LEADERSHIP
By
Dr.S.Sridhar,M.Tech., Ph.D.(JNUD),
RACI(Paris, NICE), RMR(USA), RZFM(Germany)

LEADERSHIP
YOU ARE A GOOD LEADER
IF
People want to follow you !

VISIONARY
LEADERSHIP
• Challenge the existing process
• Be enthusiastic and inspire to action
• Help others to perform in a team
• Be a consistent example as leader
• Celebrate achievement and show emotion

TRANSFORMATIONAL
LEADERS
• Shifting people into a new space of
competence
• Lasting value creation on all levels
• Showing methods to overcome inertia,
fear, uncertainty and lack of trust

LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT
• Leadership and management
– Results
– Aspirations, great people, energy
• Leadership Versus management
– Leadership: Vision, change, motivation
– Management: control, accountability,
resources

LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT
• Understand your role and ensure all are
done well.
• Motivation
– What are the hopes and dreams? How can I
help PEOPLE to achieve ?
– Recognition and affirmation

LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT
• IDEAS
– Each day: What are the things I will do for
my group / followers?
– Empowering environment: “pre-
assumption of yes”
– Clarify, don’t confuse: “yes”, “no”, “not
now”, “I don’t know”
– Remember: AVOID weak execution
– More broadly: “The great is the enemy of
the good”

LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT
PROGRESS IS ACHIEVED MORE
THROUGH
Creativity and constructive action
That though
Criticism

LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT
• Leading change
– Establish a sense of urgency
– Form a guiding coalition ( leaders )
– Create a vision
– Communicate
– Empower
– Plan for and ensure “small wins”
– Stay the course
– Institutional methodology change

GETTING THE MOST
OUT OF LDP
• Utilise the opportunity
• Identify the insight thoughts
• Individually: do something different, better,
as a result of your unique participation
• Collectively: Leverage your leadership!

Strategy
Trust
Sustainability

Different types of trust
• Personal Trust
– Trust your own manager
– Fair
– Putting the department / company first
• Strategic Trust
– Are the leaders making the right decisions?
– Vision
– Competence
– Outlook
– Resource allocation
• Organizational Trust
– Fair process
– Mutually respectful
– Good corporate citizenship

ELEMENTS OF TRUST
• Consistency
• Clear communication
• Tackle awkward issues
• Understanding of issues

ENEMIES OF TRUST
• Inconsistent messages / standards
• False Feed Back
• Failure to trust
• Rumors in a vacuum
• Consistent corporate failure

FUNCTION OF
LEADERSHIP
• Goal attainment
• Adaptation
• Integration
• Maintenance

LEADERSHIP STYLE
DIMENSIONS
• Influence approaches: transactional
versus transformational
• Approach to Decision Making: Autocratic
versus participative
• Emphasis on Function: Socio-Emotional
Versus Task Leadership

LEADERSHIP STYLE
AND EFFECTIVENESS
Leadership style Leadership Effectiveness
GROUP OUTCOME
MEMBERS
SATISFACTION
DECISION
MAKING
APPROACH

SUMMARY
• You cannot lead on your own – to get
people buy-in, they must trust you
• Look at real-life leaders – if they can do,
you can!
• Be consistent

Thanks
from Dr.S.Sridhar
• For patient listening
• More talks from me… Watch for the date
shortly !