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How to Start the Journey of Leadership? Reading Books Workshop and Seminars Online Learning Getting Coached from Mentor

Reading Books

Workshop and Seminars

Online Learning

Getting Coached from Mentor

How to put Theory into Practice? Applying to work area the Leadership Skills Learned Taking up projects to apply the Skills Analyzing what works and what does not Evaluating self performance Learning from the Mistakes

Applying to work area the Leadership Skills Learned

Taking up projects to apply the Skills

Analyzing what works and what does not

Evaluating self performance

Learning from the Mistakes

Understanding the Leadership Styles The Three Shepherd's Leadership Style The Personality Trait Model The Transformational & Transaction Style The Situational Leadership

The Three Shepherd's Leadership Style

The Personality Trait Model

The Transformational & Transaction Style

The Situational Leadership

The 3 Shepherd's Leadership Style Leading from the Front Walks ahead of everyone, opens the gate and allow the flock to follow. Supportive Leadership Style Stands behind the sheep and pushes them or guides them through. Interactive Leadership Style Moves from front to back and some times remains in the middle of all.

Leading from the Front

Walks ahead of everyone, opens the gate and allow the flock to follow.

Supportive Leadership Style

Stands behind the sheep and pushes them or guides them through.

Interactive Leadership Style

Moves from front to back and some times remains in the middle of all.

The Personality Trait Model Autocratic Style The Telling way, where the leader crosses every “T” and dots every “I”. Democratic Style The Involving way, where people are involved, and the process of consultation and persuasion is used. Laissez-Faire The absence of leadership. A hands-off, let-things-ride approach. Refers to a leader who abdicates responsibility, delays decisions, gives no feedback, and makes little effort to help followers satisfy their needs.

Autocratic Style

The Telling way, where the leader crosses every “T” and dots every “I”.

Democratic Style

The Involving way, where people are involved, and the process of consultation and persuasion is used.

Laissez-Faire

The absence of leadership. A hands-off, let-things-ride approach. Refers to a leader who abdicates responsibility, delays decisions, gives no feedback, and makes little effort to help followers satisfy their needs.

The Transformational & Transactional Style Transformational Style A leadership style focused on effecting revolutionary change in organizations through a commitment to the organization's vision. Transactional Style The Transactional leadership is characterized by low-emotion leader-follower exchanges. Transactional leadership induces followers to achieve routine, agreed - upon performance.

Transformational Style

A leadership style focused on effecting revolutionary change in organizations through a commitment to the organization's vision.

Transactional Style

The Transactional leadership is characterized by low-emotion leader-follower exchanges. Transactional leadership induces followers to achieve routine, agreed - upon performance.

The Situational Leadership Directing The leader Defines, Structures, Controls and Supervise tasks. High on Directive and Low on Supportive. Coaching The leader Solicits questions & suggestions & Supports progress. Highly Directive and Highly Supportive. Supporting The leader Listens, Supports, Reassures Facilitate Problem-solve and Appreciate. Low on Directive and High on Support Delegating The leader Empowers and give Challenges and people achieve. Low on Directive and Low on Support.

Directing

The leader Defines, Structures, Controls and Supervise tasks. High on Directive and Low on Supportive.

Coaching

The leader Solicits questions & suggestions & Supports progress. Highly Directive and Highly Supportive.

Supporting

The leader Listens, Supports, Reassures Facilitate Problem-solve and Appreciate. Low on Directive and High on Support

Delegating

The leader Empowers and give Challenges and people achieve. Low on Directive and Low on Support.

Which is the “Effective” Leadership Style? Using different strokes for different folks at different times is what is maturity, so.. There is no fixed style which works for all. Knowing how to apply different leadership styles in many different kinds of situations is Effective Leadership

Using different strokes for different folks at different times is what is maturity, so..

There is no fixed style which works for all.

Knowing how to apply different leadership styles in many different kinds of situations is Effective Leadership

How to Develop the Leadership Style? First build awareness about your Dominant style then.. Understand what your Goals are.. Understand what your Preferences are.. Understand which people you are with and what their Preferences are.. Establish benchmarks.. Be Flexible to Change.. Take regular committed action.

First build awareness about your Dominant style then..

Understand what your Goals are..

Understand what your Preferences are..

Understand which people you are with and what their Preferences are..

Establish benchmarks..

Be Flexible to Change..

Take regular committed action.

Which Skills are Essential for a Leader? Team Building Skill Interpersonal Skill Organizing Skill Goal Setting Skill Time Management Skill Communication Skill Coaching Skill Problem Solving Decision Making Skill Conflict Resolution Skill Presentation Skill Motivational Skill

Team Building Skill

Interpersonal Skill

Organizing Skill

Goal Setting Skill

Time Management Skill

Communication Skill

Coaching Skill

Problem Solving

Decision Making Skill

Conflict Resolution Skill

Presentation Skill

Motivational Skill

Which Traits/Habits needs to be polished? Vision Originality Flair Confidence Self Knowledge Articulation Smile Poise Body Language Etiquette Commitment Integrity Passion Winning Attitude Can-do Attitude Proactive ness Respect for others Timely Sincerity Honesty

Vision

Originality

Flair

Confidence

Self Knowledge

Articulation

Smile

Poise

Body Language

Etiquette

Commitment

Integrity

Passion

Winning Attitude

Can-do Attitude

Proactive ness

Respect for others

Timely

Sincerity

Honesty

What are the common Pitfalls? Using same style with everyone or inability to use the appropriate style. Imitating or Mirroring someone’s else style. Not being proactive in developing the leadership skills and styles. Giving up or Quitting the leadership position against the odds.

Using same style with everyone or inability to use the appropriate style.

Imitating or Mirroring someone’s else style.

Not being proactive in developing the leadership skills and styles.

Giving up or Quitting the leadership position against the odds.

How can Leadership be upgraded? Continuous Learning Continuous Sharing & taking Feedback Reading Books Digging from History Workshop and Seminars

Continuous Learning

Continuous Sharing & taking Feedback

Reading Books

Digging from History

Workshop and Seminars

Knowing is Knowing, Doing is Doing, Knowing and Doing are two different things

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