Leadership: Fundamentals
Introduction:
Every group to which you’ve belonged-family, sports, social study, work- doubtlessly included one person you considered to be more influential than others. When this person spoke, others listened; when this person suggested or directed action to be taken, others took that action. You will referred to this person as a leader. Maybe you enjoyed the experience of being a leader. Maybe you didn’t because of the importance of leaders in society, they have been the subjects of countless studies, novels, stories and films, all attempting to say something about what leaders do, what leadership is and even how to be a leader. Generally speaking, however, we can say that leaders are individuals who influence other individuals to do what they might not do in the absence of the leaders influence. We will examine somewhat more complete ideas about leaders in the following discussion, but we can certainly appreciate at this point the difficulty of understanding how and why certain individuals become leaders and what they do to exercise their influence. What personal characteristics leaders from non-leaders?
Leadership - An attempt to use influence to motivate individuals to accomplish some goal. The handbook of leadership defines leadership as an interaction between members of a group. Leaders are agents of change; persons whose acts affect other people more than other people’s act affect them. Leadership occurs when one group member modifies the motivation of competencies of others in the group.
Abilities- Effective leaders share certain abilities and skills that enable them to do their job. He are as follows:
INTELLIGENCE- involves judgment, knowledge, and fluency of speech. Some of the more important abilities associated with leadership effectiveness include the ability to get along with people.
SUPERVISORY ABILITY- involves setting objectives, planning work, assigning people to do work, and following up on the results of the work.
Personality traits- involves alertness, energy level, tolerance for stress, emotional maturity, originality, personal integrity and self- confidence are associated with effective leadership.
TRAITS ASSOCIATED WITH LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS
PERSONALITY MOTIVATION ABILITY
Energy level Socialized power Interpersonal skillsStress tolerance orientation strong Cognitive Skills
Self-confidence need for achievement Technical skills
Emotional Maturity Persuasiveness
Integrity
Job-centered leader- A person who closely supervises and observes the work of others.
Employee- centered Leader- A person who only generally supervises the work of others. He or she attempts to permit others to sense autonomy and support.
Initiating Structure and Consideration Leadership
INITATING STRUCTURE
- Leadership acts that imply the structuring of job tasks and responsibilities for followers.
-Involves behavior in which the leader organizes and defines the relationships in the group.
CONSIDERATION
- acts of the leader that show supportive concern for the followers in a group.
-Involves behavior indicating friendship, mutual trust, respect, warmth and rapport between the leader and the followers.
SITUATIONAL THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP- An approach to leadership that advocates that leaders understand their own behavior, the behavior of their subordinates, and the situation before utilizing a particular leadership style. This approach requires the leader to have diagnostic skills in human behavior.
CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP- Charisma is a Greek work meaning gift. The ability to influence followers based on a supernatural gift and attractive powers. Followers enjoy being with the charismatic leader because they feel inspired, correct, and important.
TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP- leader identifies what followers want or prefer and helps them achieve level of performance that results in rewards that satisfy them.
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP- Ability to inspire and motivate followers to achieve results greater than originally planned for internal rewards.
MENTORS AND SOCIALIZATION
- In the medical field, young interns proper procedures and behavior from established physicians; PhD students learn how to conduct organizational research from professors who have conducted studies. A friend, coach, adviser or sponsor who supports, encourages and helps a less experience protégé.
MENTOR- the process of learning or working with a senior person.
MENTORING- Involves a person with experience, knowledge, and a network who attempts to help, guide and support a protégé (mentee) with career, problem solving, and development,
· That doesn’t mean the man the mentee can’t go back for advice or keep in touch. “ Don’t obliterate the relationship. Change the intensity”. Says Sheila Wellington, author of Be Your Own Mentor, who has outgrown a few mentors herself. Her other piece of advice: try to end gracefully, but un-equivocally.
GROUP A-1 ( BSOAD-OM 3C)
AGUNDAY, ALBERT
ALDOVER, KYSIE
BARTE, CHRISTINE JOY
BEO, NORICEL
CORTEZ, PRESCILLA
