How To Be A Successful

Leader

Dr. Joseph Berlin P. Juanzon CE, MBA, MSCM

 Content
Successful Leadership: Why
important?
Who is a successful leader?
Management and Leadership
The Leadership Challenge
Leadership Definition
How to Be a Successful Leader
Conclusion
 Successful Leadership:
Why important?
21st Century: a period of unprecedented
and transformative change
Global Economy and Workforce
Turbulence in world
The old organizational pyramids of the
nineteenth century are crumbling, being
replaced by upside-down pyramids and
circles and connections. (Greenleaf
Center, 1997)
Without leadership, organizations falter in
times of change and turmoil.
 Successful Leadership:
Why important?
Companies rated in the 20 percent of leadership
skills and development outperform their
industrys average return to shareholders by 22
percentage points. (Lombardo & Eichinger, The
Leadership Machine)
Companies with above-average leadership-team
strength enjoyed above-average revenue growth,
relative to their industries (Holden, 2003.
Corporate Leadership Council)
Dr. John Kotter, Harvard leadership expert,
maintains that successful organizational
transformations are 70 to 90 percent attributable
to leadership ability. (Holden, 2003)
 Successful Leadership:
Why important?
Lack of confidence in leaders
Conference Board Report 2002 (Holden,
2003)
In 1997, only about half of all employees
in a survey rated their organizations
leadership as excellent or good.
By 2001, one out of three employees
rated organizations leadership as
excellent or good.
Fall of companies (e.g., Americas Enron,
Italys Parlamat, Switzerlands The Erb
Group).
 Who is a Successful Leader?
Alexander the
Great
 Who is a Successful Leader?
Napoleon I
A leader is a
dealer in hope.
 Who is a Successful Leader?
John F. Kennedy
Leadership and
learning are
indispensable to
each other.
 Who is a Successful Leader?
M. Ghandi: we must be the
change we wish to see in the world.
W. Churchill: The price of
greatness is responsibility.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A
genuine leader is not a searcher for
consensus, but a molder of
consensus.
Who is a Successful Leader?
Are you?
Do I get results?
Do I provide direction and a sense of
meaning to others by reminding
them of whats important?
Do I create authentic human
relationships?
Do I generate and sustain trust?
(Management Notes, 1998)
Who is a Successful Leader?
Are you?
Do I give people a sense that they
are investing in the future?
Do I convey a feeling of hope?
Do I motivate others?
(Management Notes, 1998)
Management and Leadership
The manager has his/her eyes on the
bottom line.
The leader has his/her eyes on the
horizon.
The manager imitates.
The leader originates.
(Management Notes, 1998)
 Management and Leadership
The manager is the classic good soldier.
The leader is his/her own person.
The manager does things right.
The leader does the right thing.
The manager asks how and when.
The leader asks what and why. (W.
Bennis)
(Management Notes, 1998)
 The Leadership Challenge
Each of us contains the capacity to
be a leader. (Warren Bennis)
The challenge: to realize this
capacity.
Leadership is a global issue: crosses
all boundaries, cultures, religions,
etc.
 Leadership Definition
Leadership: an elusive concept.
Numerous research studies.
Many theories and explanations.
Traits: The GREAT Man theory
Styles/Behaviors
Situational/Contingency
Charisma/Transformational
 Leadership Definition
Leadership: A process of influence
among leaders and followers who
intend real changes that reflect their
mutual purposes. (Appleton, 1999)
 How to Be a Successful
Leader: Essential Elements
Successful leaders must have the
ability to develop a vision of the
possible.
Leaders guide the skills of others by
the sheer weight of their visions.
(Appleton, 1999)
How to Be a Successful Leader:
Essential Elements
Successful leaders have a clear
understanding of:
themselves;
the expectations, experiences, needs, and
interaction patterns of others in the group
or organization;
and, appreciate the specifics of the
environment and the tasks to be
accomplished.
(Appleton, 1999)
 How to Be a Successful
Leader: Essential Elements
Successful leaders depend as much
on personal influence and
competency power as on the
elements of legitimate power.
The successful leader will be a
transformational leader.
(Appleton, 1999)
 Transformational Leader
Develop a vision that is both clear and
highly appealing to followers.
Articulate a strategy for bringing that
vision to life.
State your vision clearly and promote it to
others.
Show confidence and optimism about your
vision.
Express confidence in followers capacity
to carry out the strategy.
 Transformational Leader
Build confidence by recognizing small
accomplishments toward the goal.
Celebrate accomplishments and
successes.
Take dramatic action to symbolize
key organizational values.
Set an example.
Coach and mentor.
How to Be a Successful Leader:
Essential Elements
A successful leader will not only ask
questions and wrestle with their
individual and organizational
interests, but will also ask the
question:
Leadership for what purpose and
what public good?
(Appleton, 1999)
 How to Be a Successful Leader:
Strategies
(Technical Management Services, Inc., 2004)
Make your Reward cooperation
expectations clearly and hard work.
known. Maintain good
Share your goals, relations with boss.
visions, motivations, Accept diversity.
and reasons. Admit your mistakes.
Give feedback about When you promise-

contributions. deliver.
Listen Periodically, disengage

Build team players. from daily pressures.

Dont take yourself too

seriously.
How to Be a Successful Leader:
Characteristics
Drive
Honesty and integrity
Leadership motivation
Self-confidence
Cognitive ability/intelligence
Knowledge of the business
Emotional intelligence
Flexibility
 Universally Accepted
Leadership Attributes (GLOBE)
Integrity-trustworthy, just, honest
Charismatic, visionary, inspirational-
encouraging, positive, motivational,
confidence builder, dynamic
Team oriented-team building,
communicating, coordinating
Excellence-oriented, decisive,
intelligent, win-win problem solver
(Landy & Conte, 2004)
 Conclusion
Leadership is not the private
reserve of a few charismatic men
and women. It is a process ordinary
people use when they are bringing
forth the best from themselves and
others. (author unknown)
 Bibliography
Allen, K.E., et al (1998). Leadership in
the 21st century. Rethinking Leadership
Working Papers, Academy of Leadership
Press.
Appleton, J. (1999). Successful
leadership: An elusive concept at best.
www.redlandsfortnightly.org
Holden, B. (2003). A 3-D View of
Leadership. Dynamic Women in Business
Conference, Harvard University.
Landy, F. & Conte, J. (2004). Work in the
21st Century. McGraw Hill.
 Bibliography
Lombardo & Eichinger, The
Leadership Machine
Management Notes (1998).
www.markelinc.com
Technical Management Services, Inc.
(2004). 19 strategies for successful
leadership. www.spectra-soft.com