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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