Leadership - what is it?

influencing people so that they will strive

willingly towards the achievement of group
goals

Leadingpeople
Influencingpeople
Commandingpeople
Guidingpeople

Types of Leaders
Leader by the position achieved
Leader by personality, charisma
Leader by moral example
Leader by power held
Intellectual leader
Leader because of ability to accomplish

things

Managers vs. Leaders

Managers
Focus on things
Do things right
Plan
Organize
Direct
Control
Follows the
rules

Leaders
Focus on people
Do the right things
Inspire
Influence
Motivate
Build
Shape entities

Common Activities
Planning
Organizing
Directing
Controlling

Planning
Leader

Manager
Planning
Budgeting
Sets targets
Establishes
detailed steps
Allocates
resources

Devises strategy
Sets direction
Creates vision

Organizing
Manager
Creates
structure
Job descriptions
Staffing
Hierarchy
Delegates
Training

Leader
Gets people on
board for
strategy
Communication
Networks

Directing Work
Manager
Solves problems
Negotiates
Brings to
Harmonious
relationship

Leader
Empowers
people
Cheerleader
(Physically
active)

Controlling
Manager
Implements
control
systems
Performance
measures

Leader
Motivate
Inspire
Gives sense of
accomplishment

Leadership Traits
Intelligence

Personality

More

Verbal facility

intelligent than
non-leaders
Knowledge
Being able to
get things done

Honesty

Physical
Doesnt see to

be correlated

Initiative
Aggressive
Self-confident
Ambitious
Originality
Sociability
Adaptability

Seven Basic Principles

1. Have two to three years to make

measurable financial and cultural

progress
2. Come in knowing current strategy,
goals, and challenges. Form hypothesis
on operating priorities
3. Balance intense focus on priorities with
flexibility on implementation.

Seven Basic Principles,

cont
4. Decide about new organization

architecture
5. Build personal credibility
6. Earn right to transform entity
7. Remember there is no one way to
manage a transition

Analysis of leadership
effectiveness

1. Define and measure some criteria of

organizational effectiveness
2. Assess leadership style of organizations
leaders
3. Attempt to correlate organizational
performance with leadership styles

How important is a
leader?
In most cases, people will perform at about
60% of their potential with no leadership at all
Thus, an additional 40% can be realized if
effective leadership is available

capability
utilization

Contributionduetoleadership
abilityofmanager

40%

Defaultcontributiondueto
needforajob,peerpressure,etc.

60%

The 2 dimensions of management

1. Economic or productivity-based

concern for production

2. Employee condition and morale

concern for people

The 2 dimensions of management

These can also be thought of as:
1. Initiating structure (get it done)
2. Consideration (human condition)

Benevolent
Leader
(Y)

Team
Leader
(Z)

concernfor
people

Laissezfaire
Leader
(L)

Autocratic
Leader
(X)

concernforproduction

Which style of leadership works

best?
Team Leader (Z) has proven to be the most

effective in general
Requires a balancing act of getting things
done and having a genuine concern for people
Certain special situations may require other
styles (i.e. making the atom bomb)

Theory L: Laissez-faire
leader
Uninvolved - leave them alone
Sees main role as passer of information
Lets others make decisions
Basically refuse to take responsibility for team

or unit

Laissez-faire leader: Full power given to the worker(Delegate more work

Theory X: Autocratic
leader
Lacks flexibility
Controlling and demanding
carrot and stick approach
Focused solely on productivity

Theory Y:
Benevolent(Kind Hearted)
leader
Very people oriented; encouraging
Organizes around people
Can be paternalistic
Non-competitive

Theory Z: Team leader

Balances production and people issues
Builds a working team of employees
Team approach: involves subordinates
Organization is a vehicle for carrying out

plans

Results of leadership
styles
Theory L( Laissez-faire leader)
missing management

Very low productivity

Theory X (Autocratic leader )

my way or the highway

Job stress; low satisfaction; unions form

Theory Y (Benevolent(Kind Hearted) leader)

country club

Low achievement; good people leave

Theory Z (Team leader)

good manager

High productivity, cooperation, low turnover,

employee commitment

Origins of leadership
Are leaders born or made?
BOTH. Evidence that both inherent personality

and environment are factors

What

kind of leader would you be?

Thank
You