Level Three Leadership an Effective Leader Takes Term Paper

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Level Three Leadership

An effective leader takes into consideration the thoughts and values of those directly answerable to him. He is capable of influencing the basic values, assumptions, beliefs, and expectations that his/her subjects subscribe to with regard to how the world should be. He seeks to engage with the workers or the subjects at personal level. Such a leader recognizes that workers are not only concerned with better remuneration but also factor in issues pertaining to their time and talent, creativity, and commitment. S/he appreciates that work and engagement are intertwined. Besides, an effective leader appreciates that for their organizations to deliver superior customer satisfaction in the service oriented economy he has to engage the workers (Clawson, 2012). An effective leader will mobilize the employees to look into what the customers think and feel. Effective leader invests his time into trying to understand the basic assumptions and values his employees subscribe to and make an undertaking towards harmonizing them with goals and strategies of the organization. The leader appreciates that it is imperative to engage with the employees and divorces that widely touted assumption that leaders have no business knowing what people think about or feel and only have a responsibility of focusing on people's behavior from his faculty of thought.
An effective leader is aware that an employee's behavior is impacted by their thoughts and their feelings (Clawson, 2012). An effective leader acknowledges that his employees' commitments are not determined by rational reasons. An effective leader is capable of inferring what people are thinking and feeling. He is capable of engaging the employees' visible behavior, minds, and hearts. He is capable of organizing relationships and developing an organizational culture of excellence and quality behavior. An effective leader endeavors to create an organization premised on extraordinary performance (Clawson, 2012).

An effective leader is capable of convincing others rationally because of his ability to sequence his logic, which is clear, impeccable, and powerful. This is possible because of his ability to clarify his concept. He knows exactly what he wants to pass across. He is capable of stating his premise succinctly. In his logical analysis, he ensures that each step is built on the previous step. The supporting data he uses in logical arguments are always representative. He never omits contradictory evidence and….....

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