SCM 413 Leadership (Skipper)

Leadership

Leadership

Process by which an individual influences other to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in cohesive/ coherent manner

Leadership (Northouse)

Process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal

Leadership (Army)

A process by which a soldier influences others to accomplish a mission

Leadership (Steve Zeitchik)

Inspiring others to pursue your vision within the parameters you set to the extent that it becomes a shared effort, vision, and success

Common Leadership Themes

• Influences others through social influence (not power) to accomplish something

• requires others (who aren’t direct-reports) to get something accomplished

• A need to accomplish something

Process Leadership

Lead thru Utilizing knowledge, skills, and abilities

Leaders are Made

Trait Leadership

Lead thru utilizing some trait

Leaders are Born

Leadership Theory

Leadership is learned but skills and knowledge processed by the leader can be influenced by traits

Knowledge and Skills

Contribute directly to process of leadership

Traits

Give leader certain characteristics that make them unique

Bass’s Theory (3)

Traits may lead people to a leadership role

• Tall People

Rise to the occasion

• Great Events Theory

Choose to be a leader

• Learn Skills (most widely accepted

Factors of Leadership (4)

• Leader

• Follower

• Communication

• Situation

Leader must have an honest understanding of (3)

Who you are

What you know

What you can and cant do

Who determines if a leader is successful

followers

Leader affected poorly if have a

lack of trust or confidence

Who are leaders trying convince

Superiors or Followers

Factor of Leadership (Follower)

Different Strokes for different folks

-Leadership style matters

-Highly motivated follower vs not so highly motivated follower

Know their needs, motivation and emotions

-What drives them

-Do these drives change over time

Factor of Leadership (Communication)

Must be 2-way

What and how you communicate is important

- Builds or breaks down relationship

3 primary steps

• Thought: Info exists in the mind of the sender

• Encoding: Message is sent to receiver in words/symbols

• Decoding: Receiver Translates

Barriers to Communication (8)

• Culture, Background, existing bias

• Noise

• Us

• Perception

• Message

• Environmental

• Smothering

• Stress

Factor of Leadership (Situation)

All situations are different

• Standards vs No one size fits all

• Consistent (process, not outcome)

• Reaction Matters, effects outcome

  • too early/ too late

  • too harsh/ too weak

Judgement (situation)

Developed over time and experience

Learn from others, pay attention

Forces (4)

Relationship with Superior

Skill of the followers

Informal Leaders

Organization

• Flat, Virtual, Hierarchical

Management

produce order/ consistency thru process

(Planning. budgeting, organizing, problem solving)

Manger Process (4)

• Planning

• Budgeting

• Organizing

• Problem Solving

Leadership (vs management)

Produce movement and constructive change thru process

Establish direction, visioning, aligning people, motivation, inspiration

Leader Process (5)

• Direction

• Visioning

• Aligning People

• Motivation

• Inspiration

Power

Being the boss gives power

Power does not make you a leader

Leader wants followers to

achieve

2 Keys to leaders making followers want to achieve

Trust and confidence (in leader)

Effective Communication

• Understand the mission

• Understand the contribution

• How are we doing

11 Principles of a leader

1. Know yourself and seek improvement

2. Be technically proficient

3. Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions

4. Make sound and timely decisions

5. Set the example

6. Know your people and look out for them

7. Keep your folks informed

8. Develop a sense of responsibility in your folks

9. Ensure tasks are understood, supervised, and accomplished safely

10. TRAIN as a team

11. Use the full capabilities of your organization

Strong Team Players

Backbone of any team

• Resolve

• Persistence

• Get the job done

Change roles based on

• Needs of the team

• Time/ Situation

• Growth of individual

5 +1 Qualities of a Strong Team player

1. Reliability

2. Communicate with confidence

3. Do more than asked

4. Adapt

5. Display genuine commitment

+1. Develop Positive Relationships

Reliability (5)

• Day in/ day out

• Teammates can always count on him to get the job done

• Meet deadlines

• Keep your word

• Consistent, high-quality work

Communicate with Confidence (5)

• Not enough to ‘just get it done’

• must be able/willing to speak up/often

• Honest and clear

• Respect views and opinions (don’t have to always agree tho)

• Constructive and respectful is key to being heard

Do more than you are asked (6)

• doing your share is expected

• Step outside comfort zone and grow

• Come up with creative ideas

• Do more when you can, so when you can’t

• Life happens to everyone

• Social Capital

Adapt (3)

• Change is consistent

• Don’t sit passively and see what happens (drive change)

• Be part of change and be flexible

  • Not the same as going with the flow

  • Don’t change your values just because

Display Genuine Commitment (4)

• Be happy with what you do

• Working 9-5 is min standard

• Have passion for what you do (show you care everyone is watching)

• Expect others to do the same

Develop Positive Relationships with team members (3)

• Keep them on track

• Showing you care is good but don’t overdo it

• Be active

  • Be more than your title

  • Put the team’s needs first, especially if you are in charge