Leadership as a
modern manager competence
Can you explain if there is a difference between a
manager and a leader?
Leader Characteristic
Long term
planning
Challenges
Teaches
Foresight
Leader
People
focused
Develops
Asks questions:
what? why?
Trusted
An innovator
Manager Characteristic
Planning
Coordination
Guide
Controlling
Organization
Manager
Focus on
short-term
tasks
How and
why?
Service
Focus on
today
Administrator
Task focus
Manager
Leader
Prediction Based Result
Adaptation Based Result
Purpose
Vision and Values
Plan
Energy
Documentary Vision and Values
Living Vision and Values
Make things right
Do the right thing
Top down strategy
Strategy at all levels
Short-term results are important.
Long-term results are important, global vision
“Head of employees”
“Heart of employees”
Control
Training, inspiration
One good management style
A lot, situational style
Definitions
Management is, together with other people and
their actions, an effective and efficient completion of
a function.
Leadership is an important management skill to
encourage people to achieve their goals.
Management Functions
Control
Management
/ direction
Planning
Organization
Theories of Leadership
•Character theory
•Behavioral Theory
•Leadership Participation
•Situational leadership
•Theory of Unpredictable Leadership
•Transformation Leadership
Character Theory
(1974)
Theory
• Man is born with an inherited character.
• Some of the features peculiar to leadership
Description
Emotional stability, cold-bloodedness: Calm, confident and predictable under the
influence of stress.
Accepts his mistakes: He accepts his mistakes more than he spends energy on covering
them.
Good interpersonal relationships: Able to persuade without taking any pressure or
sanction.
Intelligent understanding: Able to understand vast things, instead of narrowly
specializing.
Behavioral Theory
• Theory
• They become leaders, not born.
• Good leadership is based on learning behavior.
Description
The theory is based on behavior, not genetics.
Success is based on learning behavior.
Able to learn and train.
Leadership Styles
• Predictive
• Teaching
• Friendly
• Democratic
• Business
• Administrative
Predictive Leader
• Leads people to a common
dream
• It clearly defines where the
group is heading, but does not
insist on how to reach the
goal. Allows people to
experiment, initiate and take
calculated risks.
Teaching Leader
• Depends on what the employee
wants from the goals of the
company.
• Focuses on personal development
and predictable best results.
Friendly Leader
• Creates harmony, rallying
people in a team
• Creates a team and
teamwork
Democratic Leader
• Appreciates the contribution of others
and connects the team with
involvement.
• Helps implement ideas.
• It informs people about everything
related to their work, shares the
process of decision making and
problem solving with them.
Business Leader
Leaders who:
•Demonstrate top class at
work and require appropriate
attitude from others
•Feels low employee
productivity
Administrative Leader
• Army: “To fulfill, because I said
so!”
• Does not explain orders
• Uses pressure
• Strictly controls
What is motivation?
•Direction to action using a motive.
•Motive - an impulse that is the
reason for action in a certain way.
Understand human behavior
• People behave according to the developed
algorithm.
• The behavior of people depends on their needs for a
certain period of time.
Mac Gregor Theory of X and Y
Mac Gregor in his book “The Human Side of the
Organization” states:
“The work of the manager consists in self-actualization
by the method of management and the direction of its
employees.”
Understand the motivation of others
HUMAN NATURE
Theory
Theory
X
Y
People:
People:
Cannot integrate
Integrate
Shy away from commitments
Working to achieve a goal
Lazy
Wish to succeed
Prefer when sent
Make decisions
Putting theory into practice
• You need to understand that each individual has his
own need, which changes over time.
• Your faith in others affects their motivation and
performance.
• The atmosphere and climate of an organization
affects motivation.
• Real motivators must match challenges, growth and
engagement.
Putting theory into practice
• Proper promotion is important in motivation.
• There are different methods of promotion.
• When a person understands what is happening, it
is easier to motivate.
• Clear goals stimulate motivation.
• Feedback helps motivate and achieve better
results.
What is delegation?
Broadly understood, it includes:
- Employee Training and Development;
- Mentoring and sequencing to completing delegated
tasks;
-Performance Analysis;
-Training to resolve these situations;
-Systematic staff assessment.
What is a mission?
•This is a clear description of what the
company does and the scope of business
activities. Answers the question: “Why
was this organization created?”
•All employees must know the mission of
their organization.
Vision
This is a description of your
“Desired Future,” in 10-20
years.
Mission and vision
Values
Future
Mission
Vision
Today
BASIC ELEMENTS OF
PLANNING