Leadership
- Leadership is the ability to persuade others to seek defined objectives enthusiastically. It is the art of influencing and inspiring the behavior of others in accordance with requirement.
- Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task"
- Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal.
- Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Peter F. Drucker
- A leader is a dealer in hope. Napoleon Bonaparte
Nature or characteristics of leadership
- Process of interpersonal Influence: A leader influences the behavior and activities of subordinates through power, inspiration, reward, motivation, and other tool. A good leader knows the importance of interpersonal relationships. She knows that the strength of a leader comes from the people that follow and support her. And that is why a good leader takes good care in building interpersonal relationships.
- Leaders and followers: There should be mutual relationship between followers and leaders. Followers are always motivated to become the person the leader inspires to become. And Follower influences the leader through their performance, effort and behavior.
- Common goals: Leaders and followers must have common objectives to fulfill. The main task of the leader is to direct and guide the followers to gain the planned and desired objectives. Followers also perform activities according to the directions form the leader.
- Continuous exercise: Ti is continuous process of an organization. Managers have to influence the employees on regular basis by understanding the need and expectancy of the employees. It is duty of the manager to direct and guide the subordinate regularly.
- Leadership is situational: A leader must be innovative and creative to handle difficult situation. It is the duty of the leader to show direction to overcome the situation and help them to lead to the destination in successful way.
- Blend of inspiration, motivation, and communication: Leadership is blend of inspiration, motivation, and communication. A leader has to apply proper motivational tool to inspire the subordinates. A good communication system ensures flow of information between manager and subordinates.
Function of Leadership:
- Defining the task: This sets a clear objective allowing the group and the individual to have a collective goal.
- Planning: Both leader and team need to be aware of timescales and responsibilities to achieve cohesion, efficiency and clarity of procedure.
- Briefing: Giving and receiving information and summarizing ideas. This benefits individuals by a sense of inclusion and teams by sharing information as a sign of democracy.
- Controlling: The leader needs to exercise self control, but also needs to implement effective control systems on the group and individuals. This ensures standards are met to achieve the task, and builds confidence in the leadership capabilities from the individuals and teams.
- Evaluating: Continual evaluation of individual and group performance is essential for developing and maintaining standards and skills.
- Motivating: Leaders can benefit teams and individuals through reconciling disagreements and providing encouragement through setting realistic targets and communication feedback.
- Organizing: Efficient allocation of people, time and resources benefits the task in terms of making it more achievable and individuals and teams by providing a clear action plan.
- Decision making: Leaders make a lot of crucial and decisions. The ability to make good decisions is therefore essential for becoming a good leader. Decision making, the ability to make decisions, helps the leader make rights choices when there are several options and several paths to choose from.
- Providing examples: Leading by example builds credibility with teams and individuals and helps build motivation and efficiency in individuals.
- Communication: If a leader cannot do the rest of it, she at least needs to be good at this – communication. The leadership and its implications revolve around this quality. It is an absolutely important quality a leader needs. The importance of communication cannot be overemphasized for being a good leader.
leadership is the ability to persuade other to seek defined objectives enthusiastically.it is the art of influebcing and inspiring the behaviour of others in accordance with requirement..
ReplyDeleteLeadership is the art of influencing and inspiring the behavior of others in accordance with requirement. It is the ability to persuade others to seek defined objectives enthusiastically.
ReplyDeleteNature/Characteristics of leadership:
1.Process of interpersonal relationship: Leadership is the process of interpersonal relationship influence. Basically, it is the ability of the leader for influencing the performance and behavior of subordinates.
2.Leaders and Followers: There should be mutual relation between leader and his followers. The leader has to take active part in the regular activities of the followers. On the other hand, the followers influence the leader by their performance, effort and behavior.
3.Common Goals: A leader and followers should have common objectives. Leader directs and guides the followers to gain planned objectives and the followers also perform in accordance with the instructions received.
4.Continuous exercise: Leadership is a continuous managerial process. It is the continuous process for the existence of the organization. Thus, it is the responsibility of the leader to direct and guide the subordinates in a continuous and regular manner.
5.Leadership is situational: It is the part of a leader to inspire subordinates to overcome the critical situation and carry them to destination in a successful manner. Thus, a leader must be innovative and creative to handle difficult situation.
6.Rest in power: Leadership rests in power rather than authority. Here, power focuses on the personal outstanding qualities of the leader through which he influences his followers.
