The document discusses various leadership theories and traits, highlighting the distinction between leadership and management, with effective leadership focused on vision and inspiring change. It addresses trait, behavioral, and contingency theories, emphasizing traits such as honesty, integrity, and decision-making skills as important for leaders. Additionally, the document outlines the significance of trust in leadership and the characteristics of both charismatic and transformational leadership styles.

1. Dr. Kiran Kakade
Assistant Professor (HR) ,TIMSR
Mumbai
Leadership

3. "Leadership is a function of knowing yourself,
having a vision that is well communicated,
building trust among colleagues, and
taking effective action to realize your
own leadership potential."
Prof. Warren Bennis

4. “Leaders are not like other people”
But what make them so? Intelligence? Drive? Luck? A certain
Leadership Style?
1. What is Leadership
2. Trait Theories (Upto 1940)
3. Behavior Theories (Upto 1960)
4. Contingency and interactive theories
5. Contemporary Approaches (Charismatic, Transformational,
and Authentic Leadership)

5. Leadership VS Management
Good management brings about order and consistency
by drawing up formal plans, designing rigid organization
structures and monitoring results against the plans.
Leadership in contrast ,is about coping with change.
Leaders establish direction by developing a vision of
future ;then they align people by communicating this
vision and inspiring them to overcome hurdles.

6. What Is Leadership?
Leadership
The ability to influence a
group toward the
achievement of goals.
Management
Use of authority inherent
in designated formal rank
to obtain compliance from
organizational members.

7. Exercise
Discuss examples you have come across of strong
and weak leadership
You can use examples from Politics, Sport and
societies (keep anonymous)

8. Traits Theories of Leadership
Theories that consider personal
qualities & characteristics
that , differentiate leaders from
non leaders.
The search for personality, social,
physical or intellectual attributes
that describe leaders from non
leaders.
Leadership TraitsLeadership Traits::
• Ambition andAmbition and
energyenergy
• The desire to leadThe desire to lead
• Honest and integrityHonest and integrity
• Self-confidenceSelf-confidence
• IntelligenceIntelligence
• High self-monitoringHigh self-monitoring
• Job-relevantJob-relevant
knowledgeknowledge
Leadership TraitsLeadership Traits::
• Ambition andAmbition and
energyenergy
• The desire to leadThe desire to lead
• Honest and integrityHonest and integrity
• Self-confidenceSelf-confidence
• IntelligenceIntelligence
• High self-monitoringHigh self-monitoring
• Job-relevantJob-relevant
knowledgeknowledge

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The Big Five Personality Traits

10. TRAIT THEORIES (UPTO 1940)
Assumptions
People are born with inherited traits.
Some traits are particularly suited to leadership.
People who make good leaders have the right (or sufficient)
combination of traits.
Limitations:Limitations:
• No universal traits found that predict leadership in all situations.No universal traits found that predict leadership in all situations.
• Better predictor of the appearance of leadership than distinguishingBetter predictor of the appearance of leadership than distinguishing
effective and ineffective leaders.effective and ineffective leaders.
Limitations:Limitations:
• No universal traits found that predict leadership in all situations.No universal traits found that predict leadership in all situations.
• Better predictor of the appearance of leadership than distinguishingBetter predictor of the appearance of leadership than distinguishing
effective and ineffective leaders.effective and ineffective leaders.
For a long period, inherited traits were sidelined as learned and
situational factors were considered to be far more realistic as reasons
for people acquiring leadership positions.

11. Leadership Theory
Early Theories:
Great Man Theories
Leaders are exceptional people, born with innate qualities, destined to lead
Term 'man' was intentional -
concept was primarily male, military and Western
Trait Theories
Research on traits or qualities associated with leadership are numerous
Traits are hard to measure. For example, how do we measure honesty or
integrity?

12. Leadership Traits and Skills
Traits
•Adaptable to situations
•Alert to social environment
•Ambitious and achievement
orientated
•Assertive
•Cooperative
•Decisive
•Dependable
•Dominant (desire to influence others)
•Energetic (high activity level)
•Persistent
•Self-confident
•Tolerant of stress
•Willing to assume responsibility
Skills
• Clever (intelligent)
• Conceptually skilled
• Creative
• Diplomatic and tactful
• Fluent in speaking
• Knowledgeable about group
task
• Organised (administrative
ability)
• Persuasive
• Socially skilled
Stogdill, 1974
Leaders will also use:
Integrity, Honesty, Compassion, Humility

13. The personal qualities and charecteristics of subhas chandra founder and
chairman of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL),make him a
great leader.
Subhash Chandra is describe as persistent,sensetive to needs of others
,hardworking ,innovative charasmatic , enthusiastic, energetic
decisive, and risk-taking.
These helped the school dropout from Haryana-a rice mill entreprenuer at the
age of 19 to build one of the most recognized and respected brands in
entertainment (Zee) and in packaging (Essel Propack).
With Zee entertainment ,Subhash Chandra broke Doordarshan’s monopoly in
india and offered indian television viewers choices and flexiblity.

