The document introduces the student group "Heart Catchers" and discusses inspirational approaches to leadership. It covers two contemporary leadership theories: charismatic leadership and transformational leadership. Charismatic leaders influence followers through articulating an appealing vision, role modeling desired behaviors, applying emotional expression, and setting high expectations. Transformational leaders inspire followers to pursue organizational goals above their own interests. Effective leadership depends on the situation and may affect followers differently.
5. Inspirational Approaches to Leadership
The focus is leader as communicator
Framing :
-A way of communicating that shapes
meaning
-Selective highlighting of facts & events
-Ignored in traditional leadership studies
7. Key characteristics
Personal risk
Vision and articulation
Environmental sensitivity
Sensitivity to followers
need
Charismatic leadership
Followers make attributions of heroic or extraordinary leadership
abilities when they observe certain behaviors
10. Logic behind Charismatic leaders-
born or made
Individuals are born with trails that make them
charismatic.
Most expert believe that individual can be treated to
exhibit charismatic behaviors.
optimistic view:
creating a bond that inspires others to follow
Brings out the potential in followers by tapping into
the emotions
12. Charismatic leaders influence follower’s in a “Four-Step” process
Articulating an
appealing vision
role model of acting
(actions, values, conduct
and words)
apply to emotional expressing and
eccentric behavior to encourage and
convince his followers
A proper vision
statement
13. Articulating an appealing
vision
Vision is a long term strategy to attain a goal.
Provides a sense of continuity for followers
E.G.
Apple’s invention of I pod,offering easy to use
technology & a user friendly interface to organize &
upload songs
14. A proper vision statement
A Vision is incomplete without a proper vision
statement
A formal articulation of org’s vision & mission
Charismatic leaders may use vision statement to
imprint on follower’s an overarching goal &
purpose
After establishing this, leader then communicates
high performance expectations & expresses
confidence that followers can attain them.
15. role model of acting (actions, values,
conduct and words)
he is personally responsible for risk and donates himself
to gain goals of an organization. In such a way, via his
words and behavior, a leader represents values which his
followers will go after. There is such opinion that
employees follow their charismatic leader because they
would like to have something with him and following his
ideas helps them to get closer to him and to identify
themselves with him.
16. it’s not a seldom situation when such a leader apply to emotional
expressing and eccentric behavior to encourage and convince his
followers concerning the idea. In such situation followers catch
leader’s spirit and mood. Afterwards leader shares achieved success
with his followers calling on their efforts apply as well as accepting
failures of the organization. Such connection between a leader and it
followers makes the latter to feel trusted and emotionally involved
into a campaign organized what normally helps to achieve better
results.
apply to emotional expressing and eccentric
behavior to encourage and convince his followers
18. Increasing body of research shows impressive co-relations between Charismatic Ledership & high-
performance and satisfaction among followers. People working under this leader, are self-motivated
to give extra effort, because they like
& respect their leader.
Besides, it’s effectiveness depends on situation. Charisma appears to be most successful when the
follower’s task has an idea logical component or when the environment involves a high degree of stress
& uncertainty.
Example : Roosevelt offered a vision to get Americans out of the great depression. In the early 1970s,
when Chrysler Corp was on the brink of bankruptcy, it needed a charismatic leader like Lee Iacocca to
reinvent the company.
In addition to ideology & uncertainty, another situational factor limiting charisma appears to be level in
the organization. The creation of a vision is a key component of Charisma. But visions typically apply to
the entire organizations or major divisions.They tend to be created by top executives.
Finally, Charismatic Leadership may affect some followers more than others. Research shows that,
people are especially receptive to charismatic leadership @ the time of crisis.
20. The inspiring vision of Apple’s charismatic
Co-founder & CEO, “Steve Jobs” is to make
state of the art technology easy for people
to use.Through this vision, jobs inspires,
motivates, & leads to develop products,such
as- Mac Computers,I-Phones etc.
21. Sony Corporation’s chose a charismatic
leader to inspire the company to return
to it’s innovative roots.As Sony’s first
CEO & Chairman, Howard Stranger,is
recognizing the company to lead the
change in making the SONY Brand more
relevant to digital age consumers.
Howard Stringer
CEO, Sony Corporation
23. 1. Unprecedented Autonomy & Resources
2. Act Worst in the organizational interest
3. Remake there companies in their own
image
4. Leaders are completely blurred about the
personal interest & organizational interest
5. Intolerant level of flatteries for being
rewarded & no right to protest even in
great mistake
24.
25. Transformational
Leadership
Transformational Leaders inspire followers to transcend their own
interests for the good of the organization.
Capable of having profound & extra-ordinary effect on followers
Pay attention to the concerns & developmental needs of individual
followers
They help them to change follower’s awareness of issues to look old
problems in new ways
Able to inspire, arouse & excite followers to put out extra effort to
achieve group goals
Transactional Leaders guide or motivate their followers in the
direction of established goals by clarifying role & task requirements
They aren’t opposite to but complement of each other.