Brief conceptual highlighting, Key leadership skills, Major leadership competencies, Function and Importance of Leadership, Delivery of results and ten lessons

1. LEADERSHIP SKILLS
THE CONCEPT
December, 2020
Tesfaye Woldemichael
(Senior Advisor to the Minister)
Ministry of Urban Development & Construction

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Key leadership skills
Major leadership competencies
Function of Leadership
Importance of leadership
Delivery of result
Contents
01 Brief conceptual highlighting
07 Ten Lessons

3. 1. Brief conceptual highlighting
Leadership, is
the ability to
influence others,
with or without
authority..
Leadership is
influencing people to
get things done to a
standard and quality
above their norm. And
doing it willingly..
B. Conflict Management
C. Problem solving
A. Interpersonal
Communications
All successful endeavors are the
result of human effort; thus, the
ability to influence others is a
derivation of:-
1.1.What is leadership?

4. 1.2. Concept of leadership
Concept
old
The need for leadership was increasingly felt
in almost all spheres of man’s life; it was very
much needed in the field of industry, business
and public services..
As management success very
much depends upon the ability
of the leader who are called
upon to manage.
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Leadership therefore, implies the
combination of specific
abilities, qualities and skills
acquired by an individual.
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5. 1.3. Leadership and management
Management is controlling people and getting them to do things.
Leadership is influencing people to do things willingly.
Management is organized along hierarchical positions and
authority. Position as a manager, supervisor, etc.
Managers are not leaders, but boss. Leadership makes the
subordinates to achieve high goals..
Leadership is the ability to develop a vision that motivates others to move with a
passion toward a common goal.
Management is the ability to organize resources and coordinate the execution of
tasks necessary to reach a goal in a timely and cost effective manner.

6. Leadership and management
SKILLS Leadership & Management
MANAGEMENT –
HARD SKILLS
Scheduling
Staffing
Activity Analysis
Project Controls
LEADERSHIP –
SOFT SKILLS
Communications
Motivation
Stress Management
Team Building
Change Management
Management seeks stability & predictability (order)
Leadership seeks improvement through change (disorder)
Leaders: Do the right thing
Manager: Do things right

7. 2.1. What is a skill?
 “ A skill is an acquired talent that a
person develops related to a specific
task”
 A skill can be defined as “ an ability
which can be developed, not necessarily
inborn, and which is manifested in
performance, not merely in potential.
2. Key leadership skills

8.  Leadership skills are those skills which
a leader must possess to enable to
influence and inspire the followers to
attain desired objectives and goals.
 Leadership skills are acquired through
learning, observing and imitating other
successful leaders.
2.2. What are leadership
skills?

9. 2.3. Leadership skills
An effective leader should have the following skills:-
Communication
Skills
Personal
skill
Decision
making skillDelegating
skill
Thinking
skill

10.  Think great thoughts.
 Small thinking broke org.
 Turn disasters into opportunities.
 Determine your "real" goals then
strive to achieve them
 When you want to tell someone
something important, do it personally
 Don’t be afraid to get your hands dirty
doing what you ask others to do.
Listen effectively
Encourage teamwork and participation
Empower team members
Communicate effectively
Emphasize long-term productivity
Make sound and timely decisions
Treat each person as an individual
Know yourself and your team
Protect your team
Have vision, courage and commitment
 Must have the ability to motivate & influence.
 To impress oneself before able to impress others.
 Focus on self mastery, self management, self direction &
self discipline.
 Practices the skills required until they become habits.
Take control of your life & assume responsibility.
Convey a positive and dynamic attitude in everything.
Accept blame: learn from your own mistakes as well as
those of others.
Take blame for everything that happens in your unit
Give credit wherever it is due
Be compassionate when you review your team.
Personal
Skills

11. Learns from experience and
signs meanings to the ideas and
understanding.
Looks for what works and
explore more possibilities.
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A skillful leaders recognize the
desired condition and plans the
strategies to reach the goals.
Is aware of the tools that needs
to accomplish mission.
Is also able to identify and
understand problems, think
through them and see the big
picture.
Thinking
skills

12. Communication skills
 A leader should know how
to send and receive
information of data
effectively.
 Must be an active listener
and have good oral, writing,
and presentation skills..

