key elements of the definition of the leadership. Leaders with Boss. Characteristics of Successful leaders. Leadership qualities. Characteristics of leaders who fail, Leadership vs Management.

1. Abdul Rashed Barakzai

3. 
 Leadership involves
influencing the attitudes,
beliefs, behaviors and feeling
of other people.
Leadership definition..

4. 
 Peter Drucker “the only definition of a leader is some
one who has followers”
 John C Maxwell ”leadership is influencing- nothing
more, nothing less”
 Warren bennis “leadership is a function of knowing
your self, having a vision that is well communicated ,
building trust among colleagues, and taking effective
action to realize your own leadership potential.”
Other definitions

5. 
 A leader is any person who influences individuals
and groups within an organization, helps them in the
establishment of those goals, thereby allowing them
to be effective.
 Leadership is mobilizing the actions and efforts of
others to achieve common goals.
Cont’d

6. 
 If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn
more, do more and become more, you are a leader
(john Quincy Adams)
Cont’d

7. 
 They don’t make plans , they don’t solve problems,
they don’t even organize people. What leaders really
do is prepare organizations for change and help
them cope as they struggle through it..
(John P Kotter)
Cont’d

8. 
Leadership is a group phenomenon
Leadership is goal oriented, leaders guide
and influence others
Leadership involves some form of hierarchy
in the group
key elements of the
definition of the leadership

12. 
Leadership is a process
not a position
Leaders
Situation
followers

13. 
 Communicate
 Motivate
 Team building
 Problem Solving
 Resolving conflicts
 Promote creativity (the experiment)
Characteristics of Successful
leaders

14. 
 Challenge the process for improvement (they don’t
go with the status quo)
 Inspire a shared vision
 Enable others to act (coach and support)
 Model the way (set an example)
Successful leader

15. 
 Encourage the followers
 Change agent (anticipate the change)
 Take followers to the destination
e.g Bill Gates, co founder of Microsoft
Sam Walton, former CEO of Wal-Mart
Walter E, Disney Walt Disney
Henery Ford, Ford Motor
Michael Dell, founder of Dell Computer
Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel
Successful leader

16. 
Think of someone in your life whom you
would consider as “Leader”
Think…

17. 
 Honest, trustworthy
 good role model
 caring
 committed
 good listener
 treat people with respect
 positive, enthusiastic
 risk taker
 planner
 decision maker
 consistent
 Open to change
 accountable
 transparent
 responsible
 sensitive
 connected to the
community
 knowledge
 wisdom
 social skills
Leadership qualities

18. 
 To some degree we have all of them – some more
than others
 We must choose and work to strengthen these
qualities in ourselves if we are to be effective leaders.
Are we born with these qualities or
are they learned behaviors?

19. 
Families
Education
Businesses
Service associations
Teams
Countries
World
Consider how life would be
different without leadership

20. 
 Rude and unapproachable
 Cold, aloof and arrogant
 Untrustworthy
 Self centered and political
 Poor performers
 Unable to delegate
 Insensitive, abrasive, bullying style
 Micro managing – does not build a teams
Characteristics of leaders who
fail

21. 
Bad leadership falls into two categories:
Bad as ineffective and bad as
unethical
“Ineffective leadership fails to produce the desired change
while unethical fails to distinguish between right and
wrong”
Barbara Kellerman
Bad leadership defined

22. 
 Corrupt (focus on self interest, lie, cheat, steal)
 Brutal
 Disrespectful
 Incompetent (lacking the skill or will to sustain effective action)
 Irresponsible
 Unhelpful
 Mean (un caring)
 Dangerous
 Immoral (dishonest)
 Ineffective
 unethical
What do we mean by bad?

23. 
Leadership must be earned, how?
 Trust
 Confidence
 Competence
 Consistency
 Integrity
 Vision
Leadership is not automatic

24. 
Leadership and management are closely related but
distinguishable functions
Leaders Managers
 Innovative Administer
 Develop Maintain
 Inspire Control
 Take the long term view Have a short term view
 Ask what and why ask how and when
Leaders and managers

25. 
Leaders Managers
 Challenge the status quo Accept the status quo
 Originate Imitate
 Do the right things Do things right
Leaders and managers

26. 
Leaders Manager
 Vision oriented Process oriented
 Protect staff Protect self
 Approaches decisions Approaches decisions
actively cautiously
 Listen actively listen selectively
 Deals with conflict Avoids conflict
 Trusted Unclear regarding trust
Leaders and managers

27. 
Leadership Management
 Set overall & future Set day by day direction
direction
 Focuses on results Focuses on processes
 Mostly external Mostly internal
 Concern effectiveness concern efficiency
 Stakeholder focused Personal focused
 Customer needs Worker needs
 Embodies mission/vision Embodies goals/objectives
 Gets more resources Manages resources
Leadership Vs Management

28. 
Leadership Management
 Secures technologies Applies technologies
 Seeks to create Seeks stability/manage
needed change change
 Create teams Manage teamwork

29. 
 Vision
 telling what and why
 Enabling
 Developing
 Challenging
 Good leaders do the right things
Leaders focus on….

30. 
 Goals and objectives
 Telling how and when
 Maintaining
 Conforming
 Good managers do the things right
Managers focus on….

31. 
“All leaders are managers…
But not all managers are leaders”
True or False?