2. Goals for This Talk
• Define leadership
• Discuss the difference between leadership and
management
• Reflect on individual leadership qualities
3. What are the key qualities of a
leader?
• Passion and heart
• Ability to communicate
and inspire shared vision
• Self-reflection and awareness
• Willingness to share (power, successes, failures)
• Ability to operate under uncertainty
• Focus on the big picture
4. Kouzes & Poser Leadership Model
Leaders:
1. Challenge the Process
2. Inspire Shared Vision
3. Enable Others to Act
4. Model the Way
5. Encourage the Heart
5. Where do Leaders Operate?
Easy to
Do
That’s Difficult
That’s Impossible
Beyond Imagination
6. Leaders Operate in Many Spheres
• Research and the creation of new knowledge or
technology
• Design of new organizational structures and
schema: challenging the status quo
• Caretakers of the well-being of others
• Teachers and nurturers of values and learning
• Enablers of action in others
7. Management versus Leadership
Management:
• Coping with complexity
• Ensuring order and
consistency
• Planning and budgeting
• Organizing and staffing
to accomplish objectives
• Problem solving
Leadership
• Nurturing and delivering
of change
• Setting the direction
• Developing and sharing a
vision
• Aligning people
• Motivating and inspiring
8. Transactional versus
Transformational Leaders
Transactional Leaders
• Focus on maintaining the
status quo
• Work within the existing
organizational culture
• Relate to followers by
exchanges/transactions
• Are reactive
Transformational Leaders
• Focus on change and
communicate clear vision
• Address the needs and
values of the organization
• Address the needs and
values of followers
• Are proactive
9. Skills and Competencies of a MCH
Leader
• Challenge the Process
– Embrace and promote change
• Build and communicate shared vision
– Encourage heart and passion
– Reinforcing the “why”
• Team building and collaboration
– Nurturing the team and enabling others to act
• Political knowledge and finesse
10. Key Points
• Management and leadership have different
purposes and may require different skill sets
• Both skill sets are critical for effectiveness
leaders should also be good managers
• Leaders are focused on change
• Leaders inspire others to work toward change
• True leaders are not ego driven
