PRESENTATION ON
LEADERSHIP
INTRODUCTION
• Leadership is the ability to develop a
vision that motivates others to move
with a passion toward a common goal.
So leadership is a process by which a
person influences others to accomplish
an objective and directs the
organization in a way that makes it
more cohesive and coherent.
DEFINITION
• leadership is the “process of social
influence in which one person can enlist the
aid and support of others in the
accomplishment of a common task”.
M Chemers.
• "Leadership is ultimately about creating a
way for people to contribute to making
something extraordinary happen."
Alan Keith.
LEADERSHIP SIMPLY
REFERS TO
 Leading People
 Influencing People
 Commanding People
 Guiding People
CHARACTERISTICS OF
LEADERSHIP
• Leader must have followers
• It is working relationship between leader
and followers
• Purpose is to achieve some common
goal or goals
• A leader influences his followers willingly
not by force
• Leadership is exercised in a given situation
• Leadership is a power relationship
• It is a continuous process
LEADERSHIP TRAIT
• Trait leadership is defined as
integrated patterns of personal
characteristics that reflect a range of
individual differences and foster
consistent leader effectiveness
across a variety of group and
organizational situations
FOUR FACTORS OF
LEADERSHIP
• Leader - You must have an honest
understanding of who you are, what you
know and what you can do. To be successful
you have to convince your followers not your
superiors, that you are worthy of being
followed.
• Follower -You must know your people. The
fundamental starting point is having a good
understanding of human nature, such as
needs, emotions and motivation.
• Communication-The nonverbal
communication is leading. E.g.- when you
set example that communicates to your
people that you would not ask them to
perform anything that you would not be
willing to do. Bad communication harm the
relation between leader and employee.
• Situation-We must use our judgment to
decide the best course of action and the
leadership style needed for each situation.
What we do in one situation will not always
work in another.
LEADERSHIP
STYLES
Authoritarian or
autocratic
Participative or
democratic
Delegative or Free
Reign
AUTOCRATIC
oLeader makes decisions without reference to
anyone else
o High degree of dependency on the leader
o Can create de-motivation and
alienation of staff
o May be valuable in some types of business
where decisions need to be made quickly
and decisively
DEMOCRATIC
• Encourages decision
making from different
perspectives – leadership
may be emphasised
throughout the organisation
• Consultative: process of
consultation before decisions
are taken
• Persuasive: Leader takes
decision and seeks to
persuade others that the
decision is correct
LAISSEZ-FAIRE
1. ‘Let it be’ – the leadership
Responsibilities are shared by all
2. Can be very useful in businesses where
creative ideas are important
3. Can be highly motivational, as people
have control over their working life
4. Can make coordination and decision
making
time-consuming and lacking in overall
direction
5. Relies on good team work
6. Relies on good interpersonal relations
THEORIES OF
LEADERSHIP
TRAIT THEORY
• Early on, it was thought that leaders were born
with
inherent physiological and personality traits
• Age
• Height
• Intelligence
• Academic achievements
• Stogdill (1974) – identified several general factors
that differentiate leaders from non-leaders…
• Capacity: problem-solving capabilities, making
judgments and working hard
• Achievements: accomplishments such as academic
record,
knowledge and sports
• Responsibility: dependability, reliability, self-
drive, perseverance, aggressiveness and
self-confidence
• Participation and involvement: highly developed
social interaction, popularity, swift adaptation to
changing situations, and easier cooperation compared
to non-leaders
• Socio-economic status: effective leaders usually
belong to higher socio-economic classes
BEHAVIOURAL THOERY
• It focused on task and social behavior of leaders
• Identified two dimensions of leader behavior
• Initiating Structure: role of leader in defining his/her role
and roles of group members
• Consideration: leader’s mutual trust and respect for
group members’ ideas and feelings
• Two different behavioral theories:
• Role Theory
• Managerial Grid
ROLE THEORY
• Assumptions about leaders’ in organizations are
shaped by culture, training sessions, modeling by
senior managers, etc.
• People define roles for themselves and others
based on social learning and reading.
• People form expectations about the roles that they
and others will play.
• People subtly encourage others to act
within the role expectations they have for
them.
• People will act within the roles they adopt.
MANAGERIAL GRID
• Developed by Drs. Robert R. Blake and Jane S. Mouton
• Believed managers have different leadership styles
which led to two different dimensions of leadership:
• Concern for Production: manager who is task-oriented
and focuses on getting results or accomplishing the
mission (X-axis of grid)
• Concern for People: manager who avoids conflicts and
strives for friendly relations with subordinates (Y-axis of
grid)
CONTINGENCY THEORY
• In Contingency theory of leadership, the success of the
leader is a function of various contingencies in the form
of subordinate, task, and/or group variables. The
Leaders who are very effective at one place and time
may become unsuccessful either when transplanted to
another situation or when the factors around them
change.
• This helps to explain how some leaders who seem
for a while to have the 'Midas touch' suddenly appear to
go off the boil and make very unsuccessful decisions
Different Sets/theories ofcontingency
theory :
• Different Sets/theories of contingency
theory :
• FIEDLER’S CONTIINGENCY MODEL
• HARSEY & BLANCHARD’S SITUATIONAL
THEORY
• PATH GOAL THEORY
• VROOM-JAGO CONTINGENCY MODEL
SITUATIONAL THEORY
• The Hersey-Blanchard Situational
Leadership Theory was created by Dr
Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard. The
theory states that instead of using just one
style, successful leaders should change
their leadership styles based on the
maturity of the people they're leading and
the details of the task. Using this theory,
leaders should be able to place more or
less emphasis on the task.
