The

Importance of
Leadership:
Setting
the Stage
Lecture 1
DUM2062: EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
Presented by: Lt Col Assoc Prof Ajaya Kumar (Ret)
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Course Evaluation:
- Individual Assignment
20%
- Group Assignment
20%
- Mid-Term Exam
20%

Learning Objectives
After studying Chapter One, you
will be able to:

Define leadership and discuss its

importance
Know where leaders learn to lead and
what people want in a leader
Identify the satisfactions and frustrations
of leadership
Describe the elements of caring
leadership
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Setting the Stage

Excellence in leadership
requires the ability to:
Attract capable people
Motivate them to put forth their best
effort
Solve problems that arise

These are difficult tasks, which helps

explain why effective leadership is
so rare
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What Is Leadership?
Leadership is social influence
It is initiating and guiding
The product of leadership is a new
direction
Leaders influence others by their
deeds and ideas

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Three Types of Leaders

There are three types of
leaders:
Teachers, who are rule breakers and
value creators
Heroes, responsible for great causes
and noble works
Rulers, who are motivated by
dominating others and exercising power

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Types of Leaders in History

Table 1-1

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Qualities of the Individual

Traits that correlate positively
with leadership :
A strong drive for responsibility and
task completion
Vigor and persistence
Venturesomeness and originality in
problem-solving
Initiative in social situations
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Qualities of the Individual

Traits that correlate positively
with leadership (cont.):
Self-confidence and sense of
personal identity
Willingness to accept consequences
of decisions and action
Readiness to absorb interpersonal
stress
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Qualities of the Individual

Traits that correlate positively
with leadership (cont.):
Willingness to tolerate frustration
and delay
Ability to influence other persons
behavior
Capacity to structure social
interaction systems to the purpose
at hand
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Qualities of the Individual

These traits differentiate:
Leaders from followers
Effective from ineffective leaders
Higher echelon from lower echelon
leaders

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Environmental Factors
Leadership has been viewed as an
acquired competency, the product of
many forces
Leadership is seen as a social
phenomenon, not an individual trait
This explains why leaders who are
successful in one situation fail in
another
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Environmental Factors
Patterns of behavior deemed
acceptable in leaders differ from
time to time and culture to
culture
Thus, the establishment of educational
institutions and curricula to impart and
reinforce the knowledge, skills, and
attitudes deemed important by a
society or group
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Environmental Factors
Throughout history, male leaders
have outnumbered female leaders
Even the definition of leader is
a social phenomenon
Edith Wilson ran the U.S. while her husband
was incapacitated, but history credits President
Woodrow Wilson as leader during that time
Public recognition of Mrs. Wilsons influence
would not have been in line with the norms of
the time
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Study on Leadership
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce
sought to answer two questions:
Where do leaders learn to lead?
What do people want in a leader?

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Where Leaders Learn to

Lead
Experience
Examples or Models
Books and School
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What People Want in a

Leader
Integrity, also known as honesty
Job knowledge
People-building skills

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Caring Leadership
Only when the leader cares will:
Others care
There be focus and energy for the work
to be done

There are two aspects of caring

leadership:
Commitment to a task
Concern for people
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Caring Leadership
Theodore Roosevelt advocates a
life of engagement and meaning
This means a personal commitment
to accomplishing a goal
Goals may be a one-time endeavor or a
lifes work
The goal may or may not be tangible
The leaders commitment becomes
contagious, igniting the emotions of all

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Caring Leadership
Caring leadership also means
caring about people
The caring leader is unselfish, ready
and eager to hear the other persons
story
He/she is dedicated to the service of
others
Concern for others results in loyalty and
dedication to the leaders goals
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Caring Leadership
Both commitment to a goal and
concern for others must be
present for caring leadership to
occur
Without commitment, there is no
passion
Without concern, there is no loyalty

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Caring Leadership
When the leader cares, others
become focused and energized
At this point direction and momentum
develop and great achievements are
made

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Leadership in the Work

Setting
Leadership describes what takes
place during the first three
management functions:
Establishing a direction (planning)
Aligning people and resources
(organizing)
Energizing people to accomplish results
(directing)
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Leadership in the Work

Setting
To be successful, these processes
require:
Insight
Decisiveness
Courage
Strength
Resolve
Diplomacy
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Leadership in the Work

Setting
Management
denotes formal
authority and
accountability is
delegated

Leadership is
the ability to
influence the
activity or
behavior of
people

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Nine Key Areas of

Leadership
Leadership

Understanding

variables
The power of
vision
The importance of
ethics
The empowerment
of people
Leadership
principles

people
Multiplying
effectiveness
Developing others
Performance
management

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Open Discussion