What Is Leadership?
¢ Leadership is the process of influencing and supporting others to work enthusiastically towards achieving objectives.
¢ There are three important factors of it:
— Influence/Support
— Voluntary effort
— Goal achievement
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
Traits of a leader
• intelligence
• supervisory ability
• initiative
• creativity & originality
• drive & ambition
• aggressive
• honesty & Integrity
• flexibility & adaptability
• self confident
• risk taker
• motivated
• hard working
• self assurance
• sociability
• technical expertise
• ambition
Charismatic Leadership
¢ Self-confidence
¢ A compelling vision
¢ Strong convictions/sincerity
¢ Extraordinary behavior
¢ Image as a change agent
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
¢ Planning
Manager
p Planning
p Budgeting
p Sets targets
p Establishes detailed steps
p Allocates resources
Leader
p Devises strategy
p Sets direction
p Creates vision
Organizing
Manager
p Creates structure
p Job descriptions
p Staffing
p Hierarchy
p Delegates
p Training
Leader
p Gets people on board for strategy
p Communication
p Networks
Directing Work
Manager
¢ Solves problems
¢ Negotiates
¢ Brings to consensus
Leader
¢ Empowers people
¢ Cheerleader
Controlling
Manager
p Implements control systems
p Performance measures
p Identifies variances
p Fixes variances
Leader
p Motivate
p Inspire
p Gives sense of accomplishment