Profiles in Leadership
Dianne McAdams-Jones
Ed. D (c ), RN, GNE
Objectives
Upon completion of this session, the
participant will be able to:
• Define leadership
• List 3 leadership styles
• Understand what type of leader lives “with-in”
self
• Begin to “self formulate” a custom leadership
style
What is Leadership?
• Capacity or ability to lead: showed strong
leadership during her first term in office.
• Guidance; direction: The business prospered
under the leadership of the new president.
Can you think of a “good”
leader?
Winston Churchill
Mahatma Gandhi
John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
Others?
Best known for leading India in its nonviolent campaign of resistance to
British rule and to the independence of modern India, and for promoting
the principles of ahimsa, or nonviolence, and satyagraha, or nonviolent
resistance to oppression.
Sir Winston Leonard SpencerChurchill, (30 November 1874
– 24 January 1965) was a
British politician known chiefly
for his leadership of the United
Kingdom during World War II.
He served as Prime Minister
from 1940 to 1945 and again
from 1951 to 1955. A noted
statesman and orator, Churchill
was also an officer in the
British Army, an historian,
writer and artist. To date, he is
the only British Prime Minister
to have received the Nobel
Prize in Literature, and the first
person to be recognised as an
Honorary Citizen of the United
States.
During his army career,
Churchill saw military action in
India, the Sudan and the
Second Boer War. He gained
fame and notoriety as a war
correspondent and through
contemporary books he wrote
describing the campaigns. He
also served briefly in the British
Army on the Western Front in
World War I, commanding the
6th Battalion of the Royal Scots
Fusiliers.
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World War II, or the Second World War[1] (often
abbreviated WWII or WW2), was a global military conflict
lasting from 1939 to 1945 which involved most of the
world's nations, including all great powers, organised into
two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It
was the most widespread war in history, with more than
100 million military personnel mobilised. In a state of "total
war," the major participants placed their entire economic,
industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the
war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and
military resources. Marked by significant action against
civilians, including The Holocaust and the first use of
nuclear weapons in warfare, it was the deadliest conflict in
human history,[2] with over seventy million casualties.
The start of the war is generally held to be September 1,
1939, with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and
subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and
most of the countries of the British Empire and
Commonwealth. Many countries were already at war by
this date, such as Ethiopia and Italy in the Second ItaloAbyssinian War and China and Japan in the Second SinoJapanese War.[3] Many that were not initially involved
joined the war later in response to events such as the
German invasion of the Soviet Union and the Japanese
attacks on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor and on
British overseas colonies, which triggered declarations of
war on Japan by the United States, the British
Commonwealth,[4] and the Netherlands.[5]
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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)
served as the 16th President of the United States from
March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He
successfully led his country through its greatest internal
crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and
ending slavery. Before his election in 1860 as the first
Republican president, Lincoln had been a country lawyer,
an Illinois state legislator, a member of the United States
House of Representatives, and twice an unsuccessful
candidate for election to the U.S. Senate. As an
outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the
United States,[1][2] Lincoln won the Republican Party
nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that
year. His tenure in office was occupied primarily with the
defeat of the secessionist Confederate States of America
in the American Civil War. He introduced measures that
resulted in the abolition of slavery, issuing his
Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoting the
passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the
Constitution. Six days after the large-scale surrender of
Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee, Lincoln
became the first American president to be assassinated.
Lincoln had closely supervised the victorious war effort,
especially the selection of top generals, including Ulysses
S. Grant. Historians have concluded that he handled the
factions of the Republican Party well, bringing leaders of
each faction into his cabinet and forcing them to
cooperate. Lincoln successfully defused the Trent affair,
a war scare with Britain late in 1861. Under his
leadership, the Union took control of the border slave
states at the start of the war. Additionally, he managed
his own reelection in the 1864 presidential election.
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“It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without
God and the Bible.”
George Washington
“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is
force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a
fearful master.”
George Washington
Born in 1732 into a Virginia planter
family, he learned the morals,
manners, and body of knowledge
requisite for an 18th century
Virginia gentleman.
