Assessment 2

Leadership

Leadership Leadership is the process whereby an individual influences a

group of individuals to achieve a common goal.

Communication

• Is at the heart of leadership

• Leadership can not occur except in relationship to other people & communication is the means through which leadership is accomplished

Leadership

• Formal leader • Designated or elected to facilitate the group process

• Informal emergent leader • Helps lead the group to achieve different functions

Leadership Roles

1. Procedural

2. Maintenance

3. Task

Procedural

• Logistics coordinators

Help provide logistical support,

• Expediters

Help move the group through the agenda

• Gatekeepers

Manage the flow of conversation

Maintenance

• Supporters

• Encourage others to give opinions

• Interpreters

• Help members understand each other

• Harmonizers

• Intervene when conflict becomes a problem

• Mediators

• Impartial arbiters who guide the discussion

• Tension relievers

• Intervene to relieve stress and reenergize the group through humor

Task

• Givers

• Provide content for the discussion

• Seekers

• Probe others for ideas and opinions during group meetings

• Analyzers

• Help the group analyze the content of discussions

What makes a good leader

1. Be responsible. A willingness to be accountable for the actions of others under your charge as well as accountable for personal actions

2. Be present. Be there in both mind and body. Learn when to “back off”

3. Focus on the task

4. Listen Actively. The leader who listens is one who knows what is going on around him

5. Work Hard .

6. Be patient when others are learning.

7. Be willing to teach others.

8. Lead by example

9. Be a follower

10. Be honest

3 leadership styles

1. Democratic leader moves the group toward its goals 2. Autocratic leader moves the group toward the

leader’s goals 3. Laissez-faire leader makes no attempt to move the

group

In great leaders’ own words….

1. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” Napoleon I

2. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” John F. Kennedy

3. “…we must be the change we wish to see in the world.” M. Ghandi

4. “The price of greatness is responsibility.” W. Churchill

5. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

•Discuss how leadership and management are different. •Identify ways to become a good leader. • Discuss ways to develop those “quiet” leaders.

Leadership Vs. Management

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Peter Drucker

“I personally believe Leadership is about the ability to inspire others to achieve shared objectives. I think that’s what separates leaders from managers. Managers tell people what to do and leaders inspire them to do it.”

LinkedIn CEO – JeffWarner

The two skill-sets go hand-in-hand. You can’t be very successful at one without the other.

You can become an excellent manager without becoming a good leader, but you cannot be an excellent leader without becoming a good manager

What do you think?

What is a Manager ?

A manager is the member of an organization with the responsibility of carrying out the four important functions of management:

1. planning,

2. organizing,

3. leading,

4. controlling

Traits a Manager Possesses

1. The ability to execute a Vision: Managers build a strategic vision and break it down into a roadmap for their team to follow.

2. The ability to Direct: Managers are responsible for day-to-day efforts while reviewing necessary resources and anticipating needs to make changes along the way.

3. Process Management: Managers have the authority to establish work rules, processes, standards, and operating procedures.

4. People Focused: Managers are known to look after and cater to the needs of the people they are responsible for.

In contrast…

Leaders don’t necessarily hold or occupy a management position.

•A leader doesn’t have to be an authority figure in the organization; a leader can be anyone.

•Leaders are followed because of their personality, behavior, and beliefs

•Leaders are people who challenge the status quo. Leadership is change-savvy, visionary, agile, creative, and adaptive.

Are We Born With the Ability to Lead?

• Leadership is a learned skill.

• You must prepare, practice and hone your skills

• Be self aware of your strengths and weaknesses

Traits a Leader Possesses 1. Vision:

A leader knows where they stand, where they want to go and tend to involve the team in charting a future path and direction.

2. Honesty and Integrity: Leaders have people who believe them and walk by their side down the path the leader sets.

3. Inspiration: Leaders are usually inspirational—and help their team understand their own roles in a bigger context.

4. Communication Skills: Leaders always keep their team informed about what’s happening, both present and the future—along with any obstacles that stand in their way.

5. Ability to Challenge: Leaders are those that challenge the status quo. They have their own style of doing things and problem-solving and are usually the ones who think outside the box.

Leadership vs. Management

Leadership is:

•People more than projects

•Movement more than maintenance

•Art more than science

•Intuition more than formula

•Vision more than procedure

•Risk more than caution

•Action more than reaction

•Relationships more than rules

•Who you are more than what you do

Leaders vs. Managers

Leaders

Vision

Change agents

Unique

Take risks

In it for the long haul

Grow personally

Build relationships

Coach

Create fans

Managers

Create goals

Copy

Control risk

Think short-term

Rely on existing, proven skills

Build systems and processes

Direct

Have employees

Five Levels of Effectiveness

A Quiet Leader

Not a New Concept

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

Lao Tzu 500 BC

Quiet Leadership

•Quiet leadership is not a style

•Character sets quiet leaders apart, not tactics

•Employees in organizations that went from good to great described their leaders as quiet, humble, modest, reserved, shy, gracious, mild- mannered, self effacing and understated (Collins 2001)

•Correlation between introversion and excellent leadership performance.

Characteristics of Quiet Leaders

• Lead by example

• Finish what they start

• Passionate and focused

• Inspire trust, build alliances, and acquire expertise

• Relational rather than authoritative

• Teach as they lead

• Give credit to others

• Do not like to be the center of attention

• Accept responsibility for failure.

Famous Quiet Leaders

•Mahatma Ghandi

•Rosa Parks

•Albert Einstein

•Eleanor Roosevelt

•Meryl Streep

•Bill Gates

•Tony Dungy

•Douglas Conen

•Abraham Lincoln

•Mark Zuckerburg

•Sir Isaac Newton

•Steven Spielberg

How to Identify a Quiet Leader

• Influence rather than lead

• Excellent listeners

• Patience and thoughtful

• Question and give suggestions rather than dishing out orders/instructions

• High level of flexibility

• Influence small groups, group by group

• Have influence among peers and management

Bottom Line

• A leader invents or innovates while a manager organizes.

• A manager relies on control whereas a leader inspires trust

• A leader asks the questions “what” and “why whereas a manager leans more towards the questions “how” and “when.”

What do you think? Do you Agree? Disagree?

Let’s watch Steve Jobs talking about managing people

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f60dheI4ARg

There are no leaders without followers

Let’s watch Derek Sivers talking about the importance of being a follower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V74AxCqOTvg

What do you think? Do you Agree? Disagree?