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Discussion on: Five Leadership practices proposed by Kouzes and Posner and what do you understand by “Leadership is a relationship”

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According to Kouzes & Posner (2006) "Leadership is the art of mobilizing others to want to struggle for shared aspirations.” They describe the five practices of exemplary leadership that research suggests can be learned

  1. Model the Way
  2. Inspire a Shared Vision
  3. Challenge the Process
  4. Enable Others to Act
  5. Encourage the Heart

1. Model the way
A successful leader is a person, who models the way to its subordinates. The leaders should influence the employees to find a solution to every problem. If leaders always spoon feed the subordinates then I don’t think they will be able to be responsible and accountable towards their work. To accomplish an objective, they should rouse and support to their part for viable execution.

For instance; Mr. Binod Chaudhary who is a standout amongst other pioneer of Chaudhary gathering. He had made an arrangement and techniques for offering merchandise and enterprises like land, hydropower, home apparatus and so forth. He generally urge to his individuals/employees as a result Chaudhary group is renowned for multinational brand in the world.

2. Inspire a shared vision
The leader must always share the vision, with his employees. The leader must be able to inspire about the vision of the company so that they can work jointly. He/she must always combine the personal goal of subordinates with the goals of the company. At the point when leader share all it, individuals will know unmistakably which no any sort of issue for accomplishing objective.

For instance; CEO of Nabil Bank, Mr Anil Keshary Shah, imparted vision to all individuals. For the most part vision is the “Together Ahead” that implies only a single individual and his contribution would not work, but together we can. To spread this vision, he made a strategy, methodologies and offer every one of the individuals strengthen in his thought and design. Subsequently, it makes a decent benefit and acclaimed in each Nepalese society.

3. Challenge the process
The leader must always challenge the process of the work, if the work is not up to mark. If the leaders don’t challenge the process, they will always be in status quo as they perceive that everything is going right and the work will never be effective. Leaders should imagine that they can take in a best way for future.

For instance, discussing the Apple Product like Macbook, iPods, iPhone and so forth then it was not accessible in the market if Steve Jobs had not hunt down opportunities and going for broke and tested.

4. Enable other to act
Leaders must foster collaboration and build team spirits. This ultimately give mutual respect to all the members of the team, and strive to create an atmosphere of trust and human dignity.

For instance, when we came to call for building team spirits then we could not forgot the great personality, Mahatma Gandhi. He had begun to raise his voice for opportunity in country, India. When he had begun then all the Indians were bolstered him battling for flexibility in country and they were succeeding in view of best position of authority of Mahatma Gandhi.

5. Encourage the heart
Accomplishing the works need to be rewarded, achievement of small goals leads to the achievement of the shared vision. The leader should always give credit to one who has done the work so they get motivated to work in a better way. Infrequently a few words are additionally impact to individuals by saying thank you, giving an acknowledge letter, grin is the most ideal route for making cheerful.

For instance, April 25, a quake happened in Nepal with 7.9 sizes which result more than 9000 individuals demise and 25000 individuals were harmed. At that time, numbers of nations enable us by giving food, dress and sum for government, which energized and warmed the core of numerous Nepalese individuals.

Now coming for second part of the question, i.e. to explain the statement called leadership is a relationship. Leaders never get extraordinary things accomplished all by themselves. They mobilize their followers to want to struggle for shared aspirations. They built on listening to people, addressing their concerns and helping them grow creates a unified, focused workplace that is supportive of one another. This means that leadership is a relationship.

For instance; Mr. Lee Kuan Yew who was a standout as the nation’s founding father of Singapore for his three decades tenure ruled. If this is a single story then I do not think it will work so far. But, the support of their followers for nation building finally result on success of the nation, Singapore (Kwang, Ibrahim, Hoong, Lim, Low, Lin, & Chan, 2011). This means that leadership is a relationship.

References

Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2006). The leadership challenge (Vol. 3). John Wiley & Sons.

Kwang, H. F., Ibrahim, Z., Hoong, C. M., Lim, L., Low, I., Lin, R., & Chan, R. (2011). Lee Kuan Yew: hard truths to keep Singapore going. The straits times, 18.