. By maintaining the professionalism between

the employee and be a leader uncertainty avoidance provides extremely efficient way of working

by maintaining a Individualism can be defined as a culture in which each and every employee is

independent and self-reliant. This specific fact values the importance of each and every person

inside the organization by specifically provoking them to increase the level of self-interest. It is a

very effective way of increasing the overall involvement of the employee towards the

organization.

• Masculinity

MS community in an organizational structure can be defined as a partition of values and

giving priority to the quality of life as well as compassion towards the weaker employees has

signed your organization. In this type of culture men and women play separate rules in the

society, for an example man are directly related to the specific mainstream but profiles while the

women are considered as a support to the male employees inside an organization. By having a

masculine leadership one can easily increase its level of involvement inside the organization by

providing strength and support to the structure but feminine culture is also required to create an

equilibrium between men and women inside an organization.

Let’s take a look at some advantages of contingency style of leadership

• Research and expertise

This specific theory is based on very intense research as well as it is curated by some of the

best experts of this field. Best intense research contributes into the seriousness of the theory and

also provides a very thick base for examination as well as leadership.

• Leader identification

Best style gives ability to an organization for easily identify the best potential leader for a

particular group. Best style provides and specific identity of the leader who can leave their

coworkers to achieve the main goal set for the group. Leaders with the relationship orientation

get easy use their interpersonal skills for providing the better efficiency in the jobs and can be

very helpful in dealing with the complex situations when making the decisions.

Advantages and limitations of this leadership style are as follows

• Insufficient literature

This efficient leadership style suffers from Insufficient literature. It cannot be used to expel

various type of actions which can be taken under different situations. Approach has to be very

clear and princess to be processed by this leadership style. It increases the need of a skilled

manager in the processes.

• Complexity

In this specific leadership style, the suggestion for the approach is very simple. But managing

the situation is very complex. Managers have to take multiple decisions according to their

leadership style by maintaining the contingency of the given task. Managers are always short of

time and this specific leadership style overloads them with the information and this is usually

resulted in less efficient work structure.

• Difficulty in testing

Agency leadership style is very complex, and it always creates problem in texting. Because

of the too many factors involved this the specific leadership style is very hard to examine.

• Reactive not Proactive

Contingency leadership style is basically very reactive in its nature. It defines what managers

can do in the given situation for a specific organization. Managers are always responsible to

manage the environment by avoiding the undesirable effects.

In summary, philosophy of the leader plays a role in motivation in the workplace and

our career goals. According to Martin, A. J. (2009). Motivation and engagement in the

workplace: Examining a multidimensional framework and instrument from a measurement and

evaluation perspective. Many studies have addressed only a few aspects of workplace motivation

and engagement and these aspects have not been embedded into a broader program (Thierry,

1998), The field of educational psychology is worth noting because it has proven to be a

relatively fertile ground for integrated motivational theory and practice. Recent of motivation

(e.g. Pintrich 2003). In this context, the Motivation and Engagement Wheel (Martin, 2001, 2002,

2003, 2007a, 2007b) was developed.

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