13. A leader delegates a certain amount of
power to act or make decision.
Believes in getting other people involved
and empowering their growth.
Provides clear information and expectation.
Makes the person understand the result the
person has to produce.
The person who receives the authority is
someone capable and motivated to get the
job done.
Once task is delegated, offer assistance,
opinions, & receive feedbacks.
With this process we transfer skills to others
and train them to become skilled leaders.
Delegation
skills

14. Decision making skills
 One of the important leadership
skills is the ability to make
decisions.
 A leader has to think and act fast.
 Must have the courage to make
decision even if it involves taking
some risks.
 The more right decisions leader
makes, the better she/he becomes
in making more.

15. 3. Major Leadership Competencies
A person gains
competency through
education, training,
experience, or
natural abilities
Competency can be
defined as the ability of an
individual to perform a task
using knowledge,
education, skills, and
experience.
 Coaching for improvement
 Communicating Effectively
 Working effectively
 Building high performing team
 Influencing others
 Fostering
Accountability
 Building Positive
Working Relationship
Competencies are the knowledge, skills,
and attitudes that the individual presently
have that allow them to perform their jobs.
1.1.What is competency?

16. 4. Function of Leadership
4. Leaders Work as an
Appropriate
Counselor
Eight functions
of leadership
2. Integrates the Efforts of
the Followers and the
Organizational Objectives
6. Leader
Manages the Time
Well
5. Domination or Use of Power
(reward power, coercive power,
legitimate power and expert
power)
3. Performs the Functions of an
Intermediary between the Top
Management and the Work Group
7. Leader Should Develop
a Climate of Co-Operation
among Workers
1. Make the
Environment
Conducive to Work
8. Communicate the Organizational
Policies, Procedures and Programmes

17. 5. Importance of leadership

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6. DELIVERY OF RESULT
Boldness of
reform
Quality of execution
CONTROVERSY WITHOUT
IMPACT
STATUS QUO
TRANS-FORMATION
IMPROVED
OUTCOMES
Successful
delivery
TRANS-FORMATION
IMPROVED
OUTCOMES

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… AND DEVELOPING AMONG STAFF AN UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT DELIVERY REQUIRES
• Structure, culture, results
• Avoid celebrating success too soon
Ambition
Irreversibility
Focus
Clarity
Urgency
• Believe in step change
• Get it done as well as possible
• Clear sustained priorities
• Avoiding distractions
• “Confront the brutal facts”
• Know what’s happening now
• Understand stakeholders
• People are impatient
• “If everything seems under control, you’re not
going fast enough”

20. KEY QUESTIONS TO ANSWER IN A DELIVERY PLAN
2.Who is accountable at the
top . . . and all along the
delivery chain?
4.Who are the key
stakeholders? How will they
be brought on board?
6.What impact will the actions
have on the key outcomes
(trajectories)?
1.What is the service
delivery chain?
3.What are the key
actions (milestones)?
What is the timetable?
5.What are the major
risks? How will they be
managed? 7.What data do you need? Will it be
early enough to act if progress is off
track?

21. 7. Ten Lessons
From Noah's Ark
Everything I need to know,
I learned from Noah's Ark.
Nuh ibn Lumik ibn Mutushalkh
(Arabic: ٌ‫وح‬ُ‫ن‬ ,romanized: Nūḥ)

22. Lesson One
Do not
Miss the boat

23. Lesson Two
Remember
That we are all
in the same
boat

24. Lesson Three
Plan ahead.
It wasn’t raining
When Noah built
The Ark.

25. Lesson Four
Stay fit.
Mentally, physically,
spiritually & morally
When you are getting
more mature, life, your
country/world may
ask you to do
something really big.

26. Lesson Five
Don’t listen to
critics; just get on
with the job that
needs to be done

27. Lesson Six
Build your future
on high ground

28. Lesson Seven
For safety’s sake, travel in
pairs

29. Lesson Eight
Speed isn’t always
An advantage.
The snails were on
board with the
cheetahs.

30. Lesson Nine
When you are
stressed,
float awhile .

31. Lesson Ten
Remember, the Ark
was built by amateurs;
the Titanic by
professionals.
• We should never assume we are not capable of achieving GREATNESS because WE
ARE!
• Every one of us is capable of achieving so much more than we ever give ourselves
credit for.
• YES WE CAN! ይቻላል፡፡

32.  Who am I?
 Why am I here?
 Where am I going?
 How do I get there?
What are the qualities of successful people?
START
Have Vision Define Goals2
Do What people Love
Think Big1 4
5
Put Aside Fear Take Action Involving
Risk(s)
3 6
Four questions we
must answer for
ourselves?

33. THANK YOU
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