Leadership

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 Who is a leader?
Can inspire. Can lead Has a vision Can Influence others Takes initiative And the list goes on !

 Difference Between Leader and ManagerBoss:

Leadership Potential Exercise

 Instructions:
There is no right or wrong answers. Be Honest. This exercise is to help you and the results will stay with you. There are 2 statements for each point:
One is like you and the other is not like you. IF you feel indecisive, use 3,2 relationship

For each statement you will have to distribute 5 points.

Leadership Potential Excercise

Im interested in and willing to take charge of a group of people.
I want some one else to be in charge of the group.

When Im not in charge, Im willing to give input to the leader to improve performance.
When Im not in charge, I do things the leaders way, rather then offer my suggestions.

Im interested in and willing to get people to listen to my suggestions and to implement them.
Im not interested on influencing other people.

When Im in charge, I want to share the management responsibilities with group members.
When Im in charge, I want to perform the management functions of the group.

I want to have clear goals and to develop and implement plans to achieve them.
I like to have very general goals and take things as they come.

I like to change the way my job is done and to learn and do new things.
I like stability, or to do my job the same way; I dont like learning and doing new things.

I enjoy working with people and helping them succeed.

I dont really like working with people and helping them succeed.

 Result:
0-----5-----15-----20-----25-----30-----35

 Leadership is the influencing process of leaders and followers to achieve organizational objectives through change

Influence

Leaders-Followers

Leadership

Organizational Objectives

Change

People

 Leaders Followers Relationship:

Can followers be good leaders? Can followers influence leaders?
Yes, its a 2 way process. Followers dont have to be Yes People. Always give input in the decision making process.

Good Leaders Influence Followers and followers influence them. Interchangeable roles.

 Influence:
The process of communicating ideas, gaining acceptance and motivating followers to support and implement the ideas through Change.

Multiple Techniques:
The power of Convincing. Change Agents Through enthusiasm and commitment By Authority (Managers)

A few heroes of the corporate world Jack Welsh. Lee Iacoca Henry Ford A

 Organizational Goals:
Stock prices New projects Milestones Desired future.

Effective leaders Set Clear Goals.

 Change:
Influencing and setting objectives. Rapidly changing Global Environment. Constant Evolution needed. Benchmarking the industry leader.

 People:
Its all about people. Clear Communication of goals Clear Assessment Criteria No surprises Every body should be a winner. Empowerment. Always share credit.

 Peter Drucker:
Performance of Managerial Leadership determines the success or failure of an organization.

Poor Leadership Good Leadership

(Enron) (Engro)

The Fundamental Question

Are Leaders Born or Made?
Born with extraordinary abilities. Others can learn through training and development. Effort, Hard work.

Every Body is a leader in him self. You need to excel at what you are doing. Corporations spend millions of Rupees/ Dollars every year to train their resources.

 Leadership Managerial Roles:

Henry Mitzberg identifies 10 roles that leaders perform:
Interpersonal Roles Figurehead Leader Liaison Informational Roles Monitor Disseminator Spokesperson Decisional Roles Entrepreneur Disturbance Handler Resource Allocator Negotiator

Interpersonal Roles
Figure Head Role:
Represent the organization

Leader Role: Liaison Role:

Interact with people outside their organzation

Informational Roles
Monitor
Gather information

Disseminator Information
Send information to others

Spokesman Role
Provide information to people outside organization

Decisional Roles
Entrepreneur Roles:
Develop new products Develop new ways to process products Purchase new Equipment

Disturbance Handler Roles

Take corrective action for problems

Resource Allocator Roles:

Allocate, budget, schedule resources

Negotiator Roles
Negotaites