Functions of Leadership

Functions of Leadership

1. Defining the task: Leader should be clear of what task, he and its team want to achieve. Task means the work to done and this task should be clear, concrete, time bound, realistic, challenging and capable for evaluation.

2. Planning for the task: It includes doing a mental thinking of what to do (or) achieve in future. So a leader plans what to achieve, set standard for achieving and influence his followers to execute the planning.

3. Briefing: Here leader will establish a clear organisational vision for future.

4. Controlling: The leader will also monitor the progress of plan by the executives. control means that the leader will watch carefully the plans are not going out from the established procedures and direction.

5. Evaluating: The final results which obtained after the implementation and execution of plans should be evaluated by the leader. Evaluation is comparing the results with the task which is planned before. Evaluation may be positive, negative or neutral.

6. Motivation: All the above said functions can be performed well only when the employees are motivated throughout the project. A leader performs this with the help of key called motivation. Motivation word comes from a Latin word “TO MOVE”. So the leader motivates their employees either by rewards or by threats.