1. Union Leadership

2. Leadership If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. -John Quincy Adams- 3. Leadership

Leadership critical to organizational success

Challenges

• Convincing members to participate

• Using limited resources effectively

4. Leadership

Definition:

• The process of influencing the activities of members of an organized group toward the determination and accomplishment of shared goals

5. Leadership Models

Laissez-faire (french hands off)

Transactional

Transformational

6. Laissez-Faire Leadership

Passive

Delays decisions

Gives little or no feedback

Makes little effort to help with problems

Not effective in democratic organization

7. Transactional Leadership

Traditional Approach

Motivates by reward or punishment

Identifies the roles of organizational members

Discerns member needs

Communicates how to fulfill needs

Exchange for member activities

8. Transactional Examples

Exchanges

• Higher wages/benefits for strike support

• Better leadership for candidate vote

• Threaten to withhold services unless supported by member

9. Transformational Leadership

Focus communicating group goals to members

Convince members to put union goals above own

Ask members to look beyond self interest

Transform organizational culture

Instills new values

10. Union Context

Transformational leader seeks postponement of members self interests or agenda

Requests members to advance interest and agenda as part of a similar and common collective interest

11. Thirty-Five Studies

Transformed Leadership

• Higher levels of member satisfaction

• Greater commitment to organization

• Higher levels of membership participation

• Higher levels of performance

12. Transformational Officer

Positive Effect on Union Member

• Loyalty

• Sense of Responsibility

• Participation

13. Transformational Characteristics I

Strong Role Models

Exhibit and Exhibit High Standards

Greatly Respected

14. Transformational Characteristics II

Inspire and excite members

Optimistic, enthusiastic, positive

Instills pride and confidence

Instills a sense of mission

15. Transformational Characteristics III

Touches people on a personal level

Isnt aloof or condescending

Aware of a persons emotions

Communicates concerns to members

Takes time to advise and counsel

Constantly looking for new waysto build union

16. Transformational Leaders

Involve members in decision making

Challenges members to think creatively

17. Example Leaders

National

• John Kennedy

• • Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

• Martin Luther King

• • I have a dream.

International

• Mahatma Gandhi

• • Used non violence as means to transform India into a free nation

18. Leaders

Do not use one style exclusively

May use different styles

Rely more heavily on dominant style in given situations

Laissez -Fair Transformational Transactional 19. Union Movement Leaders

Transformational

John L. Lewis

• Charismatic

• Formed the CIO Industrial Unionism

• Radical new unionism

• Organized 1930s

• • Auto

• • Steel

• • ruber

20. Walter Reuther

Transformational

• President of UAW 3 rdCIO President

• Advocated Beyond Wages and Benefits

• Led UAW in fight for Social Justice in 1960s

• Believed Unions had a greater role in society

21. Lane Kirkland

Transactional

• Intelligent but hesitant leader

• Low key personality

• Depended on political and public relations strategies

• Hung on to the status quo

22. Contemporary Leaders

Transformational Leadership Style

John Sweeney

Andy Stern

Richard Trumka

Linda Chavez-Thompson

23. Local Level Development

Transformational Leadership Development

Officers, Stewards, Committee Chairs

• Leadership Assessment

• Training

• Mentoring

Impacts

• Improves member attitude

• Improves member participation

24. Study Supports

Transformational Union Leadership Study

Union developed test group of union stewards

Included training and follow-up development

Developed group experienced increase in member satisfaction levels

• Undeveloped group did not see any increase

25. Conclusion

Transformational Leadership

• Increases member satisfaction

Add Improved union performance

Add Increase member satisfaction

Outcome

• reflects positively on elected leaders

26. Local Style

What style of leadership does your union leader mainly exercise?

• Laissez- Faire

• Transactional

• Transformational

27. Cesar Chavez - Transformational