CONCLUSION
• To create organisation effectiveness
and ensure sustainability , business
leaders need to focus their attention on
aligning their people , the system the
structure and the roles with
organisation’s strategy ,
while engaging the employees with the
jobs and the organisation

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    INTRODUCTION • Leadership isthe ability to develop a vision that motivates others to move with a passion toward a common goal. So leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent.
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    DEFINITION • leadership isthe “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”. M Chemers. • "Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen." Alan Keith.
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    LEADERSHIP SIMPLY REFERS TO Leading People  Influencing People  Commanding People  Guiding People
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    CHARACTERISTICS OF LEADERSHIP • Leadermust have followers • It is working relationship between leader and followers • Purpose is to achieve some common goal or goals • A leader influences his followers willingly not by force • Leadership is exercised in a given situation • Leadership is a power relationship • It is a continuous process
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    LEADERSHIP TRAIT • Traitleadership is defined as integrated patterns of personal characteristics that reflect a range of individual differences and foster consistent leader effectiveness across a variety of group and organizational situations
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    • Leader -You must have an honest understanding of who you are, what you know and what you can do. To be successful you have to convince your followers not your superiors, that you are worthy of being followed. • Follower -You must know your people. The fundamental starting point is having a good understanding of human nature, such as needs, emotions and motivation.
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    • Communication-The nonverbal communicationis leading. E.g.- when you set example that communicates to your people that you would not ask them to perform anything that you would not be willing to do. Bad communication harm the relation between leader and employee. • Situation-We must use our judgment to decide the best course of action and the leadership style needed for each situation. What we do in one situation will not always work in another.
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    AUTOCRATIC oLeader makes decisionswithout reference to anyone else o High degree of dependency on the leader o Can create de-motivation and alienation of staff o May be valuable in some types of business where decisions need to be made quickly and decisively
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    DEMOCRATIC • Encourages decision makingfrom different perspectives – leadership may be emphasised throughout the organisation • Consultative: process of consultation before decisions are taken • Persuasive: Leader takes decision and seeks to persuade others that the decision is correct
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    LAISSEZ-FAIRE 1. ‘Let itbe’ – the leadership Responsibilities are shared by all 2. Can be very useful in businesses where creative ideas are important 3. Can be highly motivational, as people have control over their working life 4. Can make coordination and decision making time-consuming and lacking in overall direction 5. Relies on good team work 6. Relies on good interpersonal relations
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    TRAIT THEORY • Earlyon, it was thought that leaders were born with inherent physiological and personality traits • Age • Height • Intelligence • Academic achievements • Stogdill (1974) – identified several general factors that differentiate leaders from non-leaders…
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    • Capacity: problem-solvingcapabilities, making judgments and working hard • Achievements: accomplishments such as academic record, knowledge and sports • Responsibility: dependability, reliability, self- drive, perseverance, aggressiveness and self-confidence • Participation and involvement: highly developed social interaction, popularity, swift adaptation to changing situations, and easier cooperation compared to non-leaders • Socio-economic status: effective leaders usually belong to higher socio-economic classes
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    BEHAVIOURAL THOERY • Itfocused on task and social behavior of leaders • Identified two dimensions of leader behavior • Initiating Structure: role of leader in defining his/her role and roles of group members • Consideration: leader’s mutual trust and respect for group members’ ideas and feelings • Two different behavioral theories: • Role Theory • Managerial Grid
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    ROLE THEORY • Assumptionsabout leaders’ in organizations are shaped by culture, training sessions, modeling by senior managers, etc. • People define roles for themselves and others based on social learning and reading. • People form expectations about the roles that they and others will play. • People subtly encourage others to act within the role expectations they have for them. • People will act within the roles they adopt.
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    MANAGERIAL GRID • Developedby Drs. Robert R. Blake and Jane S. Mouton • Believed managers have different leadership styles which led to two different dimensions of leadership: • Concern for Production: manager who is task-oriented and focuses on getting results or accomplishing the mission (X-axis of grid) • Concern for People: manager who avoids conflicts and strives for friendly relations with subordinates (Y-axis of grid)
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    CONTINGENCY THEORY • InContingency theory of leadership, the success of the leader is a function of various contingencies in the form of subordinate, task, and/or group variables. The Leaders who are very effective at one place and time may become unsuccessful either when transplanted to another situation or when the factors around them change. • This helps to explain how some leaders who seem for a while to have the 'Midas touch' suddenly appear to go off the boil and make very unsuccessful decisions
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    Different Sets/theories ofcontingency theory: • Different Sets/theories of contingency theory : • FIEDLER’S CONTIINGENCY MODEL • HARSEY & BLANCHARD’S SITUATIONAL THEORY • PATH GOAL THEORY • VROOM-JAGO CONTINGENCY MODEL
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    SITUATIONAL THEORY • TheHersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership Theory was created by Dr Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard. The theory states that instead of using just one style, successful leaders should change their leadership styles based on the maturity of the people they're leading and the details of the task. Using this theory, leaders should be able to place more or less emphasis on the task.
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    CONCLUSION • To createorganisation effectiveness and ensure sustainability , business leaders need to focus their attention on aligning their people , the system the structure and the roles with organisation’s strategy , while engaging the employees with the jobs and the organisation