Reflective essay

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WEEK 1

Dr Edward Kachab

Aug 1st

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What is Leadership?

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What is Leadership ?

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Leadership

An influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes and outcomes that reflect their shared purposes.

(The Leadership Experience, Richard Daft, 7th Edition)

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Why Leadership ?

Successful 21st century Leaders will have to make the behavioural and attitudinal adjustments necessary in dynamic times.

Top 10 workplace competencies: 2020:

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Leadership Opportunities

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What might be some leadership opportunities that you may have

encountered recently?

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What Does Leadership Involves?

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Exercise

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Of the elements of the leadership definition discussed on the previous slide.

Which is the easiest for you? Which is the hardest?

Paired discussion

Classroom discussion

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Exercise

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Work individually or in pairs to articulate the difference between a manager

and a leader.

Paired work

Classroom discussion

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Comparing Management with Leadership

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Sources: Based on John P.

Kotter, A Force for Change:

How Leadership Differs from

Management (New York: The

Free Press, 1990) and ideas

in Kevin Cashman, ‘‘Lead

with Energy,’’ Leadership

Excellence (December 2010),

p. 7; Henry Mintzberg,

Managing (San Francisco:

Berrett-Koehler, 2009); and

Mike Maddock, ‘‘The One

Talent That Makes Good

Leaders Great,’’ Forbes

(September 26, 2012),

www.forbes.com/sites/mikem

addock/2012/09/26/the-one-

talent-that-makes-good-

leaders-great/ (accessed

March 7, 2013).

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The New Reality of Leadership

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Exercise

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Why do you think there are so few people that succeed at both

management and leadership? Is it reasonable to think that someone can be

good at both?

Paired discussion

Classroom discussion

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Historical Theories of Leadership?

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Historical Theories of Leadership

Great man theories:

• Leadership was conceptualized as a single “Great Man” who put everything together and influenced others to follow along based on the strength of inherited traits, qualities, and abilities

Trait theories:

• Picture of an ambitious, desirable future for the organization or team

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Historical Theories of Leadership

Behaviour theories: • Leaders’ behavior toward followers correlated with leadership

effectiveness or ineffectiveness

Contingency theories: • Leaders can analyze their situation and tailor their behavior to improve leadership

effectiveness

• Also known as situational theories

• Leadership cannot be understood in a vacuum separate from various elements of the group or organizational situation

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Historical Theories of Leadership

Influence theories:

• Examine the influence processes between leaders and followers • Charismatic leadership—Influence based on the qualities and charismatic

personality of the leader

Relational theories:

• Focus on how leaders and followers interact and influence one another • Transformational leadership and servant leadership are two important

relational theories

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Servant Leadership

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Servant leadership is a philosophy and set of practices that enriches the

lives of individuals, builds better organizations and ultimately creates a

more just and caring world

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Leadership Evolution

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Agile Leadership

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“Leadership is more concerned with people that is management”. Do you

agree?

Giving up control in the traditional sense and encouraging the growth and

development of others to ensure organisational flexibility and

responsiveness.

Paired share.

Classroom discussion

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Leadership can be learned

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Many organisations and their leaders have not made changes to succeed in

today’s world. Organisations can evolve and many leaders can learn new

skills to succeed.

Derailment: Is a phenomenon in which a manager with an impressive track

record reaches a certain level but is not able to advance due to mismatch

between job needs and personal skills and qualities.

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Leadership Derailment

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Traits of good leadership

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Learning to be a Leader

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Source: Based on ‘‘Guidelines

for the Apprentice Leader,’’ in

Robert J. Allio, ‘‘Masterclass:

Leaders and Leadership—

Many Theories, But What

Advice Is Reliable?’’ Strategy

& Leadership 41, no. 1 (2013),

pp. 4–14.