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What is Leadership?
It is the ability to influence a group toward the
achievement of a set of goals or vision.
Leadership ManagementIt is about coping complexity
It is about coping with change
Brings order and consistency by drawing up formal plans, designing rigid organization structure and monitoring results against plans
Establish direction by developing a vision for the future.
Inspiring people to overcome hurdles
Non Sanctioned Leadership
The ability to influence that arises outside the formal structure of the
organization
Formal LeadershipLeaders that emerged
from a formal appointment by the
group
Trait Theories of Leadership
Theories that consider personal qualities and
characteristics that differentiate leaders from non
leaders
Extraversion: characteristics such as excitability, sociability, talkativeness, assertiveness and high amounts of emotional expressiveness.
Agreeableness: This personality dimension includes attributes
such as trust, altruism, kindness, affection, and other
prosocial behaviors.
Conscientiousness: Common features of this dimension include high levels of thoughtfulness, with
good impulse control and goal-directed behaviors. Those high in
conscientiousness tend to be organized and mindful of details.
Neuroticism: Individuals high in this trait tend to experience
emotional instability, anxiety, moodiness, irritability, and
sadness.
Openness: This trait features characteristics such as imagination and insight, and those high in this trait also tend to have a broad range of interests.
Big Five Personality Framework
Steve Jobs of Apple
Margaret Thatcher of South African Nelson Mandela
Richard Branson, CEO of Virgin group
Ken Chenault, American Express
Chairman
Charismatic, Courageous
and Enthusiastic
Adolf Hitler
Dominant
Behavioural Theories
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Theories proposing that specific behaviours differentiate leaders from non
leaders
It is about behaviours exhibited by specific leaders. The research was started during late 1940’s through
1960’s.
There are to studies relating to Behavioural Theories, the Ohio
state studies and the University of Michigan Studies.
Ohio State Studies
There are two substantially accounted behaviour which are:
Initiating Structure: the extent to which a leader is likely to define and structure his or her role and those of subordinates in search for goal attainment
Consideration: the extent which a leader is likely to have a job realationships by mutual trust, respect for subordinates’ ideas and regard for their feelings.
Examples:If the leader assigns group
members to a particular task or she emphasizes meetings and
deadlines.
Examples:The leader helps her employee with her
personal problem or she is approachable and
friendly
University of Michigan Studies
They have distinguished two dimensions of leadership behaviour which are:
Employee Oriented Leader: A leader who emphasizes interpersonal relations, takes
personal interest in the needs of employees and accepts individual differences among members. This type of leaders are often
associated with higher group productivity and greater job satisfaction
Production Oriented Leader: A leader who emphasizes technical or task aspects of the job. This type of leaders are often
associated with low group productivity and lower job satisfaction.
Tom Saibel of Siebel Systems
Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle
Tough talking, Intense and Autocratic
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