1. Leaders are important.1. Leaders are important.

2. Everyone is already a leader.2. Everyone is already a leader.

3. Leadership skills can and should be developed.3. Leadership skills can and should be developed.

Three Premises on LeadershipThree Premises on Leadership

1. Reasons for Leadership 1. Reasons for Leadership

2. Requirements of Leadership 2. Requirements of Leadership

3. Roles in Leadership 3. Roles in Leadership

Leadership ThemesLeadership Themes

4. Responsibilities of Leadership4. Responsibilities of Leadership

5. Risks in Leadership5. Risks in Leadership

6. Rewards of Leadership6. Rewards of Leadership

Leadership ThemesLeadership Themes

Two main questions about Leadership

A. What is it?» Influence: » Dominance» Mission focus

B. How is it Measured?» Followers-How many?» Empire-Area of influence» Time-How Long?

What is Leadership?

The process of moving a group of people in some direction through non-coercive means. John Kotter of Harvard Business School

The ability to capture the attention of people. Richard Cyert

Anyone who can gather followers in a particular situation. Warren Bennis

“To an extent, leadership is like beauty: it’s hard to define, but you know it when you see it.” Warren Bennis

What is Leadership?

All leadership has a spiritual context. Peter Vail

Leadership is social influence. By their IDEAS and DEEDS, leaders

show the way and influence the behavior of others.

What is Leadership?

Leadership is not magnetic personality—that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not “making friends and influencing people”—that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. Peter Drucker

Dwight David Eisenhower

Leadership is getting people to do what you want them to do

because they want to do it.

Why Are Leaders Important?Dr. Warren Bennis suggests three:

1. Leaders are responsible for the effectiveness of organizations.

2. Leaders provide anchors in our lives.

3. Leaders define cultural and institutional integrity.

People want leaders.

What do Leaders Do?

1. “Create a climate of trust, respect, innovation, and openness so that everyone may work effectively.

2. Robert Tucker: Setting goals, allocating resources, staffing, delegating

3. Management Texts Often Suggest a. Planningb. leadingc. organizingd. controlling

Three Types of Leaders

1. Teachers: willing to break the rules while following their value code.

2. Heroes: devoted to great causes and noble works.

3. Rulers: motivated to use power to dominate others.

Interaction between Individual and Environment

Leaders may emerge during times of crisis (Emergent Leadership)

A certain crisis may call upon skills that a certain person has and thus they find themselves in a leadership position. (military officers during national emergencies)

Where Do Leaders Learn to Lead?

1. Leaders Learn From Experience 2. Leaders Learn from Example 3. Leaders Learn from Education

What is Desired in a Leader?

1. Integrity and honesty 2. Job or task knowledge (often these are

organizational skills like goal setting, resource management, time management, business strategy.)

3. People building skills (performance coaching, motivation, mentoring, communication and human resource skills)

Can Leadership Be Taught?

National Training Director Chris Lee suggests that Everyone Can:

1. Learn new responsibilities and risks.

2. Learn to build consensus and trust among social groups.

3. Learn to develop a vision for the future.

4. Learn to better communicate that vision.

Not reaching your goal is not a tragedy.

The tragedy is not having a goal.

Benjamin Mays

Leadership or ManagementManagement involves:

1. Planning2. Organizing3. Directing4. Controlling

Leadership Must Generally Involve: 1. Establishing a Direction 2. Aligning people and resources 3. Energizing people to accomplish results

The Vital Requirements of LeadersConsensus of Views Suggests that

Leaders

1. Define the Mission2. Articulate the Mission3. Empower Followers4. Identify the enemy5. Keep “Hope” Alive

Leaders Dissatisfaction

1. Too much time demanded.2. Too many personnel and personal problems.3. Too much responsibility with no real authority.4. Loneliness5. Too many people problems6. Organizational politics7. The pursuit of conflicting goals.

General Attributes of Leaders

1. The skillful use of power

2. Understanding follower empowerment

3. Understanding teamwork

4. Good at motivating and coaching

5. Creative problem solver

6. Multicultural skills

7. Conflict resolution skills

8. Good communication skills

The Enemies of Leadership

1. Not Willing to Risk2. Succumbing to the fear of failure3. A culture that values social

and ideological homogeneity.4. The belief that one person

cannot make a difference.

Being a Leader is Risky

“70% of Leaders do not finish well.” Dr.J. Robert Clinton of Fuller Theological Seminary.

1. They lose their learning posture.

2. Their character wanes.

3. They stop living by their convictions.

4. They fail to leave behind ultimate contributions.

5. They stop walking in awareness of their influence and destiny.

“A leader whose skills outstrip his character formation will eventually falter.”

The New Realities of LeadershipThe Leadership ChallengesJames Kouzes and Barry Posner

1. The cynics are winning 2. Power has shifted from those with

titles to those with information. 3. Knowledge is the new currency. 4. The new social contract promises

“fulfillment.” 5. There’s a renewed search for

meaning.

All our leadership knowledge needs to be

translated into willpower.

Study after study over the past 20 years has found essentially the same thing: more than half the organizations who start a change program fail within 12 months.

Why do you believe this occurs?

Self-determination theory

“Ask any kid why he plays ball and he’ll say because it’s fun, not because it will help him stay healthy when he’s 80. That’s the nature of intrinsic motivation, it’s something done for its own sake.

That doesn’t mean external rewards aren’t motivating. It’s that the motivation becomes dependent upon rewards, and if they’re not salient enough and not continuous enough, then the motivation will track that.” – Dr. Ryan

SDT researchers say:

“you’re intrinsically motivated to perform an activity if it meets three basic needs:

Autonomy – the choice to do it was made by you, not somebody else.

Competence – you know what you are doing,or are at least becoming better at it. Repetition helps.

Relatedness – the activity connects you in some way to other people.

Intrinsic motivation

“What drives most people away from successfully achieving goals is mental abuse.

Successful programs are powered not by threats, intimidation or screaming, but by peoples’ natural passion for being successful.

And when it comes to motivation, internal passion trounces intimidation any day of the week.”

Leaders have High EI…What is Emotional Intelligence?

The ability to monitor one’s own and others emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use the information to guide one’s thinking and actions.

Emotional Intelligence Domains

Self Awareness-Ability to understand your emotions and their effect on others

Self Awareness Competencies– Emotional self awareness; Accurate self-assessment; Self confidence

Emotional Intelligence Domains

Self Management-Ability to control impulses and suspend judgment

“Think before acting” Self Management Competencies-

Emotional self-control ; Transparency; Adaptability; Achievement; Initiative; Optimism

Emotional Intelligence Domains

Social Awareness-Empathy, awareness of others emotions

Social Awareness Competencies-Empathy; Organizational awareness ; Service

Emotional Intelligence Domains

Social Skills-Managing Relations with others

Relationship Management Competencies-Inspirational leadership ; Influence; Developing others; Change catalyst; Conflict management; Building bonds ; Teamwork and collaboration

Three Approaches to the Study Leadership

1. Qualities of the individual» The “Great Man” theory » Trait Theory

–Ralph M. Stogdill 2. Environmental factors

» Leadership is viewed as an acquired competency including an understanding of how to respond to environment and circumstance.

Let us try to become EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT

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