2. Flow of Presentation
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⚫What is leadership?
⚫Why leadership?
⚫Roles of a leader.
⚫Qualities of a leader.
⚫Types of leaders.
⚫Case study –DELL & AIL.
⚫Conclusion.
4. What is leadership?(cont..)
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⚫“The process of influencing others to understand and
agree about what needs to be done and how it can be
done effectively, and the process of facilitating
individual and collective efforts to accomplish the
shared objectives”.
⚫“Ability to influence a group toward the achievement
of goals”.
⚫Requires a leader and follower(s).
5. Why leadership?
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⚫More complex external environment
⚫Technology.
⚫Global environment.
⚫Changed people
⚫More education.
⚫Less security.
6. Managers vs
Leaders
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Managers
Rational, problem-solving,
control
React and respond
Interact rationally with other
people
Leaders
“Mystical”, define problems,
inspire
Vision, proactive
Emotional relationship with
other people
12. Roles of a Leader
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Leader is ..
⚫An innovator
⚫Coach
⚫Politician
⚫Salesperson
⚫Communicator
⚫Problem solver
13. Roles of a
Leader(cont…)
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⚫Leader speaks in performance
⚫Leader takes decisions
⚫Leader takes risks
⚫Emotions are contagious .Leaders should play a major
role in maintaining the balance among the team
members.
14. Leadership Qualities
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1.Humility
⚫ It is often found in the most effective leaders,
including Pope John Paul II and Abraham Lincoln.
2. Integrity
⚫
Integrity is the bedrock characteristic of straight
dealing. If you lose your integrity, you lose
everything.
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3. Decisiveness
⚫A leader's ability to step up and make decisions, even if
it's deciding only when consensus has been reached
and it's time to act.
4. Take risk
⚫Leaders have the courage to act in situations where
results aren’t assured. They’re willing to risk failure.
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5. Emotional resonance
⚫This is the ability to grasp what motivates others and
use it to inspire them into action.
6. Build Teams
⚫Leaders create productive teams that draw the best
from people. They effectively coach teams in
collaboration, consensus building, and conflict
resolution.
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7. Self-knowledge
⚫This valuable trait will protect you from overreaching.
8.Passion
⚫Fortunately, this trait is prized and encouraged. If you are
passionate about something, that's where you will lead.
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Qualities(cont..)
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9. Conviction
⚫All leaders everywhere believe in what they're
doing.
10.Dedication
⚫Dedication means spending whatever time and
energy on a task is required to get the job done,
rather than giving it whatever time you have
available.
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11.Magnanimity
⚫A magnanimous person gives credit where it is due.
It also means being gracious in defeat and allowing
others who are defeated to retain their dignity.
12.Openness
⚫Openness means being able to listen to ideas that
are outside one's current mental models, being able
to suspend judgement until after one has heard
someone else's ideas.
20. Ideal Leader
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⚫Discipline yourself
⚫Be better than all
⚫Rent autonomy
⚫Communicate more faster and clearer
⚫Deal information strategically
⚫Lead by asking questions not by giving instructions
22. Autocratic Leadership
Style
⚫ The classical approach
⚫ Manager retains as much
power and decision making
authority as possible
⚫ Does not consult staff, nor
allowed to give any input
⚫ Staff expected to obey orders
without receiving any
explanations
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23. Bureaucratic Leadership
Style
⚫Manages “by the book¨
⚫Everything done according
to procedure or policy
⚫If not covered by the book,
referred to the next level
above.
⚫Enforces the rules
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24. Democratic Leadership
Style
⚫Also known as
participative style
⚫Encourages staff to be a
part of the decision
making
⚫Keeps staff informed
about everything that
affects their work and
shares decision making
and problem solving
responsibilities
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25. Laissez-Faire Leadership
Style
⚫Also known as the “hands-
off¨ style
⚫The manager provides
little or no direction and
gives staff as much
freedom as possible
⚫All authority or power
given to the staff and they
determine goals, make
decisions, and resolve
problems on their own
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26. Transformational
Leadership
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⚫Idealized Influence:
Serving as a role model
⚫Inspirational Motivation:
Encouraging subordinates to challenge processes and impart
meaning to work
⚫Intellectual Stimulation:
Fostering subordinates’ sense of creativity and innovation
⚫Individual Consideration:
Attending and responding to individual needs
27. Transactional
Leadership
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⚫It is a style of leadership in which the leader
promotes compliance of his followers through
both rewards and punishments
⚫The transactional approach are not looking to
change the future, they are looking to merely keep
things the same
⚫Commonly seen in large, bureaucratic
organizations
29. Bridging
leadership
⚫Fostering synergy and
reinforcing behavior and
motivation through the use
of communication to create
climate of trust and
confidence
⚫Projection of confidence on
the face of a difficult
challenge
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30. AIL
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⚫Dr. Sakena Yacoobi is executive director of the Afghan
Institute of Learning (AIL).
⚫The organization was established to provide teacher
training to Afghan women, to support education for
boys and girls, and to provide health education to
women and children
31. ⚫ Under Sakena’s leadership, AIL has became a well
established organization which works at the grassroots
level and empowers women and communities to find
ways to bring education and health services to rural
and poor urban girls, women and other poor and
disenfranchised Afghans.
⚫Despite the opposition from taliban , Sakena showed
great determination and lead the organization from
the front which supported 80 underground home
schools for 3000 girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban
closed girls’ schools in the 1990s.
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32. The five P’s of
Leadership
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⚫ Pay attention to what’s important
⚫ Praise what you want to continue
⚫ Punish what you want to stop
⚫ Pay for the results you want
⚫ Promote those people who deliver those results
