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Leadership
Finished
1. What is Leadership
2.Theories of Leaderships
2.1 Traditional theories of leadership
2.2 Theories of Leadership Behavior
2.3 Situational Leadership Theories
2.4 Contemporary perspectives on leadership
1. What is Leadership
Leadership
= Set of activities that managers carry out to influence, motivate & provide direction to followers in
attaining goals and purpose
Effective leadership
= Ability to guide others towards attaining goals and purpose
What do the best leaders do?
→ Challenge the process & create constructive change
→ Inspire a shared vision, in function of goals & mission of org
→ enable others to act, motivate people through appreciation, rewards,…
→ Giving responsibility for creativity, innovation & critical thinking
→ Model the way & overcome obstacles, by setting the example
Vision
⇒ Desirable LT perspective of an org, required for effective leadership
The Best Visions are:
Ideal
→ standard of excellence & clear choice of positive values
Unique
→ different from other org
Why do visions fail?
⇒ They can fail when they reflect the leader’s personal need, they ignore stakeholder’s needs or signals, they are outdated
Leadership 1
, Inspiration for vision development
⇒ Open to opportunities, avoid status quo, networking with inspiring people,…
Leadership Process
Strategic direction
→ vision & goals
Why change is worth pursuing
→ stakeholders
inspiring people to embrace change
→ commitment
Condition for positive of impact
⇒ The top management’s strategic vision needs to be aligned with the middle & low management levels
⇒ more engagement in leadership means more shared understanding which means more commitment to strategic execution
Power
⇒ it’s the ability to influence others, sources of power can be legitimate, reward, coercive, expertise & knowledge, referent
2.Theories of Leaderships
2.1 Traditional theories of leadership
Theories of leadership traits or characteristics
→ focus on personal characteristics, traits of leaders
→ Initially in the first half of 20th century it was “ leaders are born, not made” but from the 1970’s onward there were new insights: “
one is not born as a leader
→ Weak relationship between traits & leadership success & effectiveness, effective leaders do not possess all traits
Common Personal characteristics
Drive self-confidence
Motivation to lead & exert authority knowledge of the business
Honesty, integrity, credibility
⇒ There eventually came a shift from leader’s traits to leader’s behavior, it was more adaptable & easier to learn
2.2 Theories of Leadership Behavior
⇒ Focus lies on what leaders do & the way they act
2 dimensions of leadership behavior
1. Task oriented
→ output-oriented with focus on speed, quality, quantity, task performance, productivity, procedures & structure of work (
directive )
2. Relationship/employee oriented
→ focus on maintaining group satisfaction, interpersonal relationships, wellbeing
( supportive )
Leadership 2
Leadership
Finished
1. What is Leadership
2.Theories of Leaderships
2.1 Traditional theories of leadership
2.2 Theories of Leadership Behavior
2.3 Situational Leadership Theories
2.4 Contemporary perspectives on leadership
1. What is Leadership
Leadership
= Set of activities that managers carry out to influence, motivate & provide direction to followers in
attaining goals and purpose
Effective leadership
= Ability to guide others towards attaining goals and purpose
What do the best leaders do?
→ Challenge the process & create constructive change
→ Inspire a shared vision, in function of goals & mission of org
→ enable others to act, motivate people through appreciation, rewards,…
→ Giving responsibility for creativity, innovation & critical thinking
→ Model the way & overcome obstacles, by setting the example
Vision
⇒ Desirable LT perspective of an org, required for effective leadership
The Best Visions are:
Ideal
→ standard of excellence & clear choice of positive values
Unique
→ different from other org
Why do visions fail?
⇒ They can fail when they reflect the leader’s personal need, they ignore stakeholder’s needs or signals, they are outdated
Leadership 1
, Inspiration for vision development
⇒ Open to opportunities, avoid status quo, networking with inspiring people,…
Leadership Process
Strategic direction
→ vision & goals
Why change is worth pursuing
→ stakeholders
inspiring people to embrace change
→ commitment
Condition for positive of impact
⇒ The top management’s strategic vision needs to be aligned with the middle & low management levels
⇒ more engagement in leadership means more shared understanding which means more commitment to strategic execution
Power
⇒ it’s the ability to influence others, sources of power can be legitimate, reward, coercive, expertise & knowledge, referent
2.Theories of Leaderships
2.1 Traditional theories of leadership
Theories of leadership traits or characteristics
→ focus on personal characteristics, traits of leaders
→ Initially in the first half of 20th century it was “ leaders are born, not made” but from the 1970’s onward there were new insights: “
one is not born as a leader
→ Weak relationship between traits & leadership success & effectiveness, effective leaders do not possess all traits
Common Personal characteristics
Drive self-confidence
Motivation to lead & exert authority knowledge of the business
Honesty, integrity, credibility
⇒ There eventually came a shift from leader’s traits to leader’s behavior, it was more adaptable & easier to learn
2.2 Theories of Leadership Behavior
⇒ Focus lies on what leaders do & the way they act
2 dimensions of leadership behavior
1. Task oriented
→ output-oriented with focus on speed, quality, quantity, task performance, productivity, procedures & structure of work (
directive )
2. Relationship/employee oriented
→ focus on maintaining group satisfaction, interpersonal relationships, wellbeing
( supportive )
Leadership 2
