Oprah Winfrey

Leadership is the ability of company managers to set goals and strategies to attain the overall objectives of the business. It involves providing a direction for the company by showing employees how to perform well, supervising and motivating them to complete their tasks. Strong leadership comprises of good and clear communication skills between leaders and workers which contributes to the success of the business. In this assignment, I will be assessing various leadership styles deployed by a business leader and its contribution to the performance and employee motivation in the business.

Oprah Winfrey is one of the richest self-made women in the industry of today. She is known all over the world for being an Author, Influential talk show

Oprah has the ability to convince and stimulate her workers and focus on achieving the corporate aims of her business compared to Donna Karan and Indra Nooyi type of leadership. Although democratic managers prefer to have open discussions about business matters, the leaders have the final say and his/her decision cannot please everyone in the organization and some people might feel that their ideas are unappreciated or undervalued in the long run. It is argued that this style is out of line with autocratic style. On the other hand, the leader in laissez-faire style is usually absent and leaves the decision making in the hands of the employees to lead the direction of employees. However, this type of leadership can cause lines of authority to become confusing which tends to cause loss of motivation to workers and team members and cause poor decision making in the long run. Transformational leaders believe that they can achieve their goals and often make it possible through strategically extending their brand which is one of the most important features of transformational leaders. Although Oprah is seen to work in different areas she is mainly focused on media and that where she excels at. As a result, she found herself rise from being a talk show host to the owner of the entire network. Through her inspiring quality, Oprah can pick a book and read it during one of her shows and make it the best seller overnight which shows that people tend to work hard and be highly motivated to do something when they are inspired by their leaders. However, transformational leadership can suggest team success is directly connected to the leader's presence and performance can decline when the leader is