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Leadership
Leadership
A question for the audience.
Are they born or made?
What are the characteristics of a good leader ?
Leadership
John Buchan (1930)
• Enthusiasm
• Integrity
• Toughness or demandingness and fairness
• Warmth and humanity
• Humility
Enthusiasm
• A lively or strong interest for a cause or activity.
• A great eagerness
• An intense and sometimes a passionate zeal for the work in hand.
“the very lifeblood of our
enterprise”
Integrity
Field Marshal Slim
“the quality which makes people trust you”
Loyal adherence to values and standards especially the truth
Tough, demanding but fair
• A leader has no favourites.
• The demands are not unreasonable
• The treatment of the team is even handed
Warmth and humanity
• Chinese Proverb “You can live with cold tea and cold rice but not with cold words”
• General friendliness and caring for individuals
Humility
• Lack of arrogance
• Open-mindedness
• Not over assertive or domineering
Leadership Qualities
• Enthusiasm
• Integrity
• Tough, demanding but fair
• Warmth and humanity
• Humility
Write down two people whom you regard as leaders – give them a mark out of ten for each of the above.
Is there a difference between Leadership and Management?
The difference between leading and managing? • The manager maintains; the leader
develops. • – The manager focuses on systems
and structure; the leader focuses on people.
• – The manager relies on control; the leader inspires trust.
• – The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.
• – The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
The difference between leading and managing? • – The manager has his or her eye
always on the bottom line; the leader’s eye is on the horizon.
• – The manager imitates; the leader originates.
• – The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
• – The manager is the classic good soldier; the leader is his or her own person.
• – The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
What are leaders supposed to do?
What are leaders supposed to do?
Achieving
the task
Developing
the
individual
Building and
Maintaining the
team
What sort of leader do you want?
John Adair Leadership and Motivation
How you lead the team is dependant upon the team and the project
What is a leader supposed to do about motivation?
Why is motivation so important?
Performance = fx (ability) (Motivation)
Motivation
What motivates you at work?
De - Motivation
What de-motivates you at work?
Life! Don't talk to me about life.
Wearily on I go, pain and misery my only companions. And vast intelligence, of course. And infinite sorrow. I despise you all.
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Motivation
Sense of achievement, recognition from colleagues of good work Enjoying aspects of the job itself A sense of responsibility A sense of career advancement ALicata JW, Mowen JC, Harris EG, Brown TJ. On the trait antecedents and outcomes of service worker job resourcefulness: a hierarchical model approach. J Acad Marketing Sci 2003;31:256-71 feeling of personal growth
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Motivation
• Kindness –Keep them on side
• Team sprit – make feel part of the team
• Trust and Respect
Motivation John Adair
• Be motivated yourself
• Select people who are highly motivated
• Treat each person as an individual
• Set realistic and challenging targets
• Remember that progress motivates
• Create a motivating environment
• Provide fair rewards
• Give recognition
Why do the best not always succeed?
The Situational Approach Knowledge of the situation
You need:
• Food
• Shelter
• protection
The Functional Approach Necessary skills to enable the team to achieve the task
Authority at work
• Position
• Personality
• knowledge
Leadership
A question for the audience.
Are they born or made?
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