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Comparing and contrasting four leadership models and how each model might address contemporary leadership issues and challenges

Running head : SERVANT LEADERSHIP : AN IDEAL ENGINE FOR THE COMPANIES

Servant Leadership : An Ideal Engine for the Companies to Drive On

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Introduction

The history of human civilization is in fact an account of the outcome of various leaderships ventures across the globe , where they helped in making or breaking the society , and this process would go on till the last day of the humans on earth and even beyond , if one considers the possibility of nesting in outer space in the future ! This state of

br affairs speaks the significance of leadership in human lives , and thus the questions like "what makes a leader " or "what could be the ideal model of leadership " keep on floating and earn special attention in the times of change , as is the case of this era of globalization , when the mantle of leadership are being don by the corporate managers , who are now at the helm of the collective developmental process of the civilization under stiff competitive environment and who are assigned to align the power of the human conglomerate towards building a cohesive and cogent workforce to achieve company targets amid dynamic environment . This band of leadership thus requires more than what served good for their predecessors and the leadership issue has become a subject of constant research and development . Therefore this explores , compares and contrasts four models of leadership based on four theories , viz , Trait , Behavioral , Contingency and Transformational theory , before reaching its own conclusion

Background of Leadership

Before reaching for the models , one has to bring in the basic components of leadership in the discussion , because that would provide the much-needed entailment of the nuances of those specific models . The basic elements of leadership are

Effective Communication : Leadership is all about influencing people obtaining their obedience and directing their in the chosen direction (Leadership , 2008 , and for that matter , leaders cannot do without effectively communicating with their followers

Vision : It 's the ability to survey the forest rather than a tree - the leader should be able to see , draw and frame and finally unearth the big picture . Vision is the invisible ladder for the leaders to climb up to the hill of success

Application : While effective communication and quality vision happen to be the leaders ' car and its engine , then its wheel should be named as application , as it is the ability to apply the ideas effectively eventually makes a leader coming of age

Researchers ' Views .There are many definitions of leadership as a whole where their proponents stressed on its one or other elements , or some resorted to big paragraphs in their attempt to cover as much areas as they can think of . As for example , if leadership gurus like Stephen Covey counts leadership is all about "direction and goal " in his book "Principle-centered Leadership (Covey , 1992 , then John Maxwell views it as a "set of principles , which can be learned and applied " in his book "21 irrefutable Laws of Leadership (Das , 2006 . If that is...

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