Leadership

• Great Man Theory (1840s)

  • Assumed that leadership was intrinsic

  • Leaders are born ... not made

• Trait Leadership Theory (1930’s-1940’s)

  • People are made with certain qualities that will make

    them excel in leadership roles

  • But which qualities and in what combination?

  • Early start to behavioral theories

• Behavioral Theories (1940’s-1950’s)

  • A leader’s behavior is the best predictor of his leadership influence and success

  • Leadership can be taught

  • 3 groups of leaders:

    • people oriented,

    • task oriented, and

    • participatory oriented

• Contingency Theories (1960’s)

  • There is no single way of leading: Leadership style should be based on situation.

• Transactional Leadership Theories (1970’s)

  • Leadership is formed through a series of mutually beneficial exchanges: “if you do this for me, I will do that for you”

  • Followers will choose a leader that maximizes their pleasurable experiences and minimizes negative ones

• Transformational Leadership Theories (1970’s)

  • Leader’s transform their followers through their inspirational nature and charismatic personalities such that followers identify with the leader and its purpose

  • Rules and regulations are guided by group norms

• Challenge the Process

  • Embrace and promote change

• Build and communicate shared vision

  • Encourage heart and passion – Reinforcing the “why”

• Team building and collaboration

  • Nurturing the team and enabling others to act

• Political knowledge and finesse

Quotes... ... from successful leaders

• ... on typical leadership challenges:

  • Provide Inspiration

  • Teach and Learn

  • Be Bold

  • Be Humble

  • Listen to Your People

  • Tackle Challenges

  • Strike a Balance

Provide Inspiration

• “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams

• “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” – Warren Bennis

Teach and Learn

• Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

• A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” – Henry Adams

Be Bold

• “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody.” – Herbert Swope

• “You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.” – Ken Kesey

• “A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” – Max Lucado

Be Humble

• “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.” – Andrew Carnegie

• “Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.” – Sam Walton

Listen To Your People

• “To lead people, walk behind them.” – Lao Tzu

• “The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and the self- restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” – Theodore Roosevelt

Tackle Challenges

• “Don’t find fault, find a remedy.” – Henry Ford • “Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.” – Publilius Syrus

• “Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the difficulty in every opportunity.” – Reed Markham

Strike a Balance

• “The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.” – Jim Rohn

• “Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.” – Norman Schwarzkopf

• Assumed that leadership was intrinsic

• Leaders are born ... not made

• People are made with certain qualities that will make them excel in leadership roles

• But which qualities and in what combination?

• Early start to behavioral theories

• A leader’s behavior is the best predictor of his leadership influence and success

• 3 groups of leaders:

  • people oriented,

  • task oriented, and

  • participatory oriented

• Leadership can be taught

• There is no single way of leading:

  • Leadership style should be based on situation.

• Leadership is formed through a series of mutually beneficial exchanges: “if you do this for me, I will do that for you”

• Followers will choose a leader that maximizes their pleasurable experiences and minimizes negative ones

• Leader’s transform their followers through their inspirational nature and charismatic personalities such that followers identify with the leader and its purpose

• Rules and regulations are guided by group norms