This document discusses different aspects of effective leadership. It outlines that leadership encompasses the ability to lead, influence, and guide individuals, teams, and entire organizations. The key aspects of a good leader are the ability to guide and influence others, empower people, motivate people, align people to a common purpose, and achieve success. Communicating and engaging with others is identified as the single biggest factor for being an effective leader. Leaders should communicate their vision, values, expertise, and vulnerabilities while engaging with others formally through reviews and feedback and face-to-face. Trust, respect, managing fears, and continuous learning are at the core of human interactions and important for leadership.
This document discusses different aspects of effective leadership. It outlines that leadership encompasses the ability to lead, influence, and guide individuals, teams, and entire organizations. The key aspects of a good leader are the ability to guide and influence others, empower people, motivate people, align people to a common purpose, and achieve success. Communicating and engaging with others is identified as the single biggest factor for being an effective leader. Leaders should communicate their vision, values, expertise, and vulnerabilities while engaging with others formally through reviews and feedback and face-to-face. Trust, respect, managing fears, and continuous learning are at the core of human interactions and important for leadership.
This document discusses different aspects of effective leadership. It outlines that leadership encompasses the ability to lead, influence, and guide individuals, teams, and entire organizations. The key aspects of a good leader are the ability to guide and influence others, empower people, motivate people, align people to a common purpose, and achieve success. Communicating and engaging with others is identified as the single biggest factor for being an effective leader. Leaders should communicate their vision, values, expertise, and vulnerabilities while engaging with others formally through reviews and feedback and face-to-face. Trust, respect, managing fears, and continuous learning are at the core of human interactions and important for leadership.
This document discusses different aspects of effective leadership. It outlines that leadership encompasses the ability to lead, influence, and guide individuals, teams, and entire organizations. The key aspects of a good leader are the ability to guide and influence others, empower people, motivate people, align people to a common purpose, and achieve success. Communicating and engaging with others is identified as the single biggest factor for being an effective leader. Leaders should communicate their vision, values, expertise, and vulnerabilities while engaging with others formally through reviews and feedback and face-to-face. Trust, respect, managing fears, and continuous learning are at the core of human interactions and important for leadership.
Communication Shared vision Integrity Humane Expertise/Intellect Ambitious Courage Creativity Ability to generate Trust Power People sensitivity Hardworking
2 A leader is defined by the followers
Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group, or organization to "lead", influence, or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations.
Leading people, influencing At the core of all the different
people. guiding individuals or leadership styles, there is a teams, or an entire organization. single common factor Are there many ways of doing it? Psychological comfort Which is the best way?
3 Trust generates psychological comfort
Laissez Faire Transformational
Aspiring people become
detached & demotivated. Unambitious people party
Capable and aspiring people
become extremely motivated. Feel empowered, grow and perform
Aspiring people become
detached & demotivated. Directionless, and anxious.
A good leader is by default a good manager, but not vice
versa. Essentials of a good leader
• Ability to guide and influence
• Empower people • Motivate people • Align people to a common purpose • Succeed
5 Leadership in action
• Ability to guide and influence
• Empower people • Motivate people • Align people to a common purpose Let’s look at the HOWs for each • Succeed one of these?
6 Leadership in action
• Ability to guide and influence • Expertise, Continuous Learning, Communicate & engage
• Trust, Reduce fear, Communicate & engage, Give more
• Empower people responsibility
• Motivate people • Recognize people, empower them, Communicate &
engage • Align people to a common purpose • Derive a common vision, Communicate & engage
• Succeed • Plan, and all the above.
Communicate & Engage is the single biggest factor to be an effective leader
7 Communicate and Engage
Engage formally, set reviews,
Communicate the vision, your ask relevant questions, give feedback, seek feedback, aspirations from your function and team, your expectations, engage for ideas, display your values, your ways of aspects to protect your team in need. working, your expertise, even your vulnerabilities. Engage impartially. Engage face to face.
