Leadership
Leadership:
Leadership may be defined as the ability to influence a person or a group towards the achievement of goals.
Leadership, as a process, shapes the goals of a group or organization and motivates behavior towards the achievement of those goals. It is primarily a process of influence.
Leadership involves:
a) Vision: Identification of goals.
b) Strategy: Selectin of right path to follow.
c) Motivation: Enthusing of influencing the followers to follow that path willingly.
It is to:
- Live with integrity, lead by example.
- Develop a winning strategy or big idea.
- Build a great management team.
- Inspire employees to greatness.
- Create a flexible responsive organization.
- Use reinforcing management system.
The Leadership Formula:
Leadership = Vision + Ability to communicate the vision + Ensure followers work towards achieving the vision + People management skills
Styles of Leadership
Leadership style is the manner and approach of providing direction, implementing plans and motivating people.
There are three different styles of leadership:
- Authoritarian (autocratic),
- Participative (democratic),
- Delegative (free reign)
The Autocratic Leader:
Some of the appropriate conditions to use it is when you have all the information to solve the problem, you are short on time, and your employees are well motivated.
The Participative Leader:
The leader, with help from his/her team members, together determine what to do and how to do it. However, the leader maintains the final decision making authority.
Using this style is not a sign of weakness, it ius a sign of strength that your employees will respect. This is normally used when you have some of the information, and your employees have some of the information.
The Delegative Leader:
In this style, the leader allows the employees th make hte decision. However, the leader is still responsible for the decisions that are made.
This is used when employees are able to analyze the situation and determine what needs to be done and how to do it. You cannot do everything!!! You must set priorities and delegate certain tasks.
Great Leaders:
- are passionate about what they do.
- love to talk about it.
- have high energy.
- have clarity of thinking.
- communicate to diverse audience.
- work through people (empowering).
Future Leaders:
- develop / communicate what company is trying to accomplish.
- create environment where employees can figure out what needs to be done & then do it well.
Core Values:
- Fairness
- Freedom
- Commitment
- Waterline
Leaders V/s Managers
Leaders:
- innovate
- focus on people
- inspire trust
- have a long range view
- ask what and why
- have eyes on horizon
- originate
- challenge status quo
- do the right thing
Managers:
- administrate
- focus on system and structure
- rely on control
- have a short range view
- ask how and when
- have eyes on bottom line
- initiate
- accept status quo
- do things right
Leadership:
Leadership may be defined as the ability to influence a person or a group towards the achievement of goals.
Leadership, as a process, shapes the goals of a group or organization and motivates behavior towards the achievement of those goals. It is primarily a process of influence.
Leadership involves:
a) Vision: Identification of goals.
b) Strategy: Selectin of right path to follow.
c) Motivation: Enthusing of influencing the followers to follow that path willingly.
It is to:
- Live with integrity, lead by example.
- Develop a winning strategy or big idea.
- Build a great management team.
- Inspire employees to greatness.
- Create a flexible responsive organization.
- Use reinforcing management system.
The Leadership Formula:
Leadership = Vision + Ability to communicate the vision + Ensure followers work towards achieving the vision + People management skills
Styles of Leadership
Leadership style is the manner and approach of providing direction, implementing plans and motivating people.
There are three different styles of leadership:
- Authoritarian (autocratic),
- Participative (democratic),
- Delegative (free reign)
The Autocratic Leader:
Some of the appropriate conditions to use it is when you have all the information to solve the problem, you are short on time, and your employees are well motivated.
The Participative Leader:
The leader, with help from his/her team members, together determine what to do and how to do it. However, the leader maintains the final decision making authority.
Using this style is not a sign of weakness, it ius a sign of strength that your employees will respect. This is normally used when you have some of the information, and your employees have some of the information.
The Delegative Leader:
In this style, the leader allows the employees th make hte decision. However, the leader is still responsible for the decisions that are made.
This is used when employees are able to analyze the situation and determine what needs to be done and how to do it. You cannot do everything!!! You must set priorities and delegate certain tasks.
Great Leaders:
- are passionate about what they do.
- love to talk about it.
- have high energy.
- have clarity of thinking.
- communicate to diverse audience.
- work through people (empowering).
Future Leaders:
- develop / communicate what company is trying to accomplish.
- create environment where employees can figure out what needs to be done & then do it well.
Core Values:
- Fairness
- Freedom
- Commitment
- Waterline
Leaders V/s Managers
Leaders:
- innovate
- focus on people
- inspire trust
- have a long range view
- ask what and why
- have eyes on horizon
- originate
- challenge status quo
- do the right thing
Managers:
- administrate
- focus on system and structure
- rely on control
- have a short range view
- ask how and when
- have eyes on bottom line
- initiate
- accept status quo
- do things right
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