LEADERSHIP

1.            Read the material above and conclude!

Answer: From the description above can be concluded that leadership is the ability to influence the behavior of a person or group of people for accomplishing certain goals in certain situations. Leadership is a social problem in which there is interaction between the parties who led the party that led to achieving a common goal, either by influencing, persuading, motivating and coordinating. From here it is understood that the main task of a leader in carrying out his leadership not only limited in its ability to implement programs, but more than that the leader must be able to involve all levels of organization, or community members to participate actively so that they are able to contribute positive in an effort to achieve goals.

2.            What do you know about leadership?

Answer: Leadership is a dynamic relationship based on mutual influence and common purpose between leaders and collaborators in which both are moved to higher levels of motivation and moral development as they affect real, intended change.  So from the definition, we can know that leadership is very important in company or organization. Increase or decrease a company or organization can we see from the leadership. If the leader can carry out their duty well and can implementation to their subordinates, certainly that company can increasing their muttu and can reach the goal easyly.

There are 3 charactheristics that must to have of leader in ledership:

- Changes in the character of the self (character chage).

· A clear vision (clear vision).

· The ability or high competence (competence).

The third case was based on an attitude of discipline to continually grow, learn and grow both internally (the development of intrapersonal skills, technical skills, knowledgeable, etc.) or in conjunction with others (interpersonal skills development and leadership methods). As John Maxwell says, "The only way that i can keep leading is to keep growing. The day I stop growing, somebody else takes the leadership baton. That is way it always it. "The only way for me to remain a leader is I have to constantly grow. When I stop growing, others will take over leadership

3.            Explain the duties of a leader in performing the task of  leadership

       in organizations.

        Answer: TASK LEADER
        a. As it relates to employment

·       Taking the initiative: Great leadership is partially defined by initiative.  This does not mean that they were the ones to come up with a great idea and patent it.  It simply means that they took a deep breath and dared to be the first to step forward.  They did not wait for the masses to join them.  They led.

What is so important about having initiative as a leader?  Because it embodies the definition of a leader.  What does leader mean?  One who leads or stands out in front and directs.  You cannot be in that position and be successful if there is no initiative.  The person might wear the title of leader, but the true defining of them falls extremely short.

·       Set the pace and direction: that a leader must determine strategic steps and work towards the goal of his team or the organization he leads. The steps and direction are made for work purposes should be based on the objectives of the organization he leads, and situations that occur within the organization or company. So that his subordinates possessed a clear working guidelines in doing their jobs.

·       Provide  information : a leader is also responsible for providing information relating to the profession in all activities within a company or organization both technically and administratively.

·       Giving support: a leader is responsible for the performance of subordinates. If subordinates are experiencing a problem, it will inevitably result mempengaaruhi jobs that will hurt the company. Then leaders can both motivate subordinates are required to be able to spell out gar job well done. For example: giving bonuses, take care the employee, and to approach the employee.

·       Giving thought means that the leader must be able to give advice to his subordinates about solving the problem or task subordinates so that subordinates can do the work as directed by the suggestions given leader.

·       Taking a final conclusion is angkah a leader in doing its job. A conclusion can be made ​​based on the results of teamwork. Jka a leader has made a conclusion, then the conclusion can be used as basis in making strategic steps and materials evaluation.

b. Related to the cohesiveness of the members:

·       Encouraging, friendly, receptive: The third of these properties must be owned by a good and wise leader. In order for a harmonious atmosphere can hold intertwined in teamwork

·       be reconciled: when there is a problem inside company the leader must be able to reconcile the situation rather than a prickly problem.

·       Capable of changing and adjusting the opinion
leaders must be able to accommodate all the positive advice of his subordinates, and this opinion should be adjusted to the condition of the company. And if there is a different opinion then the leader must be able to adjust to the other opinion.

·       Facilitate the implementation of the task: facilitate all the needs of employees in corporate tasks.

·        Provide rules : making procedures and the work should be done or not done by employee. So it can be focused and be able to know the limits of authority.

4.            What is the meaning of  leadership style? if you become a leader , what leadership style would you use? Tell!

Answer: Leadership style is the manner and approach of providing direction, implementing plans, and motivating people.  

If I become a leader in the future, i will use Employee Orientation style (Employee Oreinted). Or we can called it with the democratic leadership style and also called the participative style as it encourages employees to be a part of the decision making. The democratic manager keeps his or her employees informed about everything that affects their work and shares decision making and problem solving responsibilities. This style requires the leader to be a coach who has the final say, but gathers information from staff members before making a decision.

Democratic leadership can produce high quality and high quantity work for long periods of time. Many employees like the trust they receive and respond with cooperation, team spirit, and high morale. Typically the democratic leader:

--Develops plans to help employees evaluate their own performance

--Allows employees to establish goals

--Encourages employees to grow on the job and be promoted

--Recognizes and encourages achievement.

Like the other styles, the democratic style is not always appropriate. It is most successful when used with highly skilled or experienced employees or when implementing operational changes or resolving individual or group problems.

This style involves the leader including one or more employees in the decision making process (determining what to do and how to do it). However, the leader maintains the final decision making authority. Using this style is not a sign of weakness, rather it is a sign of strength that your employees will respect.

This is normally used when you have part of the information, and your employees have other parts. Note that a leader is not expected to know everything — this is why the leader employ knowledgeable and skillful employees. Using this style is of mutual benefit — it allows them to become part of the team and allows leader to make better decisions.