He pursued two intertwined
interests: military arts and western
expansion. At 16 he helped survey
Shenandoah lands for Thomas,
Lord Fairfax. Commissioned a
lieutenant colonel in 1754, he
fought the first skirmishes of what
grew into the French and Indian
War. The next year, as an aide to
Gen. Edward Braddock, he escaped
injury although four bullets ripped
his coat and two horses were shot
from under him.
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Fought for
Civil Rights
Martin Luther King, Jr. and John
Fitzgerald Kennedy
What do all of these leaders have in
common?
Did they oppose popular folkways and
mores……popular culture? Were they
Founding Fathers of our
country…….pioneers………going
where no men had gone before?
Three Popular Leadership Styles
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One dimension has to do with control and one's perception of how much control
one should give to people. The laissez faire style implies low control, the autocratic
style high control and the participative lies somewhere in between.
The Laissez Faire Leadership Style
The style is largely a "hands off" view that tends to minimize the amount of
direction and face time required. Works well if you have highly trained and highly
motivated direct reports.
The Autocratic Leadership Style
The autocratic style has its advocates, but it is falling out of favor in many
countries. Some people have argued that the style is popular with today's CEO's,
who have much in common with feudal lords in Medieval Europe.
The Participative Leadership Style
It's hard to order and demand someone to be creative, perform as a team, solve
complex problems, improve quality, and provide outstanding customer service. The
style presents a happy medium between over controlling (micromanaging) and not
being engaged and tends to be seen in organizations that must innovate to prosper.
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Another popular leadership style
• The Transformational Leadership Style
• Transformational leadership is about implementing new
ideas; these individuals continually change themselves;
they stay flexible and adaptable; and continually
improve those around them. Transformational leaders
has been written about for thousands of years--being
both praised (Christ and Buddha) and cursed (Attila the
Hun and Genghis Khan).
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cesTop.html
And………….
• Most theories of leadership development stress how to be
effective within the status quo—what's called transactional
leadership. A leader using this style can be very influential,
but they change very little. To use a popular expression,
these people are good at “rearranging the deck chairs on the
Titanic", but they can’t keep the ship from sinking.
• Unfortunately, many organizations run lean on
transformational leaders, the vast majority of the leaders
inside organizations being transactional. Thus we see
organizations decline as there is an increasingly disconnect
between “the way things should be done” and “the way we
do things here.”
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How do I develop an effective
leadership style?
• Know your people
a. Who are they? Who is really in charge?
b. What are their strengths?
c. What are their weaknesses?
Strengths or Weaknesses?
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They stick together
They advocate change
They entertain diverse ideas
They argue
They fight………………for the common good
They accept things they cannot change
They are complacent
Who is the most influential person?
• Is it the person with the most rank?
• Is it the person with the most authority?
• Is the person with the most rank or authority the most
knowledgeable?
• In the military, the person with the most rank is not always
the person in charge. A major is completely at the mercy of
the Sgt Assignment Clerk. A Master Sergeant with 15 years
experience will often believe whatever the Finance Senior
Airman tells him, as long as it relates to finance. But, how
many times have you asked a so-called expert how to do
something, only to be told that it can't be done? Then, how
often did you later find out that not only could it be done
easily, but dozens of others had done it?
Develop your own leadership style
• Decide what it is you wish to accomplish with
your group; what is the mission? What is your
mission?
a. do I want to teach what I know?
b. do I want to lead where I go?
• How do I accomplish this?
Think back :
• My favorite leader
a. style of leadership
b. why I enjoyed this leader
c. what did I take from that experience?
d. examples
What do you find appealing about this picture? What is in an image? Does it speak to
quality?
The look,
sound and
feel of an
effective
leader
What I have learned over the past 30
years
• Have a good command of the subject matter
a. don’t shy away from learning
b. keep a level attitude
• Listen
• Research topics (learn all you can)
• Knowledge is power
• Once you have knowledge, no one can take it
away from you
• Strive to meet people on common grounds when
leading
Conclusion
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What is leadership?
What kind of leader are you?
What kind of leader do you want to be?
What leadership style most “speaks” to you?