Leadership in organizations and leader characteristics

Summary

Currently it is necessary to know the leadership that is carried out in organizations, it is a vitally important issue since it allows us to break the communication barriers and this allows the organization to obtain magnificent results, that is, to achieve its objectives. Among the relevant findings, we will address issues such as the importance and characteristics that define leaders.

introduction

Currently the issue of leadership in organizations is a topic of vital importance and is a determining factor for the proper functioning and performance of the company.

In this document we will address the main characteristics of leaders in organizations, the roles they play and how important they are to achieving the objectives.

It is important to know that leadership leads to the achievement of business and personal objectives, which go hand in hand and help the company to its internal and external growth.

Understanding leadership in organizations is about achieving change of ideals and experiencing new activities that will contribute to the achievement of goals. We hope it will be beneficial to readers.

II. Background of leadership in organizations

An antecedent that gave rise to leadership was in 500 BC, in Confucius I try to change the way of thinking of the feudal lords on how to lead their kingdoms, a part that made mention, was that things will go better if they were done actions like justice and moderation, these were some of the aspects that Confucius used to determine the people who were leaders at that time.

These writings consisted of the study of the people who were recognized at that time, were based on the qualities of that person and made comparisons to get to know what differentiated them from others that made them leaders.

From my point of view, if we focus the history of leadership in organizations we can say that they have a certain similarity, let us take as an example the case described by Confucius, the feudal lords were leaders since they directed their kingdoms, we can say that in the organization, a director is a feudal lord, he runs his kingdom, that is, his own company. The only difference that could exist throughout history is that previously, it was considered that the only leaders were the feudal lords, since they were the only ones who took the role of leading their people, instead in organizations the director It is not the only one that takes the role of leader, it has various leaders who work together to achieve specific objectives of the organization.

Starting from this we can mention that the; "Leadership is the interpersonal influence, exercised in a situation, directed through the process of human communication to the achievement of one or more specific objectives" (Chiavenato, 1993).

III. Development

In the organization there are people who have the ability to influence others, we can say that they are part of an area of the company and that their leadership begins when they start to take a role.

Organizations have different departments where staff take a position, which represents a responsibility.

An important part where we can start to recognize leadership in organizations is starting from this question.

How do we know that there are leaders in the organization? Answering that question: The person in the organization recognized as leader must have characteristics that distinguish them from other people, according to (Porter, 2006) throughout history, it can be defined that the traits of people leaders are as follows:

Momentum: Where the person has a high level of energy, it aims to pursue the objectives of the company and its own objectives.

It is important to note that sometimes there may be confusion regarding the pursuit of their own objectives, because that can affect the organization, the group of people who are being guided and this would cause conflicts. The leader can take into account his own objectives, as long as those objectives are in conjunction with those of the organization and the people that comprise it.

Another trait you can count on is the motivation to lead; the person feels great encouragement and a desire to influence other people and in this way he intends to relate through communication. The leader has the ability to infect others around him, through communication he manages to make the person feel capable of carrying out the work with great encouragement and doing it correctly. Honesty is a very important point, since it creates an environment in trust, if it is not practiced, there would be no certain trust of the group of people, this would be a disastrous factor for the leader and for the organization.

If the person shows that he has self-confidence, we can say that he is a good leader, since he would not doubt the decisions he makes, it is also understood that he is optimistic, that he is committed to the role he plays in the organization. Another effect that the leader's trust has is the transmission of trust with the people around him, which makes them feel that security.

It should be noted that there are three vital skills that must be counted on; technical, interpersonal, conceptual.

The first skill involves knowledge, the experience in which the person has the ability to perform certain actions; the second refers to the communication that is held by the same person and that you want to transmit to others, finally, the third skill refers to the ability to make decisions based on problem solving, concept development, etc.

Since the leader has been mentioned, it is necessary to recognize the second point, the people who receive this leadership, also known as followers. They are a fundamental part as they offer the opportunity for the leader to exercise efficient leadership.

Some effects of the behavior of the followers are that they respond to the behavior of the leaders, it can be said that this has an inverse effect, since the leaders also react to the responses.

It is important to highlight that the leading people in organizations can be followers, for example, sales, administration, marketing and other departments existing in the same hierarchical line perform a role in their own department, but they are also followers of the general manager, since said manager is in charge of transmitting and infecting the other managers, so that they can lead in their department.

Currently for a company it is important to have leaders, since in this way it facilitates that the objectives pursued follow the correct course, on the other hand, the followers of the leaders occupy an important role, since they are the ones who execute the actions that are entrusted to him so that in this way, working together, the leaders and followers achieve the objectives and growth of the company.

IV. Conclusions

Sometimes we ask ourselves, if the leading people are born or made, and according to the information, we have been able to answer, the leaders are made.

We can realize this, since you, being an engineer, being a graduate, including a parent, adopt certain roles in the social and professional field, the person realizes that he is a leader when he runs a family, runs a business, works in a organization and that has its own objectives that require them to be achievable, how is this accomplished? Through the direction and leadership of the actions.

We can call ourselves leaders, of course, but it is important to ask ourselves something. Are we good leaders? Many times people have ideologies like; I am a leader because I have a job, but they do not perform the proper functions, in order to be called leaders.

For a person to be a good leader, he must have the knowledge, skills, necessary to be able to carry out the actions that will lead to the achievement of the objectives, he must always take into account the followers who are the fundamental basis for compliance of homework.

Having the ideology of continuing to learn will forge us to be better and better, and will allow us to develop professionally, personally, socially. It is important that leaders have confidence in themselves, believe in themselves, if you do not believe in yourself, nobody will.