Matakuliah : A0092 - Kepemimpinan
Tahun
: 2008 / 2009
Chapter 13
Developing Leadership Skills
Learning Objectives
• Understand leadership training and development
importance.
• Understand how to use coaching, mentoring, action
learning, special assignments, simulations, and 360
degree feedback.
• Understand the benefits and limitations of leadership
training and development.
• Understand research findings conducted to evaluate the
methods.
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Learning Objectives
• Understand the organizational conditions that facilitate
leadership training.
• Understand what leaders can do to encourage and
facilitate the leadership development of their
subordinates.
• Understand how leaders develop their skills.
• Understand why leader development should be
integrated with human resource management and
strategic planning.
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Leadership Training Programs
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Outside seminars and workshops
Executive MBA
Management training centers
Corporate universities
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The Reason to Improving the Creativity of
the Leadership
• The limited of the leader creativity
• The changing that always happen
• The organization need to always learn
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Leadership Competencies
1. Leader skill
• Conceptual skill
• Interpersonal skill
• Technical skill
2. Out her competencies
• Emotional intelligence
• Social intelligence
• Ability to learn
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Level Managerial Skills
TOP MANAGER
MIDDLE MANAGER
LOWER MANAGER
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I.S
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T.S
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Designing Effective Training
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Clear learning objectives.
Clear, meaningful content.
Appropriate sequencing of content.
Appropriate mix of training methods.
Opportunity for active practice.
Relevant, timely feedback.
Trainee self-confidence.
Appropriate follow-up activities.
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Special Techniques for Leadership Training
• Behavior Role Modeling
• Case Discussion
• Business Games and
Simulations
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Learning from Experience
• Amount of Challenge
• Variety of Tasks or
Assignments
• Relevant Feedback
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Developmental Activities
• Multi-source feedback
workshops
• Developmental
assessment centers
• Special assignments
• Personal growth
programs
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Job rotation
Action learning
Mentoring
Executive coaching
Outdoor challenge
programs
Figure 13-1: Sources of Information for 360 Degree Feedback
Ratings by Bosses
Ratings
by Peers
Leader
Self-Ratings
Ratings by Subordinates
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Ratings by
Clients or
Other Outsiders
Self-Help Activities
• Develop a personal vision
of career objectives.
• Seek appropriate
mentors.
• Seek challenging
assignments.
• Improve self monitoring.
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• Seek relevant feedback.
• Learn from mistakes.
• Learn to view events from
multiple perspectives.
• Be skeptical of easy
answers.
Facilitating Conditions for Leadership
Development
• Support by the Boss
• Learning Climate
• Developmental Criteria for Placement Decisions
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A Systems Perspective on Leadership
Development
Formal Training
Self-Help
Activities
Developmental
Activities
Figure 13-2: 3 Ways to Acquire Leadership Competencies
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Summary
• Leadership skills can be taught in courses and
workshops by universities, consulting firms, and
organization training centers.
• The importance of learning from experience on the job is
now widely acknowledged.
• Many developmental techniques exist that may increase
learning from experience.
• The extent that competencies are acquired depends on
the activity, the facilitating conditions, and the manager’s
qualities.
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