The nature of leadership (Roger Joby) SCOT100915

Leadership

Leadership

A question for the audience.

Are they born or made?

What are the characteristics of a good leader ?

Leadership

John Buchan (1930)

• Enthusiasm

• Integrity

• Toughness or demandingness and fairness

• Warmth and humanity

• Humility

Enthusiasm

• A lively or strong interest for a cause or activity.

• A great eagerness

• An intense and sometimes a passionate zeal for the work in hand.

“the very lifeblood of our

enterprise”

Integrity

Field Marshal Slim

“the quality which makes people trust you”

Loyal adherence to values and standards especially the truth

Tough, demanding but fair

• A leader has no favourites.

• The demands are not unreasonable

• The treatment of the team is even handed

Warmth and humanity

• Chinese Proverb “You can live with cold tea and cold rice but not with cold words”

• General friendliness and caring for individuals

Humility

• Lack of arrogance

• Open-mindedness

• Not over assertive or domineering

Leadership Qualities

• Enthusiasm

• Integrity

• Tough, demanding but fair

• Warmth and humanity

• Humility

Write down two people whom you regard as leaders – give them a mark out of ten for each of the above.

Is there a difference between Leadership and Management?

The difference between leading and managing? • The manager maintains; the leader

develops. • – The manager focuses on systems

and structure; the leader focuses on people.

• – The manager relies on control; the leader inspires trust.

• – The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

• – The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

The difference between leading and managing? • – The manager has his or her eye

always on the bottom line; the leader’s eye is on the horizon.

• – The manager imitates; the leader originates.

• – The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

• – The manager is the classic good soldier; the leader is his or her own person.

• – The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.

What are leaders supposed to do?

What are leaders supposed to do?

Achieving

the task

Developing

the

individual

Building and

Maintaining the

team

What sort of leader do you want?

John Adair Leadership and Motivation

How you lead the team is dependant upon the team and the project

What is a leader supposed to do about motivation?

Why is motivation so important?

Performance = fx (ability) (Motivation)

Motivation

What motivates you at work?

De - Motivation

What de-motivates you at work?

Life! Don't talk to me about life.

Wearily on I go, pain and misery my only companions. And vast intelligence, of course. And infinite sorrow. I despise you all.

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Motivation

Sense of achievement, recognition from colleagues of good work Enjoying aspects of the job itself A sense of responsibility A sense of career advancement ALicata JW, Mowen JC, Harris EG, Brown TJ. On the trait antecedents and outcomes of service worker job resourcefulness: a hierarchical model approach. J Acad Marketing Sci 2003;31:256-71 feeling of personal growth

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Motivation

• Kindness –Keep them on side

• Team sprit – make feel part of the team

• Trust and Respect

Motivation John Adair

• Be motivated yourself

• Select people who are highly motivated

• Treat each person as an individual

• Set realistic and challenging targets

• Remember that progress motivates

• Create a motivating environment

• Provide fair rewards

• Give recognition

Why do the best not always succeed?

The Situational Approach Knowledge of the situation

You need:

• Food

• Shelter

• protection

The Functional Approach Necessary skills to enable the team to achieve the task

Authority at work

• Position

• Personality

• knowledge

Leadership

A question for the audience.

Are they born or made?

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