Midterm

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”

                               — Dwight D. Eisenhower

•My definition of a leader . . . is a man who can persuade people to do what they don't want to do, or do what they're too lazy to do, and like it.”

                                     — Harry S. Truman

•“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”

- John C. Maxwell

Leadership is the process of

influencing others to accomplish goals – enthusiastically!

Elements of Leadership

•Group phenomenon

•Interpersonal influence

•Goal and action oriented

•Assumes a hierarchy

Leadership can be

formal or informal

Leaders are effective when their followers

1)achieve their goals,

2)can function well together, and

3)can adapt to changing demands from external forces.

Obstacles to Effective Leadership

•Environmental uncertainty

•Organizational rigidity

•Falling back on old ideas and simplistic solutions

•Established organizational culture

•Inaccessible research

Leadership always

•involves the tasks, people, big picture, details, etc.

What works depends on

the leader, the followers, and the situation

Three key variables to effective leadership:

•Leader, Follower, and the Situation 

Leadership is ACTION

not POSITION

Management is

efficiency in climbing the

ladder of success…

Leadership determines

whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.“

Managers have subordinates —leaders have followers."

Murray Johannsen

The leader leads

the boss drives

Leadership is about

developing a vision and setting the bearing for the organization (identifying the “right wall”) and then motivating and inspiring people to move in that direction.

•Effectiveness

–“Doing the right things”: the tasks that help an organization reach its goals

“Doing things right”:–the efficient

     use of such resources as people,

     money, and equipment

•Efficiency

•Planning

–Defining the organizational purpose and ways to achieve it

Organizing

–Arranging and structuring work to accomplish organizational goals

Leading

–Directing the work activities of others

Controlling

–Monitoring, comparing, and correcting work performance

Mintzberg categorized managerial roles as:

•Interpersonal

•Informational

•Decisional

Leaders

•Focus on the future

•Create change

•Initiate policy

•Create new culture and structure

•Establish emotional bonds with followers

•Use personal power

Proactive

Managers

•Focus on the present

•Maintain the status quo

•Implement policy

•Maintain existing culture and structure

•Remain aloof and objective

Reactive

Importance of Effective Leadership

•Effective leadership accounts for close to half of the overall performance outcomes in organizations

•The impact of an organization’s leadership is moderated by situational factors

•Leaders are critical in orchestrating change

Managers make sure

•Resources are in the Right Place at the Right Time

Leaders Identify

the Right Place and Time

•Managers TELL human Resources what to do

•Leaders INSPIRE action