Breaking trends: Deconstructing Leadership Assumptions

Breaking Trends: Deconstructing Leadership Assumptions

ByLisa MacLeod

In a world which is constantly changing, leaders are encouraged to make good use of various leadership styles depending on multiple factors which contribute to success (Kouzes, 2003; Gilkey, 1999).


Leadership has transformed in several ways incorporating practices and theories based from the past (Bass, 2003, Gardner, 2003).


What is necessary in implementing these ideas and concepts is for all those involved to build a shared psychology and to achieve common goals together (Bass, 2003; Gardner, 2003; Kouzes, 2003).


This presentation will identify three leadership concepts that have been considered important and after a deconstruction of these concepts, recreated premises will be outlined that are intended to facilitate and improve relations within personal and professional settings.


Evokes a sense of partnership, of community, and of working together for a common good

Incorporates a participatory or consultative decision-making process

Opens the decision-making processing without separating responsibilities that are required for making sure that team goals and objectives are met as a result of decisions being made.

Emphasizes that tasks and activities are carried out by all those involved within the team

Instills a sense of commitment to accountability, diversity, and excellence

Ensures team members will not only have a common understanding of the shared vision but will also focus on the same final product

(Underwood, 2006; Raelin, 2006)

Collaborative Leadership

Guides people along in the direction which is intended, there are two elements required when incorporating this method◦ The first is to be able to ask questions ◦ The second is the knowledge and comprehension of

where and in which direction one would like to guide the team Facilitates teams to go into the same direction while experiencing new ideas and developing new concepts which in return produces a more effective and innovative professional environment

Develops the team’s leadership method together within a productive and successful atmosphere

(Schwarze & Lape, 2001; Patnode, 2002).

Socratic Method

Empowers the followers and to motivate and inspire them to be able to develop and practice their skills and abilities and eventually will become leaders

Develops the individual Focuses on the outcomes that depend on the

qualities and the values and beliefs of both the leader and the follower that are to inspire, support and to encourage creativeness

(Kouzes, 2003; Bass, 1999)

Transformational Leadership

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