Leadership is Everyones Business

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Leadership is Everyones Business

• No institution can possibly survive if it needs
  geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be
  organized in such a way as to be able to get
  along under a leadership composed of average
  human beings.
• Peter Drucker

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The Objectives of This Class

• Define leadership.
• Share some facts.
• Look at relationship between Leaders and
  followers.
• Explore a leadership model.
• Focus on Authentic Leadership.

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Leaders vs. Managers

• Managers
• Administer
• Maintain
• Control
• Short-term view
• Ask How and When
• Imitate
• Accept status quo
• Do things right

• Leaders
• Innovate
• Develop
• Inspire
• Long-term view
• Ask Why and What
• Originate
• Challenge the status quo
• Do the right things

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Why is Leadership Important?

• For crisis situations
• For organizational performance
• For employee job satisfaction
• For successful management

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Question

• What
• is
• LEADERSHIP?

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Answer

• Leadership is the
  influencing process of leaders and followers to
  achieve objectives through action.

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Key Elements of Leadership
Key Elements of
Influence
Influence
Leadership
Organizational
Organizational
Leadership
Leadership
Relationships
Objectives
Objectives
People
Change
People
Change
Key Elements of
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The Interactional Framework for Analyzing
Leadership
Figure 2-1
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Leader!
Figure 2-1
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Universal Positive Leadership Traits

• Confidence Builder
• Motivational
• Dependable
• Coordinator
• Intelligent
• Decisive
• Effective Bargainer
• Win-win problem solver
• Administratively skilled
• Communicative
• Team Builder

• Trustworthy
• Just
• Honest
• Foresighted
• Plans Ahead
• Encouraging
• Informed
• Excellence Oriented
• Positive
• Dynamic
• Motive arouser

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A Leader Brings
Skills/ Competencies
Experience
Knowledge
Values Motives Goals
Personality/Traits
Intelligence
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SOWHO ARE YOU?

• In which box
• is your
• strength?

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Followers just a little
Figure 2-1
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Focus on Followers

• The task of the leader is to get his people from
  where they are to where they have not been.
  Henry Kissenger
• Performance
• Satisfaction
• Motivation
• Groups Teams

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Followership

• You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to
  follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
• Sam Rayburn
• Speaker of the House
• 1961

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Do We Have a Clear Picture?

• Leaders usually contribute lt 20
• We are in constant Back and Forth
• More time following 70-90 of our lives
• Most discussion center on leadership rather than
  80-90 doing the work.

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• Leadership is an influence relationship among
  leaders and followers who intend real changes
  that reflect their shared purposes.
• Rost

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Definition of Followership

• The willingness to cooperate in working towards
  the accomplishment of the group mission, to
  demonstrate a high degree of teamwork and to
  build cohesion among the group.
• Kelley

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Complimentary

• Leaders and followers share a common purpose
• There is a shared sense of power between the two
• Mutual engagement
• Seamless relationship

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Sheep

• Passive/Uncritical
• Do Not Play An Active Role
• Simply Comply With Any Order Given

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Yes People

• Active Followers
• Readily Carry Out Orders
• Always Says What He Thinks the Leader Wants to
  Hear

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Survivors

• Right in the Middle
• Rarely Committed to Work Group
• Dont Make Waves
• Mediocre Performers Clogging the Arteries of an
  Organization

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Alienated Followers

• Passive/Critical
• Festering Wounds in an Organization
• Criticize At Will, But Never Offer Constructive
  Support

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Effective Followers

• Active/Critical
• The Ideal Follower
• Reflect on Organization Goals
• Not Hesitant to Bring Concerns to Leader

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What Followers Want

• Be predictable
• Be understanding
• Be enthusiastic
• Set the example
• Show support
• Get out of the office
• Keep promises
• Praise generously
• Hold your fire
• Always be fair

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The Leadership Challenge

• Kouzes and Posner
• Leadership is a Process
• When the Situation Calls For It Be Ready
• Leading Others in Times of Uncertainty

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The Leadership Challenge

• FIVE EASY STEPS
• Model the Way
• Inspire a Shared Vision
• Enable Others to Act
• Challenge the Process
• Encourage the Heart

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The Leadership Challenge

• Conclusion
• Leadership
• Is
• Everyones
• Business

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Authentic Leadership

• Undertitled
• Your title doesnt reflect all you do or all you
  accomplish
• SUPREME COMMANDER

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Authentic Leadership

• We can be a leader
• Leadership is shown through our everyday
  activities and the way we influence the lives of
  those around us!

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Authentic Leadership

• QUALITIES
• Active with purpose rather than getting bogged
  down by mindless activity
• Caring about and listening to others

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Authentic Leadership

• QUALITIES
• Looking for ways to ENCOURAGE the contributions
  and development of others rather than focusing
  solely on personal achievements
• Creating a legacy of accomplishment and
  contribution in everything they do

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Authentic Leadership

• DEFINITION
• Leadership is a Positive Influence
• MOTIVATOR
• Passion

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Authentic Leadership

• Measure of a Leader
• Do you shape your life and career?
• Do you inspire or influence others?
• Do you work to achieve specific goals by working
  with or coordinating efforts of others?

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Leadership Is Yours!

• Make
• the
• Choice!