Proactive Approach in Leadership Styles and its Impact on Organizational Productivity

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to carry out an analysis of the current concepts/styles of leadership augmented with leadership development programs; and to discuss how these latest leadership concepts are influenced by innovation which has positive effects on team building and achieving synergy, thus impacting organizational productivity. A convenience sample of 100 employees from different functions of a multinational FMCG company was selected. The survey was organized around four sections (each linked to a hypothesis) covering the important aspects of transformational, charismatic and servant leaderships, all augmented by leadership training/ development programs. The results revealed that managers having transformational leadership style (supplemented by charismatic and servant leaderships) were more delivering and their proactive approach in leading their teams through innovative methods, contributed positively towards organizational productivity. The leadership training/development programs also successfully developed the leadership qualities among the individuals as well as teams to achieve synergy in the organization. The good leadership development programs had positive impact on the development of leadership traits among the line managers whose performance due to interaction with their respective teams was much enhanced. The presented model deliberates the usefulness of transformational leadership when it is further supplemented by charismatic and servant leadership styles which work much better in achieving organizational productivity. Transformational leaders are more responsive to changing environments and therefore their leadership styles are influenced by innovations which further bring efficiency and synergy in work environments.