A group of workers clear a road through dense jungle on a remote island under leaders who efficiently organize the work. However, one person climbs a tree and shouts that they are going the "wrong way". This story illustrates that effective leadership is about doing the right things, not just doing things right. The document then discusses various leadership styles, theories of leadership, managing change, and factors that affect leadership style.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories. It describes a story about a group clearing a road through the jungle where one person climbs a tree and shouts "Wrong Way!" to point out that the leaders had the wrong vision. It then discusses different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire, and paternalistic. Theories of leadership discussed include trait, behavioral, contingency, transformational, transactional, and invitational leadership. Factors that can influence leadership style are also summarized such as risk, type of business, need for change, and organizational culture.
A group of workers and leaders are tasked with clearing a road through dense jungle on a remote island. The leaders organize the workers efficiently and monitor progress and resources. Progress is excellent. However, one day someone climbs a tree and yells "Wrong Way!", indicating the group may be headed in the wrong direction despite their progress and efficiency. Effective leadership is about doing the right things, not just doing things right.
The leaders organized the workers into efficient units to clear a road through dense jungle on a remote island. Progress was excellent as the leaders monitored work and made adjustments. However, one person climbed a tree and shouted "Wrong Way!" indicating the group was headed in the incorrect direction, despite their progress and efficiency. This story illustrates that true leadership is about ensuring the right work is being done, not just that work is getting done efficiently.
This document discusses leadership and management. It defines leadership as the process of influencing others to achieve goals, and notes the distinction between managers who implement procedures and leaders who chart the future course. It outlines different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire. It also discusses theories of leadership including trait, behavioral, contingency, transformational, and transactional approaches. Factors that can influence leadership style are also examined.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different styles of leadership based on the amount of authority retained by the leader, such as autocratic, participative, and laissez-faire styles. It also discusses theories including trait, behavioral, contingency, transformational, and transactional theories of leadership. Additionally, it examines factors that can affect leadership style, such as the type of business, organizational culture, and nature of the task.
The leaders organized workers into efficient units to clear a road through dense jungle. Progress was excellent as the leaders monitored work and made adjustments. However, one day someone saw the overall situation and shouted that they were going the wrong way. This highlights that management is about efficiency but leadership ensures the overall goal and direction are correct.
A group of workers and leaders are tasked with clearing a road through dense jungle on a remote island. The leaders organize the workers efficiently and monitor progress and resources. Progress is excellent. However, one day someone climbs a tree and yells "Wrong Way!", indicating the group may be headed in the wrong direction despite their progress and efficiency. Effective leadership is about doing the right things, not just doing things right.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories. It describes different leadership styles such as autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire. It also outlines theories including trait theory, behavioral theory, contingency theory, transformational leadership theory, and transactional leadership theory. Additionally, it discusses factors that can influence a leader's style such as the type of business, risk level, importance of change, and organizational culture.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories. It describes a story about a group clearing a road through the jungle where one person climbs a tree and shouts "Wrong Way!" to point out that the leaders had the wrong vision. It then discusses different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire, and paternalistic. Theories of leadership discussed include trait, behavioral, contingency, transformational, transactional, and invitational leadership. Factors that can influence leadership style are also summarized such as risk, type of business, need for change, and organizational culture.
A group of workers and leaders are tasked with clearing a road through dense jungle on a remote island. The leaders organize the workers efficiently and monitor progress and resources. Progress is excellent. However, one day someone climbs a tree and yells "Wrong Way!", indicating the group may be headed in the wrong direction despite their progress and efficiency. Effective leadership is about doing the right things, not just doing things right.
The leaders organized the workers into efficient units to clear a road through dense jungle on a remote island. Progress was excellent as the leaders monitored work and made adjustments. However, one person climbed a tree and shouted "Wrong Way!" indicating the group was headed in the incorrect direction, despite their progress and efficiency. This story illustrates that true leadership is about ensuring the right work is being done, not just that work is getting done efficiently.
This document discusses leadership and management. It defines leadership as the process of influencing others to achieve goals, and notes the distinction between managers who implement procedures and leaders who chart the future course. It outlines different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire. It also discusses theories of leadership including trait, behavioral, contingency, transformational, and transactional approaches. Factors that can influence leadership style are also examined.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different styles of leadership based on the amount of authority retained by the leader, such as autocratic, participative, and laissez-faire styles. It also discusses theories including trait, behavioral, contingency, transformational, and transactional theories of leadership. Additionally, it examines factors that can affect leadership style, such as the type of business, organizational culture, and nature of the task.
The leaders organized workers into efficient units to clear a road through dense jungle. Progress was excellent as the leaders monitored work and made adjustments. However, one day someone saw the overall situation and shouted that they were going the wrong way. This highlights that management is about efficiency but leadership ensures the overall goal and direction are correct.
