This document discusses various leadership theories and styles through examples of prominent business leaders. It begins by defining leadership as guiding others to achieve new goals. It then outlines three main leadership theories: trait theory which focuses on innate qualities; behavioral theory which examines task-oriented vs people-oriented styles; and situational theory which proposes adapting style to follower readiness. Examples used to illustrate theories include Falguni Nayar's entrepreneurship, Azim Premji's philanthropic work, Elon Musk's innovation focus, and Ratan Tata's transitional leadership. The document concludes leadership is key to organizational success when the right style is matched to the situation.
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Leadership Theories and Styles
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Shruti Chettri
Sujay Roy
Vallusha Gupta
Ritesh Chettri
Anilava Bhattacharya
Rajat Paul
Leadership
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2. What is Leadership ?
“The action of leading a group of people or an organization .”
That’s how the Oxford Dictionary defines
leadership.
In simple words, Leaders motivate others to
achieve something new and better.
Interestingly, leaders do what they do to pursue
innovation, not as an obligation.
They measure success by looking at the team’s
achievements and learning.
4. Self confidence
Smartness
Intelligence
Commanding Personality
Falguni Sanjay Nayar (born 19 February 1963) is an Indian
billionaire businesswoman, who is the founder and CEO of
the beauty and lifestyle retail company Nykaa, formally
known as FSN E-Commerce Ventures which is an acronym of
her own name. Nayar is one of two self-made female Indian
billionaires.
Trait Theory : Phalguni Nair
Vision and Foresight
Inner Drive
Maturity
Leadership Styles that fits Falguni Nayar are: Transformational, Servant, Collaborative and Authentic Leadership
DNA Women Achievers Awards 2023: Daily News and
Analysis (DNA) India has announced the winner of DNA
Women Achievers Awards 2023 in the FMCG category, and
it is none other than Nykaa Cosmetics founder and CEO
Falguni Nayar
5. Behavioral Theories
University of Michigan’s
Studies
Production oriented leader
Employee-oriented leader
Emphasizes human relation
Taking a personal interest in the needs of
employees and
accepting individual differences among
them.
Similar to consideration.
focuses on task-oriented activitie
Accomplishing the group’s tasks.
Similar to initiating structure.
6. Employee
Development
Vision oriented
Communication
Commitment
Inspire
• He was voted among the 20 most powerful men in the world by Asia week in 2010.
• He has twice been listed among the 100 most influential people by Time magazine,
once in 2004 and more recently in 2011.
• He has been regularly listed one among the 500 Most Influential Muslims.
• He also serves as the Chancellor of Azim Premji University, Bangalore.
• Premji was awarded Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, by
the Government of India
Leadership style that fits Azim Premji are: Transformational and Participation leadership style.
Azim Hashim Premji (born 24 July 1945) is an
Indian businessman and philanthropist, who was the
chairman of Wipro Limited. He was responsible for
guiding Wipro through four decades of diversification
and growth, to finally emerge as one of the global
leaders in the software industry.
Azim Hashim Premji
7. Product Oriented Theory : Elon Musk
High Expectation
Task Oriented
Result’s Driven
Innovative
Supportive
Elon Reeve Musk business magnate and investor.
• He is the founder, CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX
and Tesla
• Owner and CEO of Twitter.
• Founder of the Boring Company.
• Co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI.
• Musk is the second-wealthiest person in the world.
Leadership style that fits Elon Musk are: Transformational, Visionary, Autocratic Leadership
• Musk has received several environmentalist awards, including the National Wildlife
Federation's Connie Award and a Global Green award.
• For contributions to space travel, Musk was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2018
• Listed four times in the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2010, 2013,
2018 and 2021,
• On December 13, 2021 Time magazine named Musk Person of the Year.
8. SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY:
Maturity levels:
Maturity or readiness level 1 (M1): At this
level, members may be new to the role and
have not yet gained the knowledge or skills to
complete a task.
•Maturity or readiness level 2 (M2):employees
are eager and willing to perform their role, but
may require additional supervision.
•Maturity or readiness level 3 (M3):generally
possess higher skill levels and competence.
However, the responsibility for decision-
making remains with the situational leader.
•Maturity or readiness level 4 (M4): members
are willing and able to complete tasks
independently from the leader's input.
9. Situational Theory: Ratan Tata
Adapting
Delegative
Directive
Responsable
Born-28 December 1937 (Age 83), Bombay
Nationality-Indian
Alma Matter- Cornell University (B.Arch)
Occupation- Businessman | Philanthropist | Investor
Title- Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons and Tata GroupAwards- Padma Vibhushan (2008),
Padma Bhushan (2000)
Adapting, Delegative, Responsible, Directive
Ratan Tata can be seen as an example of a
leader who demonstrated situational
leadership in his tenure as the chairman of
Tata Sons.
He took over the leadership of the company
during a difficult period of transition, when
the conglomerate was facing financial and
operational challenges.
10. Conclusion
• Leadership is viewed as the process of guiding, teaching motivating and directing the activities
of others towards attaining goal. It involves having abilities to influence others.
• Transformational leadership is better than other styles because of clear vision, capacity to
empower the followers, empathy, autonomy, chances of career development and learning.
• Moreover leadership has crucial role in the success of the organizational potential and
performance.
• Success can be achieved by training the staff at the managerial level may be cost effective and
more beneficial rather than changing wide range of organizational change.
• Some researchers suggest that visionary leadership may help high level of performance in the
new organizational environment.
• More researches and studies needed for the development of effective leadership style and its
impact on organizational success.