Discussion Response

T‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‌‍his is a Discussion Forum and I have to reply to what participants posts. Below is what i've written and then a reply of a participant. I need you to read it carefully and respond on his argument please :I wrote : Leadership is a desired skill in the management of people and organizations. The debate of whether leaders are born or made is a fierce one. In my opinion, a good leader is made. Firstly, a good leader is a product of society. It is a person who has lived with a society, observed their strength and weaknesses, and stands in to fill the present gaps (Schreyer et al., 2021). It would be difficult for a leader to commit himself to a given course in a society he or she knows nothing about. Secondly, a good leader is made through training. In this course, we are looking at different styles of leadership that would prosper an organization. Without learning these skills, it would be different to lead. Lastly, a good leader is made from an experience of working with people. It would be difficult for a leader to exploit the skills of a team without having worked with them I believe that a leader is referred to as good because of morality rather than achievements. Morality in leadership is the ability of a leader to distinguish between rights and wrong (Ndalamba et al., 2018). Achievements can be gotten without morality. For example, dictatorship or authoritarian leadership may use bad means like overworking employees to achieve a given goal. However, a good leader motivates his or her employees by showing them the way. The workers want to feel appreciated which doubles their productivity. I think that people being led determines good leadership. The style of leadership employed by a leader affects the people being led (Olanrewaju and Okorie, 2019). When the style of leadership involves employees’ participation in decision-making, employees can say the leader is good. On the other hand, if the leadership style is authoritarian, employees can say that the leader is not good. References Ndalamba, K.K., Caldwell, C. and Anderson, V., 2018. Leadership vision as a moral duty. Journal of Management Development. Olanrewaju, O.I. and Okorie, V.N., 2019. Exploring the Qualities of a Good Leader Using Principal Component Analysis. Journal of Engineering, Project & Production Management, 9(2). Schreyer, H., Plouffe, R.A., Wilson, C.A. and Saklofske, D.H., 2021. What makes a leader? Trait emotional intelligence and Dark Tetrad traits predict transformational leadership beyond HEXACO personality factors. Current Psychology, pp.1-10. Then the participant wrote in ‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‌‍reply to me: I agree with some of the comments in your post but there is one that I see differently than you. The leader will generally guide a team towards a specific goal or vision using any combination of a wide array of tools, methods, or theories. As between leaders, the better one will be more experienced than the other because of any of their length in a leadership role, previous experience and/or knowledge in the subject matter, deeper knowledge of the variety of tools etc. or some specialist knowledge applicable to the situation at hand. But very critical to the performance of is the intra-team trust (Clegg, 2019:82), and trust in the leader in particular. Trust here is to be considered in a leader with, inter alia, a strong moral compass and virtues such as “strength of character, wisdom, authenticity, and humanity” (Clegg, 2019:132) as trust in a charismatic leader could lead to cult-like conditions. History is replete with examples of what follows such situations. However, leaders must be adaptable and contingency theories suggest that they must not be constrained in doing what is for the team’s or the organization’s benefit (Clegg, 2019:114). On rare occasions, leaders will need to adopt an authoritarian stance when in his judgment, time or circumstances does not allow for consultation. Of course, in a well-adjusted team, this deviation from the team’s expectations have to be explained and this is what separates good leaders from authoritarians (Takala, 2010).  If the authoritarian behavior becomes the norm to the extent that any of the seven deadly “INs” of toxic emotions (Clegg, 2019:97) manifest themselves, then toxicity would have been introduced into the workplace. In such circumstances, one could speak to this authoritarian leader not being good. I would not agree to a generalization of that statement. References Clegg, S., Kornberger, M., Pitsis, T. & Mount, M. (2019) Managing and Organizations: An Introduction to Theory and Practice. 5th ed. London. Sage. Available via the Vitalsource Bookshelf. [Accessed 6 May 2022]. Takala, T. (2010) Dark Leadership, Charisma, and Trust. Psychology1(1)59-63Available from: 10.4236/psych.2010.11009 [accessed 25 May 2022]To writer : please reply to his discussion and also discuss Toxicity in the workplace in relation to this discussion. - Provide 3 to 4 references. - Provide support for posts using theory, applied examples and wider reading in line with the Harvard Referencing Guidance. - The word count between 200 - 300 words ( do not exceed the wo‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‌‍rd count please )

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