LEADERSHIP

General Course Introduction

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Introductions
• Name (also known as)

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• Place of work and role
• Expectations for this training
General Course Introduction
Agenda

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Day 1:
• Understanding leadership
Day 2:

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• Leadership styles
UNDERSTANDING
LEADERSHIP
Think of 3 – 5
people you
consider to be
great leaders.

Why do you
consider them
to be great
leaders?
• The subject of leadership has been
studied for centuries. Yet to date,
there is not a single definition for
leadership.

• Leadership is usually defined based

on how you look at it.
 Ways of Looking at
Leadership
• Leadership theories tend to look at different
aspects of leadership. The following are some of
the ways leadership has been looked at.

1. Personality of the leader

2. Sources of power and influence
3. How leaders behave (leadership skills and
abilities)
4. How leaders adapt to the needs of their
followers (situational)
5. The differences between leading and
managing.
6. Leadership as a process
 Ways of Looking at Leadership
Attribute What it Means
Integrity You demonstrate integrity in your
behaviour
Vulnerability You trust in the abilities of other people.
You allow your followers to do their best
Discernment You exhibit keen insight, wisdom and
judgements
Awareness of the You understand the cares, yearning and
human spirit struggles of the human spirit.

Max DePree’s Courage in

relationships
You face up tough decisions

Attributes of Sense of humor You have a broad perspective on human

condition that accounts for many points of
Leadership view.
 Ways of Looking at Leadership
Attribute What it Means
Intellectual You accept responsibility for learning
energy and frantically
curiosity
Respect for You are able to move constantly back and
future, regard for forth between the present and the future.
present, You build upon the work of your elders.
understanding of
the past
Predictability You do not follow whims
Max DePree’s Breadth Your vision of what the organization can
accomplish has room for contributions from
Attributes of all quarters. Your vision is large enough to
contain multitudes.
Leadership Comfort with You make sense out of chaos
ambiguity
 Ways of Looking at Leadership
Basic Ingredient What it Means
Guiding vision You have a clear idea of what you want to
do – professionally and personally
Passion You have an underlying passion of the
promises of life, combines with a very
particular passion for vocation, a
profession, a course of action. You love
what you do.
Integrity Your integrity is derived from self-
Warren knowledge, candor and maturity. You know
your strengths and weaknesses, are true
Bennis’s Basic to your principles.
Ingredients of Trust You have earned people’s trust.
Leadership Curiosity You wonder about everything and want to
learn as much as you can.
Daring You are willing to take risks, experiment
 Ways of Looking at Leadership
Mega skill What it Means
Farsightedness You keep your eyes firmly fixed on the far horizon,
even as you take steps toward it.
Mastery of change You regulate the speed, direction and rhythm of
change in the organization so that its growth and
evolution matches the external pace of events.
Organization design You are an institution builder whose legacy is an
organization capable of success in realizing the
desired vision.
Anticipatory learning You are a lifelong learner who is committed to
Burt Nanu’s promoting organizational learning.

Seven Initiative You demonstrate an ability to make things

happen.
Megaskills of Mastery of You inspire others to share ideas and trust each
interdependence other to communicate well and frequently and to
Leadership seek collaborative solutions to problems.
High standards of You are fair, honest, tolerant, dependable, caring,
integrity open, loyal and committed to best traditions.
 Ways of Looking at Leadership
Mega skill What it Means
Be Proactive You take responsibility for your own behaviour. You
don’t blame circumstances, conditions or your
conditioning for your behaviour.
Begin with the end in You can visualize the future that you want to
mind achieve. You have a clear vision of where you want
to go and what you want to accomplish.
Put first things first You live a disciplined life. You focus heavily on
highly important but not necessarily on urgent
activities. You can say no to things that seem
Steven Covey’s critical but unimportant.
Seven Habits of Think win/win You have an ‘abundance’ mentality. You believe
there is plenty for everybody. You seek to find
Highly solutions where all parties benefit.
Successful Seek first to You listen with the strong intent to fully, deeply
understand, then to understand the other person both emotionally and
People be understood intellectually. You diagnose before you prescribe
 Ways of Looking at Leadership
Mega skill What it Means
Synergize You believe the whole is greater than the sum of
its parts. You value differences between people
and try to build upon those differences.
Sharpen the saw You seek continuous improvement, innovation and
refinement. You are always seeking to learn.

Steven Covey’s
Seven Habits of
Highly
Successful
People
 Ways of Looking at Leadership
A leader has willing followers - allies
Leadership is a field of interaction.
Warren Blank’s Leadership occurs as an event
Nine Natural Leaders use influence beyond formal authority.
Laws of Leaders operate outside the boundaries of the
organizationally defined procedures.
Leadership
Leadership involves risk and uncertainty.
Not everyone will follow a leader’s initiative.
Consciousness – information processing capacity – creates
leadership
Leadership is a self-referral process. Leaders and followers
process information from their own subjective, internal
frame of reference
 What are your
perceptions of
leadership?
• Do you consider yourself as a leader?
• Can you initiate, influence and take
responsibility for improving things?
• Then you can consider yourself as a leader.
• Your aim should be to be a better leader .
Leadership & Intelligence
• There is some evidence that leadership effectiveness is correlated with
intelligence.
• Goleman identifies the following as the kind of intelligence necessary for
effective leadership:
1. Self Awareness 2. Self Management
• Emotional self-awareness • Self control
• Accurate self-assessment • Trustworthiness
• Self-confidence • Conscientiousness
• Adaptability
• Achievement orientation
• Initiative
3. Social Awareness 4. Social Skill
• Empathy • Visionary leadership
• Organizational awareness • Influence
• Service orientation • Communication
• Teamwork & collaboration
• Conflict management
Leadership Development

• Are leaders born or made?

• Share your view........................
 Leadership Development
Leaders are Born Leaders are Made
• Some people • Leadership skills can
naturally possess be acquired through
abilities such as training, experience
charisma, & mentorship.
intelligence, etc. • Environmental
• Some demonstrate influences can shape
leadership qualities a person’s
from infancy leadership styles.
• Self reflection,
feedback intentional
practice
Leadership Development
Leadership skills that can be developed are:

• Communication
• Strategic thinking
• Decision-making
• Problem-solving
• Adaptability
• Resilience
Exercise

Develop your personal leadership development plan.

Thanks