Leadership Styles And Success Of Creative Efforts

The use of a correct leadership style within innovative industries is often seen as an important management function to favour creativity and ultimately innovation (Ibrahim Sheikh, 2014). We live in a world that is ever changing and adapting to new technologies, globalisation and everyday processes. A leader allowing their followers to think innovatively is fundamental to ensure an organisation continues to compete within their applicable industry. In support of this statement the following essay focuses on the role of leaders in shaping the nature and success of creative efforts. This essay will examine various leadership styles, examples of innovative industries, leadership theories and provide examples of styles, which have lead to†¦show more content†¦Industries comprise of both the public and private sector. The public sector includes but is not limited to Government departments, military, police, public education and the private sector, retail, information technolog y, construction, agriculture, legal, banking and entertainment. Within these industries the leadership style adopted may be autocratic, transformative and/or transactional, which will be discussed further in this essay. Tan and Theodorou (2009) define innovation as the key driver of the information technology industry. Technological developments within this industry are fast and competition is tight. To survive in the long run it is therefore essential for the leaders of information technology companies to adopt an appropriate leadership style. A leaders commitment to organisational openness to new ideas and creating a comfortable environment for its followers, allows for innovation to occur (Puccio, Mance, Murdock, 2010). Transformational leadership is an example of a suitable leadership style. These are leaders who inspire followers to surpass their own self-interests and who are capable of having an insightful and extraordinary effect on followers (Robins et.al 2014). A study completed by Zhang and Bartol in 2010, looked at employee creativity and how it occurred. The results found that employees with transformational leaders had more confidence in their ability to be creative at work and highe r levels of creative performance. Another