1. Know the skills and competencies required
for a leader to be effective and successful
R. Neena Rajdev
2. Leadership is influencing people to
get things done to a standard and
quality above their norm. And doing it
willingly.
3. Simply defined, management is
controlling people and getting
them to do things, while
leadership is influencing people to
do things willingly.
4. Management is organized along hierarchical
positions and authority. One’s position as a
manager, supervisor, etc gives the person the
authority to accomplish certain tasks and
objectives in the organisation. This however
does not make one a leader. It simply makes
the person a boss. Leadership differs in that it
makes the subordinates want to achieve high
goals.
5. Leadership is not about position. People in
position of authority are not all leaders.
People who are not good leaders are found in
positions of authority. They may be there
because-:
-They are most senior.
-They are better political manuovers.
-They are in good books of the power that be.
6. “A skill is “an acquired talent that a person
develops related to a specific task”
Nahavandi (2000)
A skill can be defined as "an ability which can
be developed, not necessarily inborn, and
which is manifested in performance, not merely
potential“
Katz (1955)
7. Leadership skills are those skills which a leader
must possess to enable him/her influence and
inspire the followers to attain desired
objectives and goals.
Leadership skills are acquired through learning,
observing and imitating other successful
leaders.
8. An Effective leader should have the following
skills:-
- Personal skill
- Communication skill
- Thinking skill
- Delegating skill
- Decision making skill
9. Personal skill
A leader must have the ability to motivate and
influence himself first. He has to impress
himself before he is able to impress others.
He must focus on self mastery, self
management and self direction. He has to have
self discipline. He practices the skills required
until they become habits.
10. Thinking skill
A skillful leader recognizes the desired condition and
plans the strategies to reach the goals. He is aware of
the tools that he needs to accomplish his mission. He
is also able to identify and understand problems, think
through them and see the big picture.
He learns from his experience and assigns meanings
to the ideas and understanding. He looks for what
works and explore more possibilities. He then charts
the process of his actions.
11. Communication skill
A leader should know how to send and receive
information of data effectively. He must be an
active listener and have good oral, writing, and
presentation skills
12. Delegating skill
A leader delegates a certain amount of his power to
act or make decisions. He believes in getting other
people involved and empowering their growth. He
provides clear information and expectations.
He makes the person understands the result the
person has to produce. The person who receives the
authority is someone capable and motivated to get the
job done.
13. Delegating skill (contd)
Once he has delegated the task, he offers his
assistance, opinions and receives feedback. He
avoids the need to have control.
A responsible leader is aware that he gains his
leadership skills from the knowledge of other
leaders. He then transfers his skills to others
and trains them to become skilled leaders.
14. Decision making skill
One of the important leadership skills is the
ability to make decisions. A leader has to think
and act fast. He must have the courage to
make decisions even if it involves taking some
risks. The more right decisions he makes, the
better he becomes in making more.
15. Competence can be defined as the
ability of an individual to perform a
task using his/her knowledge,
education, skills, and experience.
Herringer (2002)
16. Competencies are the knowledge, skills, and attitudes
that the individuals presently have that allow them to
perform their jobs.
Competencies can be thought of as the state or
quality of being well qualified to perform a task.
Competencies are probably most closely related to
abilities.
A person gains competency through education,
training, experience, or natural abilities.
17. The seven key leadership competencies are:
Influencing others
Fostering Accountability
Building Positive Working Relationship
Coaching for Improvement
Communicating Effectively
Working Effectively
Building a High Performing Team
18. Influencing others
A Leader must have the ability to get others to
act in the desired way. He has the ability to win
respect from those who must be influenced,
and to build mutual respect.
He will give directions and expectations in an
appropriate way to influence others to act, and
he is also open to ideas and listen actively to
others.
19. Fostering Accountability
A Leader establishes in their team members a
commitment to achieving results by building a culture
of accountability. He models this with his behaviour,
displaying accountability by his actions.
He promotes accountability and hold each Team
Member personally responsible for their area. He
reacts to deadline and targets with positive or
corrective feedback.
20. Building Positive Working Relationship
A Leader actively builds a network of positive working
relationships, both internally with other department &
colleagues, and externally with clients.
He takes responsibility for ensuring that a relationship
is positive and effective, that it works well for both
parties. A Leader actively seeks to demonstrate
respect for self and respect for others.
21. Coaching for Improvement
A Leader develops the potential of every Team
Member and ensures that they are achieving
the desired performance. He works with each
to ensure each is contributing positively to the
team dynamic.
He reads others - to appreciate their strengths,
areas for development, personality style,
learning style and motivators.
22. Communicating Effectively
A Leader PLANS how to communicate,
identifying the objectives, the method, the
structure etc. He reviews the outcome of the
communication and they learn from this. He
uses different forms of communication
effectively, the right channel for the given task.
23. Working Effectively
A successful Leader plans his own workload,
prioritising key tasks and ensuring the
appropriate allocation of time and effort to
achieve the required results.
He organises and structures, building good
working processes, systems and habits so that
they can effectively achieve their objectives,
goals and targets.
24. Building a High Performing Team
The Leader organises the team and build good team
processes. He communicates well to the team, about-
the business, the team purpose, progress on goal
achievement etc.
He gives feedback, celebrate goal achievement and
motivate to improve. He challenges and encourages
the team to improve, find new ways of doing things
and to develop the desired competencies and team
values.
25. Shared Vision
Agreed Accountability & Responsibility
Sense of Ownership and creating synergyism
Setting an example at top
