Leadership The ability to lead effectively is based on a number of key skills. These skills are...

Leadership • The ability to lead effectively is based on a number of key

skills. • These skills are highly sought after by employers as they

involve dealing with people in such a way as to motivate, enthuse and build respect.

• Ideally a leader wants people to follow them because of the trust and respect they have earned – not because they are told to.

• In order to achieve this a leader needs credibility.• Leadership roles are all around us, not just in a work

environment, leadership skills can be applied to any situation where you are required to take the lead, professionally, socially and at home in family settings.

Leadership

• Who is?• The person who leads or commands a group,

organization, or country• Modern definition:• We are all leaders. Leadership is not a

position, it is a mindset

Leadership

• Ideally a leader wants people to follow them because of the trust and respect they have earned – not because they are told to.

• In order to achieve this a leader needs credibility.• Leadership roles are all around us, not just in a

work environment, leadership skills can be applied to any situation where you are required to take the lead, professionally, socially and at home in family settings.

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• INDIFFERENT – – INEFFECTIVE IN AREAS OF WORK– EFFECTIVE ONLY IN PERSONAL AGENDA

• PRETENDERS –– INEFFECTIVE BUT PRETEND TO BE EFFECTIVE– PRETEND TO BE SINCERE, PARTIALLY EFFECTIVE

• SINCERE –– SINCERE INTENTIONS BUT STILL NOT EFFECTIVE– DEFENSIVE AND STATUS QUOISTS, AFRAID OF CHANGES

• CONFIDENT –– NOT HAVING REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE OR SKILLS– NOT HAVING REQUIRED ATTITUDE

• ACHIEVERS –– HAVING REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS– PROACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE CHANGE MANAGERS– THESE PERSONS COULD BECOME LEADERS

DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEADERS

Implications to Managerial Leadership

Leadership involves :• People • Unequal distribution of power• Forms of power to influence followers

behavior• Values

Leadership Behavior• Cognitive skills

• Personal skills

• Interpersonal skills

Leadership

• Skills A Good Leader Needs• Able to make decisions; • Able to communicate the vision and motivate

the team to follow.• Problem solving.• Facilitator• Emotional intelligence and active listening• Delegation skills

Leadership • A leader goes in the front, leads the way and by his actions;

people follow.• It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front,

especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership

• Leaders come in all shapes and sizes and lead in all different aspects of human life and endeavour. We are all capable of being leaders somewhere and at sometime. We simply have to motivate ourselves or be motivated to lead

Characteristics of Good Leader

• Sense of responsibility

• Enthusiasm

• Communications skills

Leadership is thinking,Communicating and doing.

Characteristics of Good Leader ……….

• High ethical standards

• Flexibility

• Vision

Traits of a Good Leader

• The ability to focus attention

• Managing change

• An emphasis on simple value

• An emphasis on simple value

Leadership is passing on the knowledge and making leaders.

ContemporaryLeadership Roles

PROVIDING TEAM LEADERSHIP • Learning • Priorities• Specific Roles

ContemporaryLeadership Roles…..

MENTORING• Benefits

SELF LEADERSHIP• Methods • Assumption of self leadership

ContemporaryLeadership Roles…..

TRANSACTIONAL LEADER• Characteristics

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER• Characteristics

ContemporaryLeadership Roles…..

CHARISMATIC LEADER• Characteristics• Leader influences the follower• How to become a Charismatic Leader

“When Charisma is liability”

Leadership is driving ahead of others.Acting when others are just thinking about it.

Six Steps to Developing your Leadership Styles

• Step 1 Identify your Default Leadership Style.• What is your preferred leadership style?• How do you behave when under stress? • Do you find yourself asking others for their opinions, or

telling everyone what to do and expecting them to do it?

• Leading from the front, or worrying about where you are all going and whether there is a clear vision?

• Stopping to think about this next time you find yourself in a stressful situation will give you great insights into your preferred style.

Six Steps to Developing your Leadership Styles

• Step 2 Identify and Develop your Strengths• Playing to your strengths is important, so make

sure that you know what you’re good at. • This may be your default style, but you also have

other leadership skills. • To develop your strengths still further, you might

also make a list each week of three to five things that worked really well that week, then make sure you do them again the next week.

Six Steps to Developing your Leadership Styles

• Step 3 Work on your Weaknesses• Having identified your strengths, you now

need to think about, and develop, the styles that you are less good at.

• The best leaders can draw on all six of Leadership Styles.

• Watching and learning from others is a very good way to learn new leadership styles

Six Steps to Developing your Leadership Styles

• Step 4 Draw on Others• You may not have all the necessary leadership styles

yourself, but as you work on their development.• Note which of your team member has the skills and styles

that you find particularly hard, and encourage them to take the lead when their style is more appropriate than yours.

• Do you have trouble creating bonds, and developing team harmony, but have noticed that one of your colleagues can always smooth situations?

• Use that skill: step back and allow that person to lead whenever the situation calls for affiliate leadership.

• The best leaders create other leaders, not followers.

Six Steps to Developing your Leadership Styles

• Step 5 Do Something Different• Think about which style you find hardest, which we’ll call your

‘stretch style’, and remember its one phrase summary and characteristics.

• Think about how you would say things if you were working in that stretch style and practice saying them that way.

• Find ways which still sound like you, but in that style. People find it easier to give commands if they make them sound humorous.

• Others find that they can work affiliatively if they acknowledge their difficulties publicly before starting to discuss feelings.

• It is about recognising your starting point, as well as where you want to end up

Six Steps to Developing your Leadership Styles

• Step 6 Hold Up A Mirror• It’s really important to seek feedback when you’re trying

to develop your leadership styles. • You should ask what you’re already good at, but you can

also ask others to give you feedback about how it felt when you behaved in different ways.

• It may be difficult to hear some of what they say, so don’t ask unless you really want to know.

• And while giving and receiving feedback is a whole other skill, remember not to take it personally.

• Accept it generously, in the spirit in which it is offered, and decide whether you want to act on it or not. Then move on.

Trust and Leadership

TYPES OF TRUST

• Deterrence - based trust

• Knowledge – based trust

• Identification – based trust

Emotional Intelligence and Leadership

KEY COMPONENTS• Self – awareness • Self – management • Self – motivation • Empathy • Social skills

Leadership

• Be Honest About Your Strengths and Weaknesses

• When you are developing new skills, remember that insincerity will stick out like a sore thumb.

• People will usually see if you are putting on an act, which is why being honest about what you’re trying, and practising is so important.

• But if you do practise, rehearse as actors do, in ‘safe’ situations, then when you really need the new style, it will come naturally and sincerely.

Delegation skills • One of the most important questions to answer if you

want to delegate a task, whether at home or in the workplace, is ‘How much control do I want over the task?’.

• The answer to this question will drive how you delegate the task, how often you meet with the person doing the work, and what level of detail you want to know about. It will also alter the leadership style that you adopt. What’s more, saying that you want one level of control when actually you want another, is likely to confuse your team and make them anxious and less effective, so it’s really important that you know what you want and communicate it clearly.

Leadership is winning.

“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”

- Stephen Covey

Effective Leadership• Verbal fluency

• Ability to solve problems • Awareness of needs

• Flexibility

Effective Leadership…..

• Intelligence

• Acceptance of responsibility

• Social skills

• Awareness of self and surrounding

Steps For Successful Leadership

• Subordinates • Leadership principles • Higher management • With other Departments • With Unions