LEADERSHIP BY: MARJON FARZADPOUR BEN PERESKI ANNEMARIE SHAW
WHAT IS LEADERSHIP? In the broadest sense of the word, a "leader" is someone who brings people together and guides them toward a common goal. Anyone can tell others what to do, but effective leadership requires much more than the ability to assign tasks to a group
WHAT MAKES A GOOD LEADER? The best leadership development happens when people are learning in the context of their own strategic, economic agenda, with the actual people that they are going to influence and lead."” — Roselinde Torres https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eF9sb4ovF8
TRAITS OF AN EFFECTIVE LEADER Intelligence ● Honesty ● Ability to get along with others* ● Ability to delegate ● Supervisory Ability ● Communication* ● Alertness ● Commitment ● Energy level ● Positive attitude ● Tolerance for stress ● Ability to inspire* ● Emotional Maturity ● Decisiveness ● Originality ● Openness ● Personal Integrity ● Conscientiousness ● Self-Confidence ● Listening ● Achievement ● Discipline ● Motivation* ● Reward ● Ambition ● Mission ● Need for power ● Courage ● Need for achievement ● Respect* ●
THEORIES: HERSEY- BLANCHARD SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP MODEL
HERSEY- BLANCHARD SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP MODEL
TRANSACTIONAL AND TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP Transactional Leadership ● Leader identifies what followers want or prefer and helps them achieve a level of performance that results in rewards that satisfy them. ○ Helps the follower identify what must be done to accomplish the desired results ○ Uses a path-goal plan as its framework ○ Contingent reward and management by exception Examples include: Joseph McCarthy and Charles De Gaulle
Transformational Leadership ● Ability to inspire and motivate followers to achieve results greater than originally planned for internal rewards ○ By expressing a vision, a transformational leader persuades followers to work hard to achieve the goals envisioned. ○ Necessary skills to have: charisma, assessment skills, communication and sensitivity. ■ Articulate the vision and sensitive to skill deficiencies Examples include: Martin Luther King Jr. and Walt Disney
Difference between Transactional and Transformational Leaders Transactional Leadership Transformational Leadership Leadership is responsive Leadership is proactive Works within the organizational culture Work to change the organizational culture by implementing new ideas Transactional leaders make employees Transformational leaders motivate and achieve organizational objectives through empower employees to achieve company’s rewards and punishment objectives by appealing to higher ideals and moral values Motivates followers by appealing to their Motivates followers by encouraging them to own self-interest transcend their own interests for those of the group or unit
Leadership techniques from a military perspective Some useful tips from an alternative source/different perspective. If you want to become a great leader you must first become a great follower.
The question: What exactly is leadership?
Relevance (Parallels) 1. Given a task 2. Issue a draft (coincides with a quick brainstorming) 3. Make a tentative 4. Recon (Get a sense/visualization of the process) 5. Complete the plan 6. Issue official strategy 7. Supervise, communicate, and refine (continual process)
Key Takeaways One-Third/Two-Thirds Rule 2-19. Leaders follow the " one-third/two-thirds " rule to allocate time available for planning and preparation. This means leaders use no more than one-third of usable, available planning time. They leave the remaining two-thirds for their subordinates. This rule requires efficiency and discipline by Infantry leaders. However, they use the remaining two-thirds available time to further elaborate, refine, and strengthen their vision of the upcoming operation. (FM 3-21.10) (Troop Leading Procedures) -Time most valuable asset after people Input/Feedback (Backbriefs) Integrity & Image Responsibility versus Vision (“Creating Value”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fByRLOM8WQw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os8l-CggUzg “To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.” Sir Winston Churchill
Questions? "I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep ; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion ." - Alexander the Great
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