Introduction to Leadership

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This is a presentation describes on the parameters of leadership and leadership framework.

Leadership
Introduction

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Overview
? Conceptualizing Leadership

? Leadership Definition
? Components of the Definition ? Followers & Leadership

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Pre Work Reflections:
„Why? Leadership? Does everyone need to be a leader? Why do you want to learn leadership? What applications do you see of leadership in your personal and professional life?

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Best Leader/Worst Leader
? Think of who you know/have experienced as ? ? ? ?

best/worst leader. Why do you label as you do? List the reasons. Individual exercise Time 5 minutes

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Parameters
Now divide your answer in these categories ? Behavior ? Trait ? Style ? Impact ? Intention

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Conceptualizing Leadership
Some definitions view leadership as:
? The focus of group processes ? A personality perspective ? An act or behavior ? The power relationship between leaders

& followers
? An instrument of goal achievement

? A skills perspective

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Your own Leadershi p Style

Environm ental Context 7

Organizati onal Structure
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Learning Leadership
? Self assessment- Who are you? What traits do you have? What is your

style? You?ll be more effective in which types of organizations or what situations within organizations?

? Leadership Tasks and Context ? Organizational Structure ? Compare 5-6 leaders- their traits, Context, Situations. E.g. Gandhiji in

?42 & ?47- create kaleidoscopic understanding of leadership process

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Learning Leadership, contd
Integrate ? IQ- Conceptual learning of Leadership
? EQ-Self Management- Know yourself so you manage yourself

with all your limitations
? SQ- Self Development- What kind of ignorance, wrong notions

about yourself do you have? What is your world-view?

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4 Capabilities Leadership Framework
? Sense making: making sense of the world

around us, coming to understand the context in which we are operating. ? Relating: developing key relationships within and across organizations. ? Visioning: creating a compelling picture of the future. ? Inventing: designing new ways of working together to realize the vision. MIT SLOAN

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Anyone participated in
? LDP?

? MDP?

? What is the difference?

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Teaching Leadership…
“When I teach Leadership to MBAs, I don?t believe in 30 sessions I immediately make them better leaders. What I hope, however, is that I have taught them capacity for deeper & more thoughtful reflections and experiences so that they can learn from them & therefore become better leaders.”
Noharia, What makes a Good Leader, Feb. 2001,
HBR Bulletin

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Let us look at the course outline
? Androgogy- what are the assumptions about the

learner? ? Content ? Self learning opportunitiesWho will create a blog? Who will lead film viewing? Who will lead book/articles reading?

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Leadership Defined

Leadership
is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal.

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Leadership can be seen as
? A Moment (Situation) ? A Process (Spread over time) ? A Role (Designated or evolved) ? Character or Personality

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Components Central to the Phenomenon of Leadership

Leadership
? Is a process
? Involves influence ? Occurs within a group context ? Involves goal attainment

Leaders
? Are not above followers ? Are not better than followers ? Rather, an interactive relationship with followers
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LEADERSHIP DESCRIBED
? Trait vs. Process Leadership ? Assigned vs. Emergent Leadership ? Leadership & Power ? Leadership & Coercion ? Leadership & Management

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Trait vs. Process Leadership
Trait definition of leadership:
? Certain individuals

have special innate characteristics or qualities that differentiate them from nonleaders.
? Resides in select

LEADER
• Height • Intelligence • Extroversion • Fluency • Other Traits

Leadership

people ? Restricted to those with inborn talent
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FOLLOWERS
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Trait vs. Process Leadership
The process definition of Leadership:
? Leadership is a property

or set of properties possessed in varying degrees by different people (Jago, 1982).
? Observed in leadership

LEADER Leadership (Interaction)

behaviors ? Can be learned

FOLLOWERS
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Assigned vs. Emergent Leadership
Assigned
? Leadership based on occupying

Emergent
? An individual perceived by others as the most influential member of a group or organization regardless of the individual?s title ? Emerges over time through communication behaviors ? Verbal involvement ? Being informed ? Seeking others? opinions ? Being firm but not rigid

a position within an organization ? Team leaders ? Plant managers ? Department heads ? Directors

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Leadership & Power
Power
? The capacity or potential

Bases of Social Power French & Raven (1959)
? Referent

to influence.
? Ability to affect others?

? Expert
? Legitimate ? Reward

beliefs, attitudes & actions

Power is a relational concern for both leaders and followers.
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? Coercive

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Leadership & Power
Five Bases of Power
? REFERENT POWER – Based on followers? identification and liking for the

leader. ? ex. A teacher who is adored by students has referent power.
? EXPERT POWER – Based on followers? perceptions of the leader?s

competence.
? ex. A tour guide who is knowledgeable about a foreign country has expert

power.
? LEGITIMATE POWER – Associated with having status or formal job authority.

? ex. A judge who administers sentences in the courtroom exhibits legitimate

power

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Leadership & Power
Five Bases of Power

? REWARD POWER – Derived from having the capacity to

provide rewards to others.
? ex. A supervisor who gives rewards to employees who work hard is

using reward power.
? COERCIVE POWER – Derived from having the capacity to

penalize or punish others.
? ex. A coach who sits players on the bench for being late to practice

is using coercive power.
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Leadership & Management
Kotter (1990)

Management Activities
“Produces order and consistency”
• Planning & Budgeting • Organizing & Staffing • Controlling & Problem Solving

Leadership Activities
“Produces change and movement”
• Establishing direction • Aligning people • Motivating / Inspiring

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Major activities of management & leadership are played out differently; BUT, both are essential for an organization to prosper.

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Leadership & Management
Zaleznik (1977)
Managers
Unidirectional Authority
• Are reactive • Prefer to work with people on problem solving • Low emotional involvement

Leaders
Multidirectional Influence
• Are emotionally active & involved

• Shape ideas over responding to them
• Act to expand available options • Change the way people think about what is possible

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Your Challenge
? Manager or Leader? ? Integrate both and know when to be what

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Next Step
? Complete Leadership Wheel Questionnaire

? Enter your insights in the journal- how well do I

know myself? How different people perceive me differently? ? Identify what are you passionate about and create a 5 minute inspirational speech or create a story of your leadership moment that will inspire others.

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