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Leadership Styles and Their Results

Introduction

Within the discussion, we are asked to review the two leaders and their leadership styles. Then identify which leadership style was used in both scenarios briefing to their officers, and compare and contrast those styles. Then explain if one style was better than the other for the scenario presented. We will also have to explain which leaders’ communication style was more motivating to their officers, and the leadership style that could result in the best officer outcome to the new program and why? Then explain what could be the inadvertent consequence of the less desirable approach?

The leadership style used, the major theories associated with the two leadership styles, compare and contrast …show more content…

This style is considered by police leaders the one to use when they are looking to motivate, “offer intellectual stimulation and appeal to followers’ moral values, set vision, and let the leader display their desire to make a positive connection to their subordinates” (Campbell, & Kodz, 2011, p.3), which could be viewed as an effective way for a leader to act with their officers. Vito, Higgins, & Denney, (2014) also agree that transformational leaders also makes provisions for influence and power in the leadership process, but to make sure the power and influence remain within this theory, we must also incorporate four physiognomies: inspiration, intellectual stimulation, magnetism, and individual consideration. Once these are added to a leader, this would create a better theory for a police leader to use and apply to their …show more content…

References

Campbell, I & Kodz, J. (2011) p.3. What makes great police leadership? Retrieved from http://whatworks.college.police.uk/Research/Documents/Great_Police_Leader_REA.pdf

Leadership Theories and Studies. Retrieved from http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/management/Int-Loc/Leadership-Theories-and-Studies.html

Lunenburg, F. C. (2010). Substitutes for Leadership Theory: Implications for University Faculty. Retrieved from http://www.nationalforum.com/Electronic%20Journal%20Volumes/ Lunenburg,%20Fred%20C.%20Substitutes%20for%20Leadership%20Theory%20FOCUS%20V4%20N1%202010.pdf

Sarver, M. B., & Miller, H. (2014). Police chief leadership: Styles and effectiveness. Policing, 37(1), 126-143. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.library.capella.edu/docview/ 1507744492?accountid=27965

Vito, G. F., Higgins, G. E., & Denney, A. S. (2014). Transactional and transformational leadership. Policing, 37(4), 809. Retrieved from

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