Leadership

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Text text text text text text text text text What does it mean to be a leader?

The nature of leadership

• Leadership is an influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes and outcomes that reflect their shared purposes. - Joseph Rost (1003: pp4). • People activity. • Same qualities required for good leaders as needed for good followers.

What leadership involves

The new reality for today’s organisations

• • • • World is changing Scandals and insecurity War and terrorism Needs strong leaders in these circumstances • New paradigm

New reality of leadership

OLD Paradigm NEW Paradigm

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Stability Control Competition Uniformity Self-centredness Heroism

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Crisis management Empowerment Collaboration Diversity Higher purpose Humility

Comparing management and leadership

• Managers need to become effective leaders. • Move to leadership valuing change, empowerment and relationships. • Leadership cannot replace management.

Comparing management and leadership

• Direction, alignment, relationships, personal qualities, outcomes. • The ‘soft’ skills of leadership complement the ‘hard’ skills of management, and both are needed to guide organisations effectively.

Comparing management and leadership

Evolving theories of leadership

• • • • • • • ‘Great Man’ Trait theories Behaviour theories Contingency theories Influence theories Relational theories Authentic leadership

Leadership is not automatic

• New paradigm of leadership is the ability to use human skills to build a culture of performance, trust and integrity. • Top seven reasons for executive derailment. • Executive coaching.

Reasons for executive derailment

• • • • Acting in a bullying style. Being cold, aloof and arrogant. Betraying personal trust. Being too ambitious and playing politics.

Reasons for executive derailment

• Performance problems with the business. • Unable to delegate. • Poor...