7.Blend of inspiration, motivation and communication: Leadership is a blend of inspiration, motivation and communication. A leader has t apply proper motivational tools to inspire subordinates. For this purpose, there must be free and complete floe of information between leader and his subordinates. In absence of any one element, a leadership mission cannot be successful.
Leadership involves determining the course, giving order and instructions, providing supervision, and motivating people. It simple means the action of leading a group of people or an organization.
ReplyDeleteCharacteristics of Leadership:
Proactive / Reactive
The exceptional leader is always thinking three steps ahead. Working to master his/her own environment with the goal of avoiding problems before they arise.
Flexible/Adaptable
How do you handle yourself in unexpected or uncomfortable situations? An effective leader will adapt to new surroundings and situations, doing his/her best to adjust.
A Good Communicator
As a leader, one must listen...a lot! You must be willing to work to understand the needs and desires of others. A good leader asks many questions, considers all options, and leads in the right direction.
Respectful
Treating others with respect will ultimately earn respect.
Quiet Confidence
Be sure of yourself with humble intentions.
Enthusiastic
Excitement is contagious. When a leader is motivated and excited about the cause people will be more inclined to follow.
Open-Minded
Work to consider all options when making decisions. A strong leader will evaluate the input from all interested parties and work for the betterment of the whole.
Resourceful
Utilize the resources available to you. If you don't know the answer to something find out by asking questions. A leader must create access to information.
Rewarding
An exceptional leader will recognize the efforts of others and reinforce those actions. We all enjoy being recognized for our actions.
Well Educated
Knowledge is power. Work to be well educated on community policies, procedures, organizational norms, etc. Further, your knowledge of issues and information will only increase your success in leading others.
Open to Change
A leader will take into account all points of view and will be willing to change a policy, program, cultural tradition that is out-dated, or no longer beneficial to the group as a whole.
Interested in Feedback
How do people feel about your leadership skill set? How can you improve? These are important questions that a leader needs to constantly ask the chapter. View feedback as a gift to improve.
Evaluative
Evaluation of events and programs is essential for an organization/group to improve and progress. An exceptional leader will constantly evaluate and change programs and policies that are not working.
Organized
Are you prepared for meetings, presentations, events and confident that people around you are prepared and organized as well?
Consistent
Confidence and respect cannot be attained without your leadership being consistent. People must have confidence that their opinions and thoughts will be heard and taken into consideration.
Delegator
An exceptional leader realizes that he/she cannot accomplish everything on his own. A leader will know the talents and interests of people around him/her, thus delegating tasks accordingly.
Initiative
A leader should work to be the motivator, an initiator. He/she must be a key element in the planning and implementing of new ideas, programs, policies, events, etc.
The leadership functions includes directing, supervising and coaching, motivating, communicating, maintaining and mediating. Also its functions are:
ReplyDelete1. Help interpret the meaning of events
2. Create alignment on objectives and strategies
3. Build task commitment and optimism
4. Build mutual trust and cooperation
5. Strengthen collective identity
6. Organize and coordinate activities
7. Encourage and facilitate collective learning
8. Obtain necessary resources and support
9. Develop and empower people
10. Promote social justice and morality
Definition
ReplyDeleteLeadership is defined as influence, the art or process of influencing people so that they
will strive willingly and enthusiastically toward the achievement of group goals.
- Leaders act to help a group attain objectives through the maximum application of its
capabilities.
- Leaders must instill values – whether it be concern for quality, honesty and
calculated risk taking or for employees and customers.
Importance of Leadership
1. Aid to authority
2. Motive power to group efforts
3. Basis for co operation
4. Integration of Formal and Informal Organization
functions of leadership:
ReplyDelete1. Learning How to Be a Leader
2. Developing and Communicating a Vision
3. Discovering and Creating Possibilities
4. Understanding People's Needs
5. Building and Sustaining Commitment
6. Influencing People
7. Building and Sustaining Relationships
8. Learning From and Contributing to Constituents
9. Making Decisions
10. Overcoming Setbacks and Adversity
leadership is the art of or process of influencing people so that they will strive willingly and enthusiastically towards the achievement of group goal.
ReplyDeleteLeadership can be defined as the process to influence people to do specific tasks and reach the common goals in best possible way.
