Concept and Necessity
A
successful organization has one major
attribute that sets it apart from
unsuccessful organizations, viz.,
DYNAMIC AND EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP.
 Leadership
is the ability to inspire and
stimulate others to achieve worthwhile
goals.
 Leadership
is a psychological process of
influencing followers (subordinates) and
providing guidance, directing and leading
the people in an organization towards
attainment of the objectives of the
enterprise.
 Leadership
is the activity of influencing
people to strive willingly for group
objectives.
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“Leadership is interpersonal influence
exercised in a situation and directed
through communication process towards
the attainment of a specified goal or
goals.” – Tannenbaum.
“Leadership is essentially a continuous
process of influencing behaviour. A
leader breaths life into the group and
motivates it towards goals.” – Terry.
 Leadership
is a key process in any
organization. We attribute the success or
failure of any organization to its
leadership.
 When
a business venture, or a cricket
team is successful, its managing director
or the captain often receives the credit.
 When
failure occurs it is usually the same
individual at the top that is replaced.
 Thus, one
of the key elements of concern
in any organization is how to attract, train,
and keep people who will be effective
leaders.
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Interpersonal influence exercised in a situation and
directed through the communication process,
towards the attainment of a specialized goal/ goals.
Leadership is a function of leader, follower and
situation, i.e.,
 L= f(l, f, s)
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In any situation when someone tries to influence the
behavior of another individual, leadership occurs.
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Individual attempting to influence behavior is the
potential leader.
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Person subject to influence is the follower.
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Leadership is found everywhere (business,
educational institutes, hospital, political parties or
even family)
Leader
characteristics
and traits
Internal and
external
environment
Leader
behavior and
style
Group
member
characteristics
LEADERSHIP
EFFECTIVENESS
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Leadership involves a community of interest
between the leader and his followers
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Leadership is a process of Influence
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Leadership is the function of stimulation
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A leader must be exemplary
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A Leader ensures absolute justice
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An effective leader leads through a vision, a
shared set of values and shared objectives.
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Leadership is the process of influencing the activities of an
individual or a group towards the achievement of a goal.
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A effective leader, motivates the subordinates for higher
level of performance.
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Leadership promotes team –spirit and team –work which is
quite essential for the success of any organization.
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Leadership is an aid to authority. A leadership helps in the
effective use of formal authority.
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Leadership creates confidence in the subordinates by
giving them proper guidance and advice.
Leadership is necessary for:
 Motivating employees;
 Creating confidence; &,
 Building Morale
Leadership helps to:
 Promote
synergy
 Collect people and unify them
 Grow interpersonal bonds
 Remove individual differences
 Restore team cohesiveness
 Build
trust between team mates and self
 Discharge roles effectively and efficiently
 Promote dynamics with in team mates
and with self
 Impact members’ behavioral
modification
 Recognize team efforts, resulting in
effective team performance
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Human Skill
 Empathy
 Objectivity
 Communication Skill
 Teaching Skill
 Social Skill
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Conceptual Skill
 The understanding of the organization behavior.
 Understanding the competitors of the firm and
 Knowing the financial status of the firm.
 Technical Skill
 Personal Skill
 Intelligence
 Emotional Maturity
 Personal Motivation
 Integrity
 Flexibility of Mind
Conventional
Emerging
Humility
Creativity
Ability to go against the flow
Vision and Innovation
Negotiate
Create simultaneously
Articulate
Create content
Understand Business Issues
Work with more competent people
Detachment/ Egolessness
Ability to engage
Tough Expectations
Recognize, create, and address
larger constituents
Personal Discipline
Balanced EQ/ IQ
Scalability
Networks
Ability to take difficult decisions with
speed
Ability to seek help
Self management dimensions: a leader must
develop following dimensions
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Work Habits (including time management,
goal orientation, organization skills, work ethics
and follow through)
Work attitudes (including initiative, effort,
persistence, energy and optimism)
Stress management (self control, stress
tolerance, personal resilience, work life
balance and adaptability)
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Self Insight (foreseeing something that
can impede the smooth working or any
progress of a team)
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Learning(This skill incorporates learning
strategies, intellectual curiosity, seeking
feedbacks, and needs continuous
learning)
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Leader’s action to self management
(Goal setting for oneself and group
members is of paramount importance.
Also the set goals must be realistic)
Leading People (Leader must be an active listener,
communicate using an acceptable style and
language, be able to win trust and create a
healthy work environment)
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Communication (It is important as team
members need to know the team goals and
tasks assigned; leaders must be good listeners;
must involve people in discussion; must be
good at the art of public speaking)
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Interpersonal Awareness (Interpersonal
awareness must be expanded by gaining
knowledge about psychology, social orientation,
social perceptiveness, service orientation and
nurturing relationships)
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Developing Commitment and
motivation
Developing others
Influencing ( Influence is the change in
the target agent’s attitude, values,
beliefs, or behaviors as a result of
influence tactics. In order to influence, a
person has to cooperate, persuade,
resolve conflicts, negotiate, empower,
and inspire the target person or group
of persons.)
Task Management
 Executing Tasks (Task execution needs
knowledge of standard practices and
procedures necessary to accomplish
tasks)
 Solving problems (analytic thinking,
data analysis and interpretation and
decision making ability helps in solving
problems)
 Managing Information and Material
resources
 Managing HR
 Enhancing member performance
(includes enhancing job knowledge,
eliminating hurdles to performance,
adopting bench-marking and strategic
task management)