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Being a good manager does not always
make a good leader. Sometimes a good
leader isn’t the person in charge.
Leadership:
The ability to motivate individuals and
groups to accomplish important goals by
providing direction and vision
Qualities of Leadership:
Initiative – motivation and ambition to get
work done without being asked
Confidence – being willing to make decisions and
take responsibility for the results
Human Relations - (Communication) the ability
to communicate with people
through effective LISTENING,
speaking, and writing skills
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Qualities of Leadership: (cont’d)
Understanding – respect for feelings and
needs of they work with
Dependability – Following through on commitments
Judgment – Carefully makes decisions
Objectivity – looks at all sides of an issue before
making decisions
Stability – not too emotional or unpredictable
Cooperation – Works well with others, recognizes
others’ strengths and works to develop
group relationships
Honesty – Ethical in decision-making and treatment
of others
Courage – willing to take reasonable risks and make
unpopular decisions.
Integrity – holding to principles of honesty, loyalty,
and fairness
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Developing Leadership Skills:
- read leadership books
- view leadership videos
- work with someone with leadership abilities
- join a club, team, or community organization
- take initiative: at school, work, or club activities
- volunteer for projects that give you an opportunity
to lead
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Styles of Leadership:
Autocratic Leadership:
Autocratic leaders run everything and answer to
no one. The make all decisions without consulting
anyone. They give orders and expect them to be
followed without any question.
- most common type of leadership until late 70’s
- works well in certain situations
- Firefighters
- Combat troops
- Police
- Drawbacks of Autocratic leadership:
- leaders don’t trust employees
- people don’t like working for autocratic leaders
- little room for employee initiative
- often no back up leaders
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Democratic Leadership:
Managers and employees work together to make
decisions. Democratic leaders assume people
aren’t lazy and want to work
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workers are more productive and creative
workers have more confidence in leadership
new ideas are raised and discussed
employees are given more responsibilities
Manager still make final decision-but explains
reasons to employees
Free-Rein Leadership: (hands-off leadership)
Leaders set goals for managers and employees and leave
them alone to get the job done.
Delegating – giving managers and employees the power
to run things and make decisions
Advantages:
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employees are more involved
give manager more time for other projects
allows mgr. to focus on more important work
employees get a chance develop potential
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Self-managed teams:
Employees are set up in self-managing teams,
eliminating many middle management jobs and
replacing them with team leaders. The team
leader is a player rather than a vault.
Advantages:
- Teams are goal & task oriented
- Teams are faster, more responsive, and efficient
- Simplifies decision making
- Team members learn to participate and cooperate
- Teams solve their own problems
- Cross-training