A group of workers and leaders are tasked with clearing a road through dense jungle on a remote island. The leaders organize the workers efficiently and monitor progress and resources. Progress is excellent. However, one day someone climbs a tree and yells "Wrong Way!", indicating the group may be headed in the wrong direction despite their progress and efficiency. Effective leadership is about doing the right things, not just doing things right.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories. It describes different leadership styles such as autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire. It also outlines theories including trait theory, behavioral theory, contingency theory, transformational leadership theory, and transactional leadership theory. Additionally, it discusses factors that can influence a leader's style such as the type of business, risk level, importance of change, and organizational culture.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire and discusses factors that may affect a leader's style like risk, type of business, need for change, organizational culture and nature of tasks. It also covers various theories of leadership like trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories and transformational leadership theories.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire and discusses factors that may affect a leader's style like risk, type of business, importance of change, organizational culture and nature of tasks. It also covers various theories of leadership such as trait, behavioral, contingency and transformational theories.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire and discusses factors that may affect a leader's style like risk, type of business, need for change, and organizational culture. It also covers various theories of leadership such as trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories, transformational leadership and transactional leadership.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire and discusses factors that may affect a leader's style like risk, type of business, need for change, organizational culture and nature of tasks. It also covers various theories of leadership like trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories and transformational leadership theories.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire and discusses factors that may affect a leader's style like risk, type of business, need for change, and organizational culture. It also covers various theories of leadership such as trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories, transformational leadership and transactional leadership.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire and discusses factors that may affect a leader's style like risk, type of business, importance of change, organizational culture and nature of the task. It also covers various theories of leadership like trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories, transformational leadership and transactional leadership.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, consultative, persuasive, and laissez-faire. It also discusses theories like trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories, transformational leadership, and transactional leadership. It notes that leadership style depends on factors like the type of business, risk level involved, importance of change, and organizational culture.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, consultative, persuasive, and laissez-faire. It also discusses theories like trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories, transformational leadership, and transactional leadership. Additionally, it examines factors that can affect a leader's style like risk, type of business, importance of change, organizational culture, and nature of the task.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, consultative, persuasive, and laissez-faire. It also discusses theories like trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories, transformational leadership, and transactional leadership. Additionally, it covers factors that can affect a leader's style like risk, type of business, need for change, organizational culture, and nature of the task.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, consultative, persuasive, and laissez-faire. It also discusses theories of leadership such as trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories, transformational theories, and transactional theories. Additionally, it covers factors that can affect a leader's style like risk, type of business, importance of change, organizational culture, and nature of the task.
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In the realm of effective leadership, a multitude of skills come into play, but one stands out as both crucial and challenging: public speaking.
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The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire and discusses factors that may affect a leader's style like risk, type of business, need for change, organizational culture and nature of tasks. It also covers various theories of leadership like trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories and transformational leadership theories.
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The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire and discusses factors that may affect a leader's style like risk, type of business, need for change, organizational culture and nature of tasks. It also covers various theories of leadership like trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories and transformational leadership theories.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire and discusses factors that may affect a leader's style like risk, type of business, need for change, and organizational culture. It also covers various theories of leadership such as trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories, transformational leadership and transactional leadership.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire and discusses factors that may affect a leader's style like risk, type of business, importance of change, organizational culture and nature of the task. It also covers various theories of leadership like trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories, transformational leadership and transactional leadership.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, consultative, persuasive, and laissez-faire. It also discusses theories like trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories, transformational leadership, and transactional leadership. It notes that leadership style depends on factors like the type of business, risk level involved, importance of change, and organizational culture.
The document discusses various leadership styles and theories of leadership. It describes different leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, consultative, persuasive, and laissez-faire. It also discusses theories like trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories, transformational leadership, and transactional leadership. Additionally, it examines factors that can affect a leader's style like risk, type of business, importance of change, organizational culture, and nature of the task.
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A Leadership Story:
• A group of workers and their leaders are set a task
of clearing a road through a dense jungle on a remote
island to get to the coast where an estuary provides
a perfect site for a port.
• The leaders organise the labour into efficient units and
monitor the distribution and use of capital assets –
progress is excellent. The leaders continue to monitor
and evaluate progress, making adjustments along the
way to ensure the progress is maintained and efficiency
increased wherever possible.
• Then, one day amidst all the hustle and bustle and
activity, one person climbs up a nearby tree. The person
surveys the scene from the top of the tree.
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A Leadership Story:
• And shouts down to the assembled
group below…
• “Wrong Way!”
• (Story adapted from Stephen Covey (2004) “The Seven Habits of
Highly Effective People” Simon & Schuster).
• “Management is doing things right, leadership
is doing the right things”
(Warren Bennis and Peter Drucker)
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Types of Leadership Style
• Autocratic:
– Leader makes decisions without reference
to anyone else
– High degree of dependency on the leader
– Can create de-motivation and alienation
of staff
– May be valuable in some types of business
where decisions need to be made quickly
and decisively
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Types of Leadership Style
• Democratic:
• Encourages decision making
from different perspectives – leadership
may be emphasised throughout
the organisation
– Consultative: process of consultation before
decisions are taken
– Persuasive: Leader takes decision and seeks
to persuade others that the decision
is correct
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Types of Leadership Style
• Democratic:
– May help motivation and involvement
– Workers feel ownership of the firm
and its ideas
– Improves the sharing of ideas
and experiences within the business
– Can delay decision making
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Types of Leadership Style
• Laissez-Faire:
– ‘Let it be’ – the leadership responsibilities
are shared by all
– Can be very useful in businesses
where creative ideas are important
– Can be highly motivational,
as people have control over their working life
– Can make coordination and decision making
time-consuming and lacking in overall direction
– Relies on good team work
– Relies on good interpersonal relations
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Types of Leadership Style
• Paternalistic:
• Leader acts as a ‘father figure’
• Paternalistic leader makes decision
but may consult
• Believes in the need to support
staff
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Change Leadership
• The most challenging aspect of business
is leading and managing change
• The business environment is subject to
fast-paced economic and social change
• Modern business must adapt
and be flexible to survive
• Problems in leading change stem mainly
from human resource management
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Change Leadership
• Leaders need to be aware of how
change impacts on workers:
• Series of self-esteem states
identified by Adams et al and cited
by Garrett
– Adams, J. Hayes, J. and Hopson, B.(eds) (1976)
Transition: understanding and managing change personal
change London, Martin Robertson
– Garrett, V. (1997) Managing Change in School leadership
for the 21st century Brett Davies and Linda Ellison, London,
Routledge
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Change Leadership
Self-esteem
Time
1. Immobilisation
– as rumours of the
change circulate, the
individual feels some
sense of shock and
possible disbelief –
so much so that they
deem it worthy of
doing nothing.
1
2. Minimisation: As the
change becomes clearer,
people try to fit in the
change with their own
personal position and may
try to believe that it will
not affect them.
2
3. Depression: as reality
begins to dawn staff may
feel alienated and angry,
feelings of a lack of control
of events overtake people
and they feel depressed as
they try to reconcile what
is happening with their own
personal situation.
3
4
4. Acceptance/letting go:
The lowest point in self-
esteem finally sees people
starting to accept the
inevitable. Fear of the
future is a feature of this
stage.
5
5. Testing out:
Individuals begin to
interact with the change,
they start to ask questions
to see how they might
work with the change.
6
6. Search for meaning:
Individuals begin to work
with the change and see
how they might be able to
make the change work for
them – self esteem begins
to rise.
7
7. Internalisation:
the change is
understood and
adopted within the
individual’s own
understanding – they
now know how to
work with it and feel a
renewed sense of
confidence and self
esteem.
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Theories of Leadership
• Trait theories:
• Is there a set of characteristics
that determine a good leader?
– Personality?
– Dominance and personal presence?
– Charisma?
– Self confidence?
– Achievement?
– Ability to formulate a clear vision?
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Theories of Leadership
• Trait theories:
– Are such characteristics
inherently gender biased?
– Do such characteristics
produce good leaders?
– Is leadership more than
just bringing about change?
– Does this imply that leaders are born
not bred?
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Theories of Leadership
• Behavioural:
• Imply that leaders can be trained –
focus on the way of doing things
– Structure based behavioural theories –
focus on the leader instituting structures –
task orientated
– Relationship based behavioural theories –
focus on the development and maintenance
of relationships – process orientated
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Theories of Leadership
• Contingency Theories:
• Leadership as being more flexible –
different leadership styles used at
different times depending on the
circumstance.
• Suggests leadership is not a fixed series
of characteristics that can be
transposed into different contexts
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Theories of Leadership
• May depend on:
– Type of staff
– History of the business
– Culture of the business
– Quality of the relationships
– Nature of the changes needed
– Accepted norms within the institution
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Theories of Leadership
• Transformational:
– Widespread changes
to a business or organisation
• Requires:
– Long term strategic planning
– Clear objectives
– Clear vision
– Leading by example – walk the walk
– Efficiency of systems and processes
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Theories of Leadership
• Invitational Leadership:
– Improving the atmosphere and message
sent out by the organisation
– Focus on reducing negative messages
sent out through the everyday actions of
the business both externally and, crucially,
internally
– Review internal processes to reduce these
– Build relationships and sense of belonging
and identity with the organisation –
that gets communicated to customers, etc.
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Theories of Leadership
• Transactional Theories:
– Focus on the management
of the organisation
– Focus on procedures and efficiency
– Focus on working to rules
and contracts
– Managing current issues
and problems
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Factors Affecting Style
• Leadership style may be dependent
on various factors:
– Risk - decision making and change initiatives
based on degree of risk involved
– Type of business – creative business
or supply driven?
– How important change is –
change for change’s sake?
– Organisational culture – may be long embedded
and difficult to change
– Nature of the task – needing cooperation? Direction?
Structure?