How to change your mindset from "I want it my way" or "you can have it your way" to "collectively, we will think the best way."
One of the leadership styles that allows
active participation everybody in a decision-making process is democratic
leadership, also known as participative leadership or shared leadership
Who they Are ? What do they ?
Bhatti et al. (2012) suggest that democratic
leadership style focuses more on people and there is greater interaction within
the group. The leadership functions are shared with members of the group and
the leader is more part of the team. Similarly, Jones et al. (2016) and Raelin
(2012) suggested that the principles of democratic leadership is friendliness,
helpfulness, and the encouragement of participation.
Apple was a
successful company from 1976 to 1985, before it almost failed in the mid-1990s.
Then it became enormously successful again — precisely because it
faltered.
In other
words, Apple had a vision. Apple lost its vision. Apple regained its vision.
That's rare.
In the mid-1990s
Gateway, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and other companies reportedly zeroed in
on Apple as an acquisition target. Years later, many of those brands
disappeared. Yet Apple survived.
Apple survived
because Steve Jobs learned how to adapt. He became a democratic/participative
leader. Jobs started out as a charismatic/laissez-faire leader, and Apple
soared. Then he became an autocratic leader, and Apple’s board of directors
requested his resignation.
When he returned to Apple more than 10 years later, Jobs combined several leadership styles and added democratic/participative to his repertoire. He hired other experienced leaders and entrusted them to excel. Jobs encouraged his lead designer Jonathon Ive, and he mentored manufacturing expert Tim Cook, now CEO. He let them make key decisions (What Is Democratic/Participative Leadership? | St. Thomas, n.d.).
That's why
Apple survived.
Organizational Performance is a complex and
multidimensional phenomenon in the business literature. Organizational
encourage the employees to look beyond their self-interest. The
transformational leaders are effective because of several reasons such as the
leaders may be charismatic in terms of inspiring the employees, the transformational
leaders may meet the emotional need of the employees or they may stimulate the
employees intellectually(Al Khajeh, 2018). Tannenbaum et al., (2012) have
defined democratic leadership as the leadership in which the decision- making
is decentralized and is shared by all the subordinates & also known to
motivate the employees to perform better, as their views and opinions are
valued. The democratic leadership has a positive impact on organizational
performance. The democratic leadership allows the employees to make decisions
along with sharing them with the group and the manager. In this type of
leadership style, praises and criticism are given objectively and a sense of
responsibility is also developed among the employees
Hence.... The democratic leadership styles was found to
have a positive influence on organizational performance.
YouTube Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGTj8NxLO-s
References
Al Khajeh, E. H. (2018). Leadership styles on organizational
performance. Journal of Human Reseources Management Research, 2018,
1–10. https://doi.org/10.5171/2018.687849
Bhatti, N, Maitlo, GM, Shaikh, N, Hashmi, MA, & Shaikh, FM 2012, ‘The impact of autocratic and democratic leadership style on job satisfaction’, International Business Research, Vol. 5.
Democratic Leadership Style (Participative Leadership) - Pros, Cons, Examples, Elements, Tips! - YouTube. (n.d.). Retrieved July 23, 2021, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XypNpT-XXCk.
Important Leadership Lessons from Steve Jobs - Lead Change. (n.d.). Retrieved July 23, 2021, from
https://leadchangegroup.com/important-leadership-lessons-from-steve-jobs/
Jones, SS, Jones, OS, Winchester, N, & Grint, K 2016,
‘Putting the discourse to work: On outlining a praxis of democratic
leadership development’, Management Learning.
Levy, L., 2019. Democratic leadership in the workplace. [Online]
Available at: https://monday.com/blog/teamwork/democratic-leadership-in-the-workplace/
[Accessed 14 July 2021].
Tannenbaum, S. I., Mathieu, J. E., Salas, E., & Cohen, D.
(2012). On Teams: Unifying Themes and the Way Ahead Group for Organizational
Effectiveness Society for Human Resource Management. Industrial and
Organizational Psychology, 5, 56–61.
What is Democratic/Participative Leadership? | St. Thomas. (n.d.). Retrieved July 23, 2021, from https://online.stu.edu/articles/education/democratic-participative-leadership.aspx
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The democratic leadership style of leaders provides their team a lot of opportunity to express their views and allows equal participation in decision-making process and motivating staff members in all areas. Steve Jobs change the Apple to a successful company by being as democratic or participative Leader. But the democratic leadership is most useful if the sub-ordinates are active and active participates in decisions making process. In some cases, group members may not have the necessary knowledge or expertise to make quality contributions to the decision-making process. In these cases democratic leadership can also lead to failures.
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A good article Oshadha, Democratic leader is boosting morale through interactions. Instead of making decisions by own, Democratic leader encourages the participative decision making. Therefore innovation and creativity will never undermine. Thankyou for sharing.
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DeleteA democratic leader is the one who invites participation from others in the company as part of the decision-making process. Under their leadership, everyone is encouraged to participate, leading to increased feelings of involvement, recognition, and satisfaction. Thank you for sharing.
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DeleteDemocratic leadership provides the opportunity to the employees to join in the decision making process. They makes Communication easy and ideas flow freely among the employees as members are encouraged to participate. As you discussed I agree with you on increasing of efficiency of employees when comes to Democratic leadership.
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