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Week 5 - Team Project Updates (Group D)
Week 5- Team Project Updates (Group D)
Question: 2
What Contingency Theory (pages 337-341) of leadership allies to this Leader? Examine and apply the two theories of Charismatic and Transformational Leadership to this Leader. Determine the level of authenticity, ethical and trustworthy behavior of this Leader (pages 349-355). (Chapter 12)
What Contingency Theory (pages 337-341) of leadership allies to this Leader?
Elon Musk is a leader who currently leads Tesla Motors organization in the industry of motor vehicles. Being a founder of a large number of other organizations, Elon Musk has demonstrated a good leadership capability which has inspired many other leaders. A contingency theory that clearly allies to his style of leadership is the leader-participation model. This leadership theory explains that the leader’s behavior should demonstrate his leadership decisions and demonstrations which he or she makes to his or her subordinates. Elon Musk has managed to inspire a large number of individuals and pushed them to their highest levels of capabilities which they never through they could manage to attain. He has managed to achieve this aspect through the alignment of his behaviors in leadership with the theories that he utilizes.
Examine and apply the two theories of Charismatic and Transformational Leadership to this Leader.
A charismatic leader is a type of leader who can motivate and inspire other people. Elon Musk is a type of leader that has inspired a large number of people to push their abilities and innovative capabilities to a high level. A large number of individuals who operate under him have expressed the many ways through which this leader has helped them manage to reach their high potentials through motivation and inspiration. A transformational leader is, on the other hand, a type of leader who operates with subordinates with the aim of identifying and implementing the needed change. Being a leader during this time of highly changing technological capabilities, Elon is a leader with significant change characteristics. Through his operations, he has involved in significant activities of establishing change within organizations and even the society.
Determine the level of authenticity, ethical and trustworthy behavior of this Leader
Ethically, Elon Musk is among the few leaders who have not been caught in many unethical scandals and behaviors. He has remained significantly ethical and true to those he leads and inspires. His high moral and ethical standards have made him a significantly trustworthy individual that investors among many other people trust with their money and other aspects. All his provisions and leadership aspects are completely genuine, an aspect that has further increased the trustworthiness of others to him (Brox, 2013).
References
Brox, J. (2013). The Results Are In: How Do You Ensure You’re Constantly Developing as a Leader: Leadership. Retrieved from http://www.refreshleadership.com/index.php/2013/05/results-ensure-youre-constantly-developing-leader/#more-4732
