leadership

1. Introduction to Leadership
Concepts and Practice
Peter G. Northouse
Chapter 1:
Being a Leader
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2. • Everyone is asked to be a leader.
• What sort of leadership roles are you
called on to play in your life?
• Leadership is exciting but carries with it
many responsibilities.
Overview
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3. The Evolution of Leadership
• Trait Approach
• Behavior Approach
• Situational Approach
• Relational Approach
• “New Leadership” Approach
• Emerging Leadership Approaches
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4. Leadership Conceptualized
• Leadership is a Trait
• Leadership is an Ability
• Leadership is a Skill
• Leadership is a Behavior
• Leadership is a Relationship
• Leadership is an Influence Process
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5. Leadership Is a Trait
• Each of us has unique leadership traits
• Emphasizes the leader in the leader-follower
context
• Is it elitist to say only some have leadership?
• Or, are we all born with certain traits that
we can modify and change?
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6. • It means you are able—you have the capacity.
• Is it like playing the piano? The more you play,
the better you get?
• It is a natural capacity but can also be learned.
• We can develop our abilities through hard
work and practice.
• Example: UCLA Coach John Wooden
Leadership Is an Ability
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7. • This means leadership is a competency.
• A skill means you know how to do something,
that you are competent.
• As a competency, leadership becomes
available to everyone.
• If we can learn from experience, we can
acquire leadership.
Leadership Is a Skill
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8. • It is about the actions of leaders.
• Leadership requires task and process
behaviors.
• Effective leaders combine these two
behaviors in the optimum way.
Leadership Is a Behavior
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9. • An unusual way of thinking about leadership
• Centered on communication between leaders
and followers
• Not linear but an interactive process
• Not top-down
• Mutual purposes imply an ethical dimension
Leadership Is a Relationship
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10. Leadership Is an Influence Process
• A process whereby an individual influences a
group to achieve a common goal
• Interactive event
• Leaders affect followers
• Stressing common goals gives an ethical
dimension to leadership
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11. Global Leadership Attributes
• Leadership concepts outlined in this chapter
are from a North American perspective.
• Different views of leadership exist in other
parts of the world.
• House (2004) studied impact of culture on
leadership effectiveness in 62 countries.
• Universally accepted positive and negative
leadership characteristics
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13. Practicing Leadership
• There is a strong demand for leadership
today.
• People want effective leadership.
• Effective leadership is intentional and
creates change for the common good.
• The challenge is to be prepared to lead
when called on.
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14. Case Study: King of the Hill
• What leadership traits account for Denny Hill’s
success?
• How would you describe Denny Hill’s leadership
abilities?
• How does Denny Hill stack up on administrative
skills, interpersonal skills, and conceptual skills?
• How does Denny integrate task and relationship
behaviors in his leadership?
• From a relational perspective, how would you
describe Denny Hill’s leadership?
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15. • All of us at some time will be asked to show
leadership.
• Leadership is demanding and rewarding.
• Leadership is complex and
multidimensional.
• Leadership is a trait, ability, skill, behavior,
and relationship.
• How you think about leadership will
influence the way you practice leadership.
Summary
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