leadership skills

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Sunday 09-March 2014

Organized One Day Training Program

Trainer:

Engr. Liaquat Ali RahooM.Sc (CS) MBA (HRM), MCSE, MCP

Email: [email protected]

Cell: 0336-3046991

Venue:Mehran Arts Council Hall Hyderabad.

mailto:[email protected]

Objective of TrainingI. Leadership – An IntroductionII. Leadership Vs ManagementIII. Leadership TraitsIV. Leadership Skills V. Qualities of Perfect Leaders VI. Categories of Each Quality VII. Conclusion

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I. Leadership – The Definition

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"Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential."

“Leadership that pulls together people with diverse talents, backgrounds, experiences and interests, encourages them to step up to responsibility and continued achievement, and treats them as full scale partners and contributors.

Leadership is not about memorising techniques or devising the perfect game plan. It is about really paying attention to people – really believing them, really caring about them, really involving them.”

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1. Interpersonal

(Figurehead, Leader, Liaison)2. Informational(Monitor, Disseminator, Spokes Person)3. Decisional(Entrepreneur, Disturbance handler, Resource Allocator,

Negotiator)

Management Role

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Management relies heavily on tangible measurable capabilities such as effective planning; the use of organizational systems; and the use of appropriate communications methods.

Leadership Vs Management

Leadership Vs Management:Management is mostly about processes.Leadership is mostly about behavior.

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Leadership involves many management skills, but generally as a secondary or background function of true leadership. Leadership instead relies most strongly on less tangible and less measurable things like trust, inspiration, attitude, decision-making, and personal character. These are not processes or skills or even necessarily the result of experience. They are facets of humanity, and are enabled mainly by the leader's character and especially his/her emotional reserves.

Leadership Vs Management

Leadership Traits

High energy level & stress tolerance Self-confidence Internal locus of control Emotional stability & maturity Personal integrity Socialized power motivation Moderately high achievement orientation Moderately low need for affiliation

Effective Leadership Traits

Leadership Traits

High Energy Level & Stress Tolerance

Ability to cope with a hectic schedule, unrelenting pressure, and difficult situations

Composed and calm under stress, problem-focused, confident and decisive


Leadership Traits

Self-Confidence

Ability to influence others, take initiative and be persistent, optimistic, and decisive in a crisis

Attempts difficult tasks, action-oriented, sets challenging goals and high expectations


Leadership Traits

Internal Locus of Control

Ability to take responsibility for own actions and learn from own mistakes

Future-oriented, proactive, believes events are determined by our actions and not by chance


Leadership Traits

Emotional Stability & Maturity

Ability to care about other people, control own emotions, take criticism constructively

Aware of own strengths/weaknesses, focused on self-improvement, keeps high moral standards


Leadership Traits

Personal Integrity

Ability to be consistently honest, ethical, trustworthy, and loyal to followers

Keeps promises and confidential information, sets an example with own behavior


Leadership Traits

Socialized Power Motivation

Ability to participate, coach, and exercise power for the benefit of others

Power used to build up the organization and create team pride


Leadership Traits

Moderately High Achievement Orientation

Ability to set challenging but realistic goals, organize tasks, perform efficiently, and take specific action plans

Desires to excel and succeed, task-oriented, solves problems, emphasizes performance


Leadership Traits

Moderately Low Need For Affiliation

Ability to make unpopular decisions, rewards for effective performance and not for approval

Work-focused, avoids favoritism, addresses genuine differences vs. avoiding confrontation


Leadership Skills

Technical skillsInterpersonal skillsConceptual skillsEmotional intelligenceSocial intelligenceSystems thinkingAbility to learn

Effective Leadership Skills

Leadership Skills

Technical Skills

Knowledgeable about methods, processes, techniques, and equipment

Knowledgeable about the organization and its products or services

Requires good memory, orientation to details, rapid learning of technical material


Leadership Skills

Conceptual Skills

Good judgment, foresight, intuition, creativity, and ability to find meaning in the face of ambiguity

Requires analytical ability, logical thinking, concept formation, inductive and deductive reasoning


Leadership Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Knowledgeable about human behavior, feelings, attitudes, and motives of others

Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively

Requires empathy, social insight, charm, tact and diplomacy


Leadership Skills

Emotional Intelligence

Attuned to own feelings and feelings of others

Emotions cognitively managed and used to facilitate reasoning

Requires emotional maturity, self-awareness, self-regulation


Leadership Skills

Social Intelligence

Ability to identify social requirements for a particular situation and select an appropriate response

Knowledgeable about organizational culture and power relationships

Requires social perceptiveness and behavioral flexibility Strength Weakness


Leadership Skills

Systems Thinking

Understands that a change in one part of the organization will affect other parts as well

Appropriate reaction to anticipated consequences can counteract these effects

Requires awareness of how different parts of the organization are interrelated

Strength Weakness


Leadership Skills

Ability To Learn

Ability to learn from experience and adapt to change

Flexible enough to learn from mistakes, change assumptions and beliefs, and refine their mental models

Requires self-awareness, open-mindedness, curiosity, and routine feedback about strengths & weaknesses

Strength Weakness


Quality of a Perfect Leader

Self-assessment. Visionary and detailed

Motivational and commanding

Directing and empowering

Ambitious and humble

Reliable and risk-taking

Intuitive and logical

Intellectual and ethical

Coaching and controlling

Inspiring and mentoring

Be not a perfect leader, only an effective one!Be not a perfect leader, only an effective one!25

Ways to develop Leadership QualitiesLearn to think more criticallyDo more to enthuse your teamMake your goals and future vision attractive and attainableLearn to communicate clearlyImprove your speaking skillsOrganize and allocate workflowMake sure work is done correctly and on timeFind better ways to do things Encourage progress and recognize effortsTry to match individual skills and workBuild team spiritEncourage people to work cooperativelyRecognize success and learn from failureTrust your subordinates

Display Your Leadership by Learning from your mistakes Doing your homework and being prepared Treating everyone with respect and courtesy Sharing the credit, taking the blame Staying focused on a clear vision and setting energizing goals Surrounding yourself with capable people Staying optimistic, even in challenging circumstances Involving and including others Thinking systematically Seeking ways to improve things, do things better, easier, faster or

more economically Clarifying goals Helping people to reach their potential

Conclusion Leadership is the process, not the position. Use the combination of transactional and transformational. Use the styles appropriately. Combine the power and influence into process of work. Keep the bright-side of yours and improve the dark ones Enhance your skills in perceiving, managing, using, & understanding

emotions. Leadership and learnership is indispensable. Keep followers close to the heart & improve them through effective

delegation. Establish effective groups and teams to help you achieve the overall goals. Understand the pros and cons conflicts, and apply the appropriate techniques

to resolve them.

““Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidationon cooperation, not intimidation”” 28

leadership skills

Leadership & Management

leadership potential

management skills

effective action

leaders character

effective planning

difficult situationscomposed

continued achievement

measurable things