University:
University of Alberta
Course:
INT D 135 | Popular Representations of Leadership
Academic year:

2023
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395

Pages:

2
Author:

Ciara T.

Future Trends in Leadership - Class Summary Notes: Emerging Leadership Styles - Leadership is not exempted from the process of dynamic change to accommodate global development. - Modern presidents, prime ministers and other leaders should be more flexible, more sensitive, and more creative. Some of the new leadership approaches that are evident for the ever-shifting environment are; 1. Transformational Leadership: It centers the team effectiveness on raising the bar beyond the team members’ or participants’ limits of the undertaking. - It is considered that transformational leaders possess change-walkmanship and have a highly committed leadership point of view. 2. Servant Leadership: This approach deem the role of a leader as that of a carer, who has the principal interest of his/ her team members. - Because servant leaders focus on the personal development of people within their sphere of influence, there is increased cohesion at the workplace. 3. Adaptive Leadership: Adaptive leaders have to be such that they can easily change their plans whenever they find it necessary. They are used to avoidable insecurity and excellent at managing complicated issues. 4. Authentic Leadership: The false type of authentic leadership is honest with the workforce to create good relations between them. - They foster trust and establish the foundation that is grounded in the principles of integrity, which also directly affects communication and the sense of togetherness. Representations and Influence of Social Media on Leadership 1. Leaders have been able to easily access their target public through social media hence altering public perception. 2. It was revealed that the image of leadership specifically on social media can greatly influence its functionality and communication. Increased Visibility - Social media is effective in supplementing traditional methods of conveying the leaders’ vision, goals, objectives, and values to the broader society. - It can increase their authority and capacity to demand action, support or anything from the targeted population. Enhanced Engagement - Social media is a powerful tool and leaders can face their stakeholders directly contributing to the creation of a community. - It can lead to stronger relationship and hence customers’ loyalty since it is a direct interaction with the firm. Brand Building- media is one way through which leaders can create and market themselves. According to the post, the leaders should take time and give regular updates of their contributions, successes, and beliefs in order to attain a realistic and approachable image. Real-Time Communication - The use of social media helps leaders to deliver messages emanated by the social media by giving reciprocal information as and when events occur. ● This immediacy can increase their reliability and the speed with which they are able to respond to customers and clients.