Leadership Assessment
Introduction
Leadership assessment refers to the process involved in identifying and describing the skills and special abilities of an individual concerning their managing, leading, and directing functions. It also explains how such skills and skills do fit in the leadership positions of such individuals. This paper discusses the three leadership approaches, which include; Situational, Transformational, and Servant leadership approaches. The best tool that can be used for leadership assessment is the DISC since its profiling test is straightforward and intuitive to use. Such a tool is essential because it is quick and straightforward to use when it comes to large groups of people. It focuses on an individual’s preferences, and it also measures the observable behaviors of a leader. This study explains the philosophy behind all three approaches.
Situational leadership approach
The situational leadership approach is an adaptive leadership style that is responsible for encouraging leaders to take stocks of their team members, weighing the various variables with the workplace. And they choose the leadership style that will best suit their main objectives and situations as well (Hall, Johnson, Wysocki & Kepner, 2018).
Transformational leadership approach
this type of leadership approach allows the leaders to work with their team members to identify the organization’s needed change. The approach enables a leader to incorporate his/her team in creating a vision to guide the change needed via inspiration and execute it in tandem with his/her committed team members (Thompson & Glasø, 2015). This approach is an integral part of the full range model of leadership.
Servant Leadership Approach
This approach works when there is a strong trust among the leadership, staff members, and the clients. Therefore, the Servant leadership approach allows leaders to draw the team members’ strengths and enable others to do whatever they do best other than forcing a particular action plan. Servant leaders are responsible for equal responsibility for both success and failure (Van Dierendonck, 2017). They are also willing to step aside for other people to lead when it is necessary.
Conclusion
The similarities between the three leadership approaches are that the behaviors of the leader are alike. They are all aimed at achieving certain goals for their organizations. They have a team to lead to ensure it delivers more effectively towards the organization’s goal attainment in which each type of leadership approach falls.
References
Hall, J., Johnson, S., Wysocki, A., & Kepner, K. (2018). Transformational leadership: The transformation of managers and associates. University of Florida IFAS Extension. Retrieved from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.515.6917&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Thompson, G., & Glasø, L. (2015). Situational leadership theory: a test from three perspectives. Leadership & Organization Development Journal. Retrieved from https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/LODJ-10-2013-0130/full/html?mobileUi=0&fullSc=1&mbSc=1
Van Dierendonck, D. (2017). Servant leadership: A review and synthesis. Journal of Management, 37(4), 1228-1261. Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0149206310380462