ReplyDeleteCharacteristics of leadership:
Process to influence people
Motivate and inspire people
Have good communication
Reach common goals in proper time and in best way.
Function of leadership:
Defining the task
Planning
Briefing
Controlling
Evaluating
Motivating
Organizing
Decision making
Providing Examples
Communication
Leadership is the act of influencing, motivating, inspiring and encouraging the behavior of others in order to achieve the organizational objectives.
ReplyDeleteCHARACTERISTICS:
Empathy
Consistency
Honesty
Flexibility
Conviction
FUNCTIONS:
Planning
Evalluating
Controlling
Motivating
Organizing
Decision Making
Communication
the action of leading a group of people or an organization, or the ability to do this is known as leadership.
ReplyDeleteLeadership:
ReplyDeleteit is the process of influencing the activities of an individual or a group in efforts toward goal attainment in a given situation.
Nature of leadership:
-it is influencing process, it can influence his subordinate either by power, reward, personality or by regulations.
-leadership provides power to leader but not to the follower known as unidirectional authority.
-leader and follower share common goal, therefore leadership itself is goal directed.
-leadership is continuous process, so is the reason leader should guide, direct, control, his follower continuously at work place.
-leadership is function of leader, follower and situation. these should be in favorable state to result better leadership.
Functions of leadership:
-goal determination
-environmental adaptation
-task focus
-people focus
-representation
-organizational climate creation
Leadership:Leadership is influencing employees to perform task as desired by manager(leader).
ReplyDeleteNature:
Process to influence people
Motivate and inspire people
Have good communication
Reach common goals in proper time and in best way.
Functions:
1. Learning How to Be a Leader
2. Developing and Communicating a Vision
3. Discovering and Creating Possibilities
4. Understanding People's Needs
5. Building and Sustaining Commitment
6. Influencing People
7. Building and Sustaining Relationships
8. Learning From and Contributing to Constituents
9. Making Decisions
10. Overcoming Setbacks and Adversity
Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person is able to enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”.A definition more inclusive of followers comes from AlanKeith of Genentech who said "Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen.
ReplyDeleteleadership:
ReplyDeleteA leader steps up in times of crisis, and is able to think and act creatively in difficult situations. Unlike management, leadership cannot be taught, although it may be learned and enhanced through coaching or mentoring. Someone with great leadership skills today is Bill Gates who, despite early failures, with continued passion and innovation has driven Microsoft and the software industry to success.
3. The act of inspiring subordinants to perform and engage in achieving a goal
Leadership is “Process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task"
ReplyDeleteCHARACTERISTICS:
Empathy
Consistency
Honesty
Flexibility
Conviction
Functions of leadership:
Goal determination
Environmental adaptation
Task focus
People focus
Representation
Organizational climate creation
The old-fashioned view of leadership is that leaders are marked out for leadership from early on in their lives; and that if you are not a born leader, there's little you can do to become one.
ReplyDeleteThat's not the way we see it now. The modern view is that through patience, persistence and hard work, you can be a truly effective leader, just as long as you make the effort needed.
Leadership means – to guide or to influence into an action. In today’s highly competitive world, it becomes important for organizations to have a good leader. The well-known book “In Search of Excellence” concludes that every company that has maintained its excellence over the years has done so because it had ‘a leader or two’ who gave it its structure. This conclusion has since been reinforced in a recent study by the Stanford Research Institute. It concluded that “12 per cent of effective management strategy is knowledge and 88 per cent is dealing appropriately with people”. Indeed, dealing appropriately with people is Leadership.
ReplyDeleteWe know instinctively that in every human activity involving a group of people, there is a need for the guiding hand of a leader. The head of a family is the most ubiquitous leader since the dawn of human history. It is well accepted that on the quality and effectiveness of this leader, be it father or the mother, depends the progress and fortunes of the family.
leadership is the ability to persuade other to seek defined objectives enthusiastically.it is the art of influencing and inspiring the behavior of others in accordance with requirement.
ReplyDeleteCharacteristics of leadership:
Process to influence people
Motivate and inspire people
Have good communication
Reach common goals in proper time and in best way.
Function of leadership:
Defining the task
Planning
Briefing
Controlling
Evaluating
Motivating
Organizing
Decision making
Providing Examples
Communication
leadership is the ability to persuade other to seek defined objectives enthusiastically.it is the art of influebcing and inspiring the behaviour of others in accordance with requirement..
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDelete