This document discusses contemporary leadership issues and is presented by Prof. Dr. Tomas Benz. It covers three types of trust, contemporary leadership roles including mentoring and self-leadership, challenges to the leadership construct, finding and creating effective leaders, and whether charismatic and transformational leadership generalize across cultures. The presentation concludes with a summary of the key topics.

1. Contemporary Issues in Leadership
Instructor: Prof. Dr. Tomas Benz
Team 10:
Pham Thanh Lam
Pham Tran Thai Son
VGU, BIS2010

2. Agenda
Three Types of Trust
Contemporary Leadership Roles
Challenges To The Leadership Construct
Finding and Creating Effective Leaders
Whether charismatic and transformational
leadership generalize across cultures
Summary

3. In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash
(recall)

4. Three Types of Trust
Identification-
based Trust
Knowledge-
based Trust
Deterrence-
based Trust

5. Basic Principles of Trust
Mistrust Drives Out Trust
Trust Begets Trust
Trust Can Be Regained
Mistrust Groups Self-destruct
Mistrust Generally Reduce Productivity

6. Contemporary Leadership Roles
Mentoring
Self-leadership
Online Leadership

7. Mentoring
Mentor: A senior employee who supports a
less experience employee (protégé).
Psychological
Career Functions
Functions
Helping the protégé gain skills Counseling the protégé to
and abilities bolster his/her confidence
Lobbying for the protégé to get Sharing personal experiences
better assignments with the protégé
Providing exposure to influential Providing friendship and
individuals in the organization acceptance
Acting as a sounding board for
Acting as a role model
ideas

8. Mentoring
Can be formal or informal
Mentors tend to select protégé who are
similar to them in background

9. Self-Leadership
Self-Leadership
o Effective leaders help followers to lead themselves
o Important in self-managed teams

10. Online Leadership
Leadership at a Distance: Building Trust
o The lack of face-to-face contact removes the
nonverbal cues that support verbal interactions
o There is no supporting context
o The structure of words can strongly affect the
response of receivers
o Need to develop skills of “reading between the
lines”

11. Challenges To The Leadership Construct
Attribution Theory of Leadership

12. Challenges To The Leadership Construct
“What’s important in being characterized as an
“effective leader” is projecting the appearance
of being a leader rather than focusing on
actual accomplishments”

13. Finding and Creating Effective Leaders
Selecting Leaders
Training Leaders
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14. Charismatic and transformational
leadership generalize across cultures
• These leadership theories are primarily
studied in English-speaking countries
• Leaders should take culture into account
• The characteristics that determined
transformational leadership were consistent
across cultures.
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15. Summary
• Leadership is a complex function in an
organization but essential for success.
• There are many factors that define a successful
leader.
• Leaders must be seen as authentic and
trustworthy.
• Investment must be made in the future through
mentoring and training leaders.
12-15

16. Thanks for your attention!
Q&A