Chapter 3. Leadership is the ability to influence a group to achieve a vision or set of goals...

Chapter 3

Leadership is the ability to influence a group to achieve a vision or set of goals

Leadership

Extroversion

Flexibility

Creativity

Emotional intelligence

Honor their promises

Common traits of leaders

Situation

Ambition

Charisma

Motivators

Common characteristics of the leader

A tense geopolitical situation is the necessary breeding ground for the emergence of a leader

Geopolitical situation of: Jesus Christ, Napoleon, Gandhi, Mandela, Martin Luther King, etc.

Situation

Seek to gain power to achieve their goals and of their followers

Examples: George Whasinton, Chales de Gaulle, etc

If that ambition is exacerbated, becomes a cult of personality and wishes to be remembered as a "great man" in such cases become dictators

Examples: Julio Cesar, Lenin, Hugo Chavez, etc

Ambition

Charisma is the quality of a person who differs from the others and makes him to be treated as endowed with supernatural powers or qualities, divine or exceptional.

The followers attributed to the leader heroic or extraordinary skills when they observe certain behaviors.

Charisma

Influenced through:

– Vision: A strategy for achieving long-term goals

– Values: Role model– Behavior: Offbeat– Emotional contagion: The followers are

passed with the emotions of the leader and share their feelings

Charisma

Optimism

Passion

Kinesthesic communication

Creating links

Charisma

They are born or made?

Sometimes they are remembered only by his charisma

Examples: Benjamin Frankiln, T.E. Lawrence, Hitler, J.F.K., Obama, etc

Charisma

All leader must motivate their followers. To do this, must follow one of the following types of motivation

Examples: George Washinton, Lenin, T.E. Lawrence, Hitler, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, etc

Motivators

Extrinsic motivation: Exclusively external (salaries, promotions, awards, etc)

Intrinsic motivation: personal satisfaction, sense of self-importance, personal growth, etc

Transcendental motivation: Satisfaction with the importance of working for others, peers, teams, companies and/or society in general

Types of motivation

Transactional leadership

Transformational leadership

Transcendental leadership

Types of motivational leadership

Management brings about order and consistency by drawing up formal plans, designing rigid organizations structures, and monitoring results

Leadership, leaders establish direction by developing a vision and inspiring them to overcome hurdles

Management &Leadership

Production-oriented

Employee-oriented

Types of orientation

Assigned specific tasks

Expect them to meet established standards

Attach importance to meeting deadlines

Production-oriented

Mutual Trust

Respect for the opinions of employees

Consideration for the feelings of employees (respect their ethics)

Employee-oriented