Personality and Leadership

BYChelva Suthankan (BSC, PGDM, MBA)

Personality, Why it is

important ?

What are the components a

person made of ?

Personality

The three principal raw materials of personality

– physique, intelligence and temperament

– are determined both by heredity and by conditions subsequent to birth.

What do you need for a fuller life and complete personality.

Healthy body Healthy mind Healthy thoughts Will power Work efficiency

Points for an Ultimate Personality:

1. Appearance.

2.      Intelligence.

3.      Smartness.

4.     Trustworthy, High integrity and Responsibility.

5.      Knowledge, in depth.

6.      Management

7.      Effective Communication & Efficiency.

8.      Economic independence.

9.      Morality / Character.

10.  Being beneficial / advantageous.

Strong negative aspects to spoil personality:

·         Unhygienic

·         Hurting attitude.

·         Useless approach.

·         Non-beneficial communication.

·        Untrustworthy, Irresponsible, Lack of integrity.

·         Below average performance.

·         Powerless egoism.

·         Financial indiscipline.

·         Mismanagements.

·         Uncontrolled burst of negative emotions.

 

Improving Positive Thoughts

Identifying Positive Environment

Changeable / Unchangeable

The surrounding you live in

Make it happy

Don’t hate life but enjoy it

Key Points for Positive Thinking

Self Confidence Self Esteem Adjust with the environment Tolerance (Success, failure) Managing emotions Facing challenges – not hide or leaving life

against challenges

Key Points for Positive Thinking Con’t

Refrain from unnecessary practices Educating the society Rational Thinking Respecting ethics and protecting

them Improving management skills

(resource, time) Communication

Believe and Trust Your self

You want to be confident and feel confident.

True self-confidence isn't an overnight acquisition.

It takes dedication to realize you are a good human being that is worthy of respect and love.

Leadership

Personality uplifts individuals to

leadership

Do you want to be a leader?

Why?

Why not?

A relationship through which one

person influences the behaviour or actions

of other people

Source: Mullins (The Nature of Leadership)

Can you name me few people who inspired people

MicrosoftMicrosoftCoca ColaCoca ColaWal-MartWal-MartToyotaToyotaLehman BrothersLehman BrothersUnileverUnilever

Inspire peopleBuild relationships

Take risksHave followers

Inspire peopleBuild relationships

Take risksHave followers

LeadersLeadersEnact the plan

Use their authorityManage risks

Have subordinates

Enact the planUse their authority

Manage risksHave subordinates

ManagersManagers

In reality, both are closely linkedIn reality, both are closely linked

Leadership types…

AuthoritarianAuthoritarian PaternalisticPaternalistic

DemocraticDemocratic Laissez-faireLaissez-faire

What factors would influence the

leadership style????

Personal value systems

Individual’s experience

Confidence in followers

Nature of the problems

Type of organisation (size, structure)

Effectiveness of teams and groups

Skills and experience of followers

Pressure (time, costs)

Internal Factors affecting leadership style

External Factors affecting leadership styleo The political and legal environment

o The economic environment

o The social environment

o The technological environment

o Changing nature of conditions

Gender and LeadershipGender and LeadershipGender and LeadershipGender and Leadership The number of women managers is rising but

still relatively low in top levels.

Stereotypes suggest women are supportive and concerned with interpersonal relations. Similarly, men are seen as task-focused.Research indicates that actually there is no

gender-based difference in leadership effectiveness.

However, women are seen to be more participative than men.

Qualities of Good

Leaders

Integrity

is the integration of outward actions and inner values.

A person of integrity is the same on the outside and on the inside.

A leader must have the trust of followers and therefore must display integrity.

Dedication/passion

means spending whatever time or energy is necessary to accomplish the task at hand.

A leader inspires dedication by example, doing whatever it takes to complete the next step toward the vision.

By setting an excellent example, leaders can show followers that there are no nine-to-five jobs on the team, only opportunities to achieve something great.

Opennessmeans being able to listen to new ideas, even if they

do not conform to the usual way of thinking.

Good leaders are able to suspend judgment while listening to others’ ideas, as well as accept new ways of doing things that someone else thought of.

Openness builds mutual respect and trust between leaders and followers, and it also keeps the team well supplied with new ideas that can further its vision.

Fairness

means dealing with others consistently and justly. A leader must check all the facts and hear everyone out before passing judgment. He or she must avoid leaping to conclusions based on incomplete evidence. When people feel they that are being treated fairly, they reward a leader with loyalty and dedication.

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