14. Group Exercise:
Choose leaders YOU admire
What personality traits and skills do they have?

15. Leadership Theory
Functional Theories
(John Adair, Action Centred Leadership, 1970)
Leader is concerned with the interaction of 3 areas:
Task – goal setting, methods and process
Team – effective interaction/communication,
clarify roles, team morale
Individual – attention to behaviour, feelings,
coaching, CPD

16. BEHAVIORAL THEORIES
• Leaders behaviour and actions, rather than their traits
and skills e.g. production orientated or people
orientated.
• Different leadership behaviours categorised as
‘leadership styles’ e.g. autocratic, persuasive,
consultative, democratic.
• Doesn’t provide guide to effective leadership in
different situations

17. CONTIGENCY/SITUATIONAL THEORIES
Leadership style changes according to the 'situation‘ and in response
to the individuals being managed – their competency.
Two factor of Situational Theories:
1.Leadership Style
2.Situational Favorableness
Fiedlers created LPC questionaire to identify that the Leadership style
by measuring whether the person is task of relation oriented.
The LPC (Least Prefered Co-worker) scale is use to generate a
cummulative score based on other perception of his coworkers
character,traits and attitude.

22. Step 3

23. MESSAGE BY
JACK FRANCIS WELCH
“If you pick the right people and give them the
opportunity to spread their wings and put
compensation as a career behind it almost don’t have
to manage it”
“If you don’t have competitive advantage, don’t compete”
“Control your own destiny or someone else will”
John Francis "Jack" Welch Jr. is an American retired business executive,
author, and chemical engineer. He was chairman and CEO of General
Electric between 1981 and 2001. During his tenure at GE, the company's
value rose 4,000%. In 2006, Welch's net worth was estimated at $720
million

24. Other Contegency Theories
 Situational Leadership Theory (SLT)
 Path -Goal Theory
 Leader-Participation Model

25. Situational Leadership Theory (SLT)

26. Path -Goal Theory

27. Leader-Participation Model

28. A theory that supports leaders creation of in-group and out -
grous sub-ordinates with in-group status will have higher
performance rating ,less turnover,and greater job
satisfaction

30. Dealing with Toxic Boses
• Empathize and don't take it personally
• Draw a Line
• Don't sabotage or vindictive ( If you take
revenge ,you become part of the problem)
• Be patients and take notes

31. Charismatic Leadership and Transformational
Leadership

32. Definition:
Max Weber, a sociologist ,defined charisma
(from the Greek for “gift”) as “a certain quality of
an individual personality ,by virtue of which he or
she is set apart from ordinary people and treated
as endowed with supernatural ,superhuman, or
at least specifically exceptional powers and
qualities.”
Charismatic Leadership Theory
A leadership theory that states that followers
make attributions of heroic or extraordinary
leadership abilities when they observe certain
behaviour.

35. Hitler are all too successful at convincing their
followers to pursue a vision that can be
disastrous

36. The three step process to exhibit charismatic
behavior
Step 1: Develop an aura of charisma by maintaining
an optimistic view ;using passions a catalyst for
generating enthusiasm; and communicating with
whole body ,not just with words.
Step 2: Draw others in by creating a bond that
inspires them to follow.
Step 3: Bring out the potential in followers by tapping
into their emotions.

39. Full Range of Leadership Model

40. .
Difference Between
CHARISMATIC VS TRANSFORMATIONAL
Leadership
Charismatic leaders also are sometimes
called transformational leaders because they share
multiple similarities. Their main difference is focus and
audience.
Charismatic leaders often try to make the status quo
better, while transformational leaders focus on
transforming organizationsinto the leader'svision

41. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEADERS & MANAGERS

42. DIFFERENT STYLES OF LEADERSHIP
Autocratic leadership
Bureaucratic leadership
Charismatic leadership
Democratic leadership or Participative leadership
Laissez-faire leadership
People-oriented leadership or Relations-Oriented
leadership
Servant leadership
Task-oriented leadership
Transactional leadership
Transformational leadership

44. Leaders who know who they are,know what they believe in and
value ,and act on those values and belief openly and
candidly .Their followers would consider them to be ethical
people.
Authentic leader share information ,encourage open
communication ,and stick to their ideals.
The result : people come to have faith in them.

45. “Ethical Leaders use the their charisma in a socially
constructive way to serve others.”
Leaders who treat their followers with fairness,especially by
providing honest frequent ,and accurate information are seen as
more effective.

46. Trust and Leadership
“Trust is a positive expectation that another will not act
opportunistically.”
Trust is the psychological state that exists when you agree to
make yourself vulnerable to another because you have
positive expectations about how things are going to turn out.
Trust is the primary attribute associated with leadership.

47. Trust as Process

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