Leadership

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Leadership Management

• Discussion for Lesson 1 Introduction to the
  Study of Leadership

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Lesson 1 Reading Objectives

1. The student will comprehend the historical and
   modern definitions of leadership.
2. The student will comprehend the five fundamental
   transformations in today's organizations and
   leaders.
3. The student will comprehend the primary reasons
   for leadership derailment and the new paradigm
   skills that can help them avoid it.

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Lesson 1 Reading Objectives

1. The student will comprehend how their leadership
   potential is developed and the stages of
   development
2. The student will comprehend and appreciate the
   value and potential of learning about leadership
3. The student will know the three basic myths of
   leadership study
4. The student will comprehend the interactional
   framework for analyzing leadership

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Lesson 1 Discussion Objectives

1. Discuss the historical and modern definitions of
   leadership
2. Discuss the five fundamental paradigm
   transformations in today's organizations and
   leaders
3. Discuss the primary reasons for leadership
   derailment and the new paradigm skills that can
   help to avoid them
4. Discuss the interactional framework for analyzing
   leadership

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The Reading

• Do not simply memorize facts
• Ask yourself What does this mean To Me?
• Internalize the material
• Make it relevant
• Use as the foundation for your Personal
  Leadership Philosophy
• Keep the good bits discard the rest

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Definitions of Leadership

• Navy 1944 Leadership is the art of inspiring,
  guiding and directing bodies of men so that they
  ardently desire to do what the leader wishes
• Text 2000 An influence relationship among
  leaders and followers who intend real change that
  reflects their shared purposes

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What is a Leader?

• Webster One that leads or guides one in charge
  or command of others. One who has the power to
  influence.
• Text One who has the ability to influence
  followers toward real changes that reflect their
  shared purpose.

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Leadership Traits

• Honest
• Trustworthy
• Professionally Competent
• Sincere
• Engaged Aware
• Consistent
• Respectful
• Others?

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Change

• Change for the sake of change
• Dont throw the baby out with the bath water!
• Carefulconsequences!

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Influence

• Not coercive
• Infers negotiation and compromise
• Buy-In
• Two-Way relationship
• Situationalmay not be appropriate!
• Leadership occurs among people it is not done to
  people!

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New Paradigm

• Empowerment vs. Control
• Team Oriented
• Shared Power
• Diversity is the key to success
• Situationalnot always appropriate!

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Five Paradigm Transformations

• From Industrial Age
• Stability
• Control
• Competition
• Things
• Uniformity

• To Information Age
• Change
• Empowerment
• Collaboration
• People and Relationships
• Diversity

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Reasons for Leader Derailment

• Insensitive, abrasive, bullying style
• Cold, aloof and arrogant
• Betrayal of personal trust
• Overly ambitious
• Specific performance problems with the business
• Over-managing cannot build a team

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Stages of Leadership

• Unconscious Incompetence
• Conscious Incompetence
• Conscious Competence
• Unconscious Competence
• Leader!!!

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Catch-22
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Why Study Leadership?

• Knowledge is required to progress from Stage 2 to
  Stage 3
• Discover previously unknown abilities
• Relate leadership to an organizations success
• Become conscious of what is required to succeed

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Three Leadership Myths

• Good Leadership Is All Common Sense
• Leaders Are Born, Not Made
• The Only School That Teaches Leadership Is the
  School of Hard Knocks

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The Interactional Framework

• Leaders, followers and situation in balance
• Leaders and followers affect each other
• Leader can change certain aspects of the
  situation in order to enhance effectiveness

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Next Class

• The Changing Paradigm of Management
• Decision Making
• Read Leadership Management, Chapter 2

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Summary

• The historical and modern definitions of
  leadership
• Five fundamental paradigm transformations in
  today's organizations and leaders
• Leadership derailment and the new paradigm skills
• The Interactional Framework for analyzing
  leadership

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Questions?

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