Is Your Leadership Style Creating Energy The Benefits Of...

Is Your Leadership Style Creating Energy? The benefits of being an energizer Hills, J. (2016, February 2). Is Your Leadership Style Creating Energy? The benefits of being an energizer. Retrieved March 11, 2016, from http://www.hr.com/en/magazines/leadership_excellence_essentials/february_201 _leadership/is-your-leadership-style-creating-energy-the-benef_ik59x9r8.html Article Summary This article discusses the importance of bringing energy in the workplace. It points out the factors of how leaders may energize and de-energize their employees. The author had argued: The point of leadership is to ensure that a company’s purpose and strategy capture people’s imagination, emotion and excitement, engage their cognitive capacities and inspire†¦show more content†¦To achieve this goal, the managers show dedication and motivate the workers at the restaurant; such as helping the employees improve on serving the customers or cleaning the tables. Working in a restaurant involves many situations where the staff must constantly improvise and think quickly, which becomes natural for them to communicate and work together with any issues that arise. The actions relate to the article, as the leaders identify a clear purpose in their business, and act on it, which energizes the employees to work well. They have already implemented the ideas within the article, but can also benefit with issues arising to spend time off of working hours to solve future problems. Article Evaluation Author and credibility: 30/30 Author Jan Hills is a partner at Head Heart + Brain, with previous positions in other companies, such as a Partner in leadership at Orion Partners, owner and coach of HR with Guts, the Hills Consultancy, and many more in Human Resources of other companies. She specializes in neuroscience based leadership development, talent and change. Hills received a degree in Sociology at Northumbria University, Post Grad Personnel management, HR at Manchester Metropolitan University and Certificate the Neuroscience of Leadership, Leadership at the Neuroleadership Institute in Middlesex University. She has published works, such as Brain-savvy HR: a