Individual Development:

This activity contains the following subtasks:

The individual personality, skills, strengths, needs, aim and fears of the team members are acknowledge;

The individual plans, problems, and challenges are provided assistance and support;

Individual responsibilities and objectives are identified and agreed upon;

Recognition and praise is given to individuals for acknowledgement of their effort and good work;

Individuals taking on extra responsibility, or receiving advancement is rewarded;

Individual team members are trained and developed; and Individual freedom and authority are developed.

SUMMARY and CONCLUSION

While there are similarities in the different styles of leadership the premises of each is based differently in theory as related to behavior and motivation. Transformational leadership is a leadership styles, which motivates, communicates, inspires, and provides support and direction in an interactive manner characterized by leadership by example. Transactional leadership is based primarily upon contingency and reward management and is in reality more akin to management than to leadership in a system that views the leader as being superior and the followers as being subordinate. There is very little democracy or empowerment of the individual employee in this style of leadership with its basis being that individuals are motivated by rewards and punishments. The Path-Goal theory of leadership is also a style of leadership, which views the leader as superior to the subordinate followers. Within the theoretical framework of the Path-Goal theory of leadership, it is the responsibility of the leader to establish the path that is necessary to reaching the set goals of the organization and to enable...

Finally, Action-Centered Leadership is a style of leadership that contains basic actions with subtasks that must be accomplished in reaching the goal. The success of realization of goal accomplishment is dependent upon following the action guidance set forth by the leader for the team members who are empowered through proper training and development. This style of leadership focuses on the ultimate development of the autonomy and authority of the individual team members in preparing them ultimately to step into the role of leadership.
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House, Robert J. (1996) Path-Goal Theory of Leadership: Lessons, Legacy, and a Reformulated Theory. 1996: Leadership Quarterly, 7(3), 323-352. JAI Press Inc. Online available at http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/papers/674.pdf

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Bass' Transformational Leadership Theory (nd) Changing Minds. Online available at http://www.changingminds.org/disciplines/leadership/theories/bass_transformational.htm

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