Conscious Leadership and the Power Bases Used by a Leader
Leadership studies demonstrate that the most effective leaders know how to draw upon self-leadership skills to in turn motivate and lead others to expand their strengths to ultimately better serve the goals of an organization. For this assignment, you will continue to study conscious leadership and look at a leadership example from contemporary media and evaluate how well the particular leader exemplifies the qualities of effective and ethical conscious leadership.
Select a relevant and topical leadership issue from current news media that revolves around ethics and ethical decision-making. Research the situation and gather information in order to evaluate the leader. Keep in mind, the issue that you choose will serve as the backdrop for your evaluation while using the key terms and concepts covered in your course readings. Write an evaluation of a minimum of 1,000-1,250 words of the situation that addresses the following:
The power bases used by the leader.
The influence tactics used by the leader.
The leadership style of the leader.
The outcome (or potential outcome) of the situation.
Conclude by justifying whether you think this leader supports the values of conscious capitalism. Is the leader's leadership style effective? Do you believe the leader acted ethically in the situation? Be sure to consider each tenet of conscious capitalism in your leader evaluation.
Next, imagine yourself as a practitioner of servant leadership. You have been appointed into the leadership role in this same circumstance. Explain how the situation would be different. Address the four criteria listed above in your discussion and incorporate the principles of conscious capitalism by explaining how your personal values and style are influenced by each tenet.
Strengthen your claims in each content section of your essay with supporting citations and specific examples.
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Effective leadership plays an integral role in realizing success in any organization. Leadership is a skill that needs practice and dedication to develop. Normally, successful companies have effective leaders who acknowledge the benefit of their role and the impact they can have on others. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, is one of well-known and inspirational leaders the world has ever produced. However, Zuckerberg's company was accused of deception. Facebook has a history of deception, where it tells individuals one thing but ends up doing another. This assignment examines a contemporary leadership style that revolves around ethics and ethical leadership. Also, the paper addresses Zuckerberg's power-based influence strategies, leadership style, and the result of the situation. Whether the leader backs the values of conscious capitalism and whether his leadership style is ethical and effective will be analyzed.
Power bases refer to techniques that leaders employ to influence their co-employees to carry out things that they might decide not to do. Managers can employ this tool to draw leaders' awareness of influencing other individuals. This further creates alternatives they may have yet to consider initially. Usually, a leader's power bases can be divided into five types: referent, expert, coercive, reward, and legitimate power. Referent powers involve the capability to attract others and develop loyalty. The idea of empowering depends on referent power. Because it takes longer to develop, it is efficient for companies where leaders have employees and staff with less turnover. A referent power enables the leader to lead with trust. When the leader is alleged to be respected and attractive by the workers, he is perceived to have some referent power. Zuckerberg has referent power since he is a strong and visionary leader. He generated a lot of money for Facebook Inc. all by himself. Zuckerberg had a