TRENDS IN MATTERS EDUCATION

      A leadership style refers to a set of behaviors that help you effectively motivate, direct, and manage a group of people.  Mixed management refers to a combination of management styles   and seeks to combine   the positive aspects of each leadership style to run the organization successfully. There are many leadership styles one can choose from, and more than one may fit one’s needs he different theories of educational leadership express our differences in our institutions and need for varied leadership (Bush and Glover,2014).The paradox is finding which management styles can work for you and your organization and which are not well suited. Organizations are made up of different kinds of people who respond to different to different styles of leadership. With recent reviews in educational leadership theories, many alternative and competing models have been contextualized(Leithwood et al,1999). Combining  two or more styles ensures leaders  b...

   Distributive Leadership style My discussion will focus on Distributive style of leadership.This is because out of the many leadership styles, I like this best due to it inclusivity. Distributive leadership has  the advantage  of increasing initiative, creativity and therefore individuals have the power to influence events.Leadership as a whole is complex as it involves influencing members of the given organization towards achievement of certain objectives. Gronn 2002, looks at leadership as a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal in the organization. Schools as educational organizations adapt and apply different types of leadership approach that fits the existing context to achieve their own missions and goals. The quality of leadership determines the motivation of teachers and the quality of teaching in the classroom as indicated by  (Sergiovanni,2001).  Traditionally, school leadership has been that of...

    My honest opinion is that: Leaders are made not born: It is evident that leadership could be described as a set of skills that can be learned by training, practice and experience over a period of time. Behavioral Theories perpetuate that people can become leaders through teaching, learning and observation Thomas Egner,2009. Leadership as a learning process is a lifetime activity   as stated by Vince Lombard   ‘Like anything and everything in the world, leaders are also created by hard work, time, and a lot of creativity and talent.’ A leader is molded through time together with passion, effort and energy Ronald,A   & Marty Linsky,2014. For instance, training a kid to be a good leader starts in teaching the kid to be a good follower first . The mentors seek out learning opportunities that will help them learn new skills. Research by psychologists has proved that leaders are ‘mostly made.' A World leadership survey of 361 people at the top level of ...