Analysis Of Contextual Leadership On The Example Of Terblanche

A Leader is an influencer, it only occurs when others are willing to adopt for a period of time, the goals of a group as their own. Thus, leaders concerns are building interrelated and goal-oriented teams (Hogan, J. , 1994). Besides, Context is the background in which an occasion takes place. It come in numerous forms and comprise any set of conditions surrounding an event. Thus, contextual leadership implies the person to have the aptitude to distinguish and analyze the excessive contextual factors in an event then deliberately adjust behavior to exert influence in that context.

There are several methods to evaluate the contextual leadership. In order to elaborate I’ll use Terblanche’s contextual leader ship in the case study as an example. First, the contextual leadership requires three factors hindsight, insight and foresight (Kutz M. 2008). The hindsight where there is an intuitive understanding of relevant past events. Terblanche’s has demonstrated that he knows his organization well. He comprehends that since the time of the founder Sir Donald Gordon the company has focused on doing well for the culture “Education was important to Liberty. This interest went back as far as the founder, Sir Donald Gordon. His philanthropy had founded the liberty foundation which supported education“(case study). In addition, the insight where he is attentive of present related variables for example, he insight into current events in his country, South Africa and is conscious of the status of the public schools. He want to make a change and give back to the society which it was offered to him by the Pfp program, where he has the opportunity to make a difference at the school in Soweto. Also, the learners at the school have benefited from his intervention in preparing for their 12 grade exams. The investment shows foresight that is the awareness of preferred future and will make a different to the students’ lives in the future.

In the twenty-first century context matters as much to leadership as to the leaders and the followers and the context matters at every level (Kellerman, B. , 2013). For example: the Terblanche’s small group or the immediate context are his colleagues whom he want to convince to become part of the Pfp are the. Moreover, the case demonstrates that he is connected to his personal purpose which gives him meaning in his work life and personal life. Terblanche shows that he is able to develop and sustain a relationship with Ginya he is also sensitive to the possibility of disempowering her, so he instead plays the role of cheerleader. He demonstrates insight into the lack of project-management skills and assists indirectly to develop some of Ginya’s staff members. Besides, there is the distal context which is the organization within which the small group is embedded (Liberty Organization) Terblanche realizes that his personal purpose is aligned with Liberty’s purpose as an organization. For example he illustrates his buy-in of Liberty’s philosophy by remembering the story of the manager who decided to pay out the insurance claim even though the client committed suicide. Other context relate to time and space such as the contemporaneous economy in general. Finally, an important element in the case study is the relationship between mentors in Terblanche’s context and the role of being a mentor to a new generation of subordinates. Sometimes he is the mentor and other times the mentee. “The experience and the support Terblanche had been given by his many bosses and mentors at liberty could now be plowed back. He was in the fortunate position of being able to explain the organization’s purpose to the younger generation. He had been mentoring several young people in recent years”.