THE NATURE OF
LEADERSHIP
By:
GREGORIO E. BACCAY III, MPA
DEFINITION
According to Koontz and o’ Donnell “it is
the art of including the subordinates to
accomplish their assignments with zeal and
confidence. Zeal reflects ardour, earnestness
and intensity in execution of work;
confidence reflects experience and technical
ability.”
WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?
"Leadership is the art of
"Leaders are people getting someone else to
who do the right thing; do something you want
managers are people done because he wants to
who do things right."
do it."
Professor Warren G. Bennis Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Leadership is a process “Leadership is the process of
of giving purpose influencing
(meaningful direction) to the activities of an individual
collective effort, and or a group in efforts toward
causing willing effort to goal achievement in a given
be expended to achieve situation.”
purpose.”
Jacobs & Jaques Hersey & Blanchard
What Is Leadership?
Leader-: Is a person who can influence the behavior of others
without having rely on force- that is person accepted by others
as Leader
Old Paradigm New Paradigm
imposed goals, top-down autonomy encouraged, worker
decision making participation
aggression, competition cooperation
manipulation and dominance cooperation with nature
strictly economic motives spiritual values transcend
material gain
rational rational and intuitive
treatment of symptoms attempt to understand the whole,
locate deep underlying causes of
disharmony
Marilyn Ferguson, in The New Paradigm: Emerging Strategic for
Leadership and Organizational Change
CHARACTERISTICS OF LEADERSHIP
Co-existence with follower ship
Responsibility
Understanding nature
Precedence
Situation
Co-existence with follower ship :
a leader cannot exist without followers
existing.
A leader exercises authority over the group,
and it should be willingly accepted by his
followers.
Leadership is not conferred or ordered but is
one to be earned
Responsibility:
a leader is expected to assume full
responsibility in all situations.
he must steer the group clear of all
difficulties.
he has to assume responsibility for all actions
of the group.
Understanding nature:
important characteristic feature of
leadership is its nature to understand the
feelings and problems of the group as a
whole as well as the individuals.
guide a leader is looked upon as a friend
and a philosopher.
a leader should strive to satisfy the personal
and social needs of his followers, which is
very much expected by them
Precedence:
Since the leader influences the behavior and
the activities of the followers he should be
endowed with the technical competence and
personality traits.
He should also be well aware of his own
preferences and limitations to impress upon
his followers
Situation:
Leadership patterns changes according to the
type of group and the situation in which the
group is operating.
A leader should know on the role to be
adopted on different situations
Activity Management Leadership
Creating an Planning and Establishing
agenda Budgeting Direction
Developing a Organizing and Aligning People
human network Staffing
to achieve that
goal
Executing plans Controlling and Motivating and
problem solving inspiring
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Initiates action
•Leader communicates the policies and
plans to the subordinates from where the
work actually starts.
Motivation
A leader motivates the employees with
economic and non- economic rewards
and thereby gets the work from the
subordinates.
Providing guidance
A leader guides by instructing the subordinates
the way they have to perform their work
effectively and efficiently.
Creating confidence
Confidence is an important factor which can be
achieved through expressing the work efforts to
the subordinates, explaining them clearly their
role and giving them guidelines to achieve the
goals effectively.
It is also important to hear the employees with
regards to their complaints and problems.
Building morale
A leader can be a morale booster by achieving
full co-operation so that they perform with best
of their abilities as they work to achieve goals.
Builds work environment
Management is getting things done from
people. An efficient work environment
helps in sound and stable growth. He
should listen to his subordinates problems
and solve them.
He should treat employees on
humanitarian terms.
Co-ordination
Co-ordination can be achieved through reconciling
personal interests with organizational goals. This
synchronization can be achieved through proper
and effective co-ordination which should be
primary motive of a leader.
IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP IN
AN ORGANISATION
Leadership and human behavior
Leadership and Communication
Leadership and motivation
Leadership and human behavior
Human nature is the comman qualities of all
people have similar needs .
A leader must understand these needs because
they are powerful motivators.
Leadership and Communication
Communication is very important
because a leader coach, coordinate,
counsel, evaluate, and supervise
through this process.
Leadership and motivation
A person's motivation is a combination of desire
and energy directed at achieving a goal.
Source: Adapted from Gary A. Yukl, Leadership in Organizations (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1981), 146-152.
Trust and confidence in top leadership is the
single most reliable predictor of employee
satisfaction in an organization.
Effective communication by leadership in the
critical areas is the key to winning
organizational trust and confidence:
Helping employees understand the company's
overall business strategy.
Helping employees understand how they
contribute to achieving key business
objectives.
Sharing information with employees on both
how the company is doing and how an
employee's own division is doing relative to
strategic business objectives.
1. DECISIVENESS IS KEY
The most distinguished trait that defines a
good leader is the willingness to make
decisions that are need of the hour no matter
how difficult they may be. And the most
significant component of such decision-
making is self-confidence.
2.VISIONARY LEADERSHIP
The ability to create a shared vision among
team members is the primary trait of a true
leader.
3. RELATE AND RULE
Good leadership is the ability to recognize all
the factors that would make the leader
succeed in motivating the group.
4. TAKE RESPONSIBILTY
A leader is only as good as his team.
Leadership involves two steps: helping
subordinates take advantage of their
talents, and then fine tuning their
performance. Good leaders always take
responsibility for both the success and
failure of their teams
Thank You!
