Leadership: An overview of definitions, theories, tasks and styles. Leading leaders, Effective styles

1. LEADERSHIP
A brief overview of definitions,
theories, tasks and styles
Prof. Dr. Ismet BARUTCUGIL
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2. Leader - Leadership
EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT LEADERSHIP
The word leader at Google brings appr.
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*Nov. 2014

3. Leader - Leadership
On Amazon.com there are over 480.000
books whose topics are related with
leaders & leadership
In Wikipedia, 9 theories of
leadership and 11 different
types of leaders are named.
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The need for leaders is increased.
Leadership is crucial for future success of
teams & organizations
The numbers and qualities of the leaders
developed do not
meet the needs of
today & near future
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5. Leader - Leadership
Leader is the person who has
power to influence others’
thoughts and behaviors.
Leadership is the capacity to influence
human behavior in order to attain a
specified mission
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6. Leader - Leadership
Leadership is not a title or position.
Leadership is about attitude and behaviour
Leaders serve the teams to succeed.
Leaders are responsible for results
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Leaders are the very few charismatic
individuals equipped with superior
competencies by birth.
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8. NNeeww ppaarraaddiiggmm: Each and every individual
who knows & manages himself and
understands & influence others has the
capacity of leadership.
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9. Leadership Challenge
“It is nonsense to
assume that leadership
is genetic. There is no
hard evidence to
support the assumption”
Kouzes&Posner
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10. Leadership Challenge
The truth is that leadership is an observable
set of skills and abilities.
Any skill can be strengthened, honed and
enhanced if we have the motivation and
desire, the practice and feedback, the role
models, coaching, support and recognition.
Live, learn, lead
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11. Leadership is about
Relationship
Building trust
Inspiring and motivating
Encouraging and enabling others
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12. Leadership is about
Challenging the status
Inspiring the vision
Building teams
Managing the change
Being a role model
Developing new leaders
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13. Leadership is an art based on certain inborn
competencies and learnt & developed by
professional experiences.
Since leadership is an art, there exists no
style, pattern, model or standard which can
be defined as the best.
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14. Leadership Theories
Great Man
Attributes
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Contingencies
Attitude &
Behaviours
Followers
Roles & Tasks

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Contingencies
Relations
Skills = Experience Image
Values
Vision
Knowledge
Attitude  Courage
 Honesty
 Fairness
 Enthusiasm
 Commitment
 Determination

16. Power Bases of Leadership
Power of Authority (Position Power)
Resources
Authority / Status (legitimate power)
Coercion
Rewards
Connections
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17. Power Bases of Leadership
Power of Influence (Personal Power)
Personality
Knowledge - Expertise
Competencies – Skills
Referent power
Attitude
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18. How to Lead Smart,
Talented and
Powerful People
Jeswald W. Salacuse
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19. Trust
Creation
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20. Task 1. Direction
Question
How do you negotiate a vision for
the team that other leaders will
buy into?
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21. Task 1. Direction
Do not impose a vision from the top
Structure & conduct meetings with the team
Negotiate the vision
Allow for genuine participation for decisions
Determine a vision based on acceptable
principles and standards
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22. Task 2. Integration
How do you make
stars a team?
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23. Task 2. Integration
Make the common interests of
your team’s members apparent
Understand the differences that divide your
team’s members
Seek to find ways to bridge the gaps
Demonstrate that you put the interets of the
team above all.
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24. Task 3. Mediation
How do you resolve conflicts over
turf and power among other leaders
so the team can
move forward?
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25. Task 3. Mediation
Understand the underlying interests
of team members
Consider carefully the six mediation power
tools of reward, coercion, expertise,
legitimacy, reference and coalition
Learn how to employ and apply these tools
most effectively whenever needed.
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26. Task 4. Education
How do you educate
people who think they
are already educated?
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27. Task 4. Education
Do not teach, be the manager
of the learning process
Prefer one-on-one educating rather than in
groups
Actively involve the team members in the
process and invite them to contribute
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28. Task 5. Motivation
How do you move other leaders
who already seem “to have
everything” to do the
right thing for the team.
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29. Task 5. Motivation
Learn as much as you can
about the team member’s interests
Understand and develop particular
incentives that accord with these interests
Agree on future goals of both sides
Agree on an action plan
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30. Task 6. Representation
How do you lead your
organization’s outside
constituents while still
leading leaders inside?
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Representation
Question

31. Task 6. Representation
Remember that you are always on stage.
Every act or statement that you make has
the potential to affect the team’s relations
with the outside world.
Beware of confusing your self interest with
team interests
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Representation

32. Task 7. Trust Creation
How do you gain and keep other
leaders’ trust, the vital capital that
your own leadership depends on?.
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Trust
Creation
Question

33. Task 7. Trust Creation
Be open and honest in communication
Be consistent and predictable in action
Balance result vs. people orientations
Demonstrate that your leadership will
advance their interests
Avoid exaggerated leadership ego.
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Trust
Creation

34. Autocratic
Democratic
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Bureaucratic
Charismatic
Strategic
Systematic

35. Leaders in Action
Commanders
Pace Setters
Visionaries
Team Builders
Motivators
Coaches
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36. Leadership Practices
There are different practices of leadership;
because there are different situations,
different needs and different cultures.
An effective leader knows which style is the
best to practice, where, when and how.
Those who do not perform the right style
loses their power of influence and their
followers
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37. Effective Styles of Leadership
Democratic Leader
& Coach
(2)
Pace Setter &
Commander
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(1)
Team Builder &
Relations Developer
(3)
Inspirational &
Visionary Leader
(4)
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Followers’ Maturity Level

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