Growing with Driving Leadership Style in School: A Case Study on Leadership of Finnish Elementary Schools in Tampere

Abstract

"'Driving leadership style' of the school leadership signifies to be important in bringing about changes in behavioural aspect of the followers. The hallmark of driving leadership style illustrated the characteristic of teaming, toning, tasking, timing and transforming with realistic view to subjective approach. This allowed the leadership to understand the human relationship approach while instigating as a lead follower in the group. The purpose of the study was to explore, the pertinence of leadership and how they grow with the followers. Semi structured interview were implemented with different actors with two sets of interview schedules separately designed for the school leaders and the other actors. Driving leadership style moreover, reflects to demonstrate the ability of working from middle as a lead follower allowing the opportunity to understand and knowing of followers. This somehow built the confident to the school leaders to overcome with the difficulties related with organizational climate. Driving leadership style illustrated to bring about social harmony and cohesive within the organizational behavioural settings furthering leaders to grow with the followers."