leadership and power

LEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIP IS INFLUENCE.

-John C. Maxwell

AS WE LOOK AHEAD INTO THE NEXT CENTURY,

LEADERS WILL BE THOSE WHO

EMPOWER OTHERS.-Bill Gates

A MAN WHO WANTS TO LEAD THE

ORCHESTRA MUST TURN HIS BACK ON

THE CROWD

-Max Lucado

LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING ARE

INDISPENSABLE TO EACH OTHER

-John F. Kennedy

EARN YOUR LEADERSHIP EVERYDAY.

-Michael Jordan

Definition

-is the process of inspiring others to work hard to accomplish important tasks.

Leadership and power are indispensible with

each other.

Definition

Power is the ability to get someone else to do something you want to do or make things happen the way you want it.

To influence and control others for the common good rather seeking to exercise control for personal satisfaction.

Two sources of POWER

OPosition PowerOPersonal Power

Definition

Position Poweris based on leader’s

official status in the organization’s hierarchy of authority.

Sources of Position Power

O Reward Power-to offer something of valueO Coercive Power-to punish or withhold positive outcomesO Legitimate Power-organizational position or status confers the right to control those in subordinate positions

Definition

Personal Poweris based on the unique

personal qualities that a person brings to the leadership situation.

Sources of Personal Power

O Expert Power-is the capacity to influence others because of one’s knowledge and skills.O Referent Power-is the capacity to influence others, because they admire you and want to identify positively with you

Reward Power “If you do what I ask, I’ll give you a reward.”

Coercive Power

“If you don’t do what I ask, I’ll punish you.”

Legitimate Power

“Because I am the boss; you must do what I ask”

Expert Power “as a source of special knowledge and information”

Referent Power “as a person with whom others like to identify”

Leadership BehaviorO Leader high in concern for taskO Leader high in concern for people

Classic Leadership Style

Autocratic Style

O Emphasizes task over people, keeps authority and information within the leader’s tight control, and acts in a unilateral command and control fashion.

O Authority-Obedience Manager

Human Relations Style

O emphasizes People over taskO Country Club Manager

Laissez-Faire Style

O Shows little concern for taskO Lets the group make decisions and

acts with a “do the best you can and don’t bother me” attitude.

O Impoverish Manager

Democratic Style

O Committed to people and task getting things done while sharing information, encouraging participation in decision making and helping people develop skills and competencies.

O Team Manager

Contingency Approaches to

Leadership

Fiedler’s Contingency Model

O Develop by FRED FIEDLERO The key to leadership success is

putting our existing styles to work on situations for which they are best “FIT”.

3 Contingency Variables

Leader – Member Relationship

Good or Poor

Task Structure High or Low

Position Power Strong or Weak

Hershey – Blanchard Situational Model

O Suggests that successful leaders do adjust their styles.

O The critical contingency variable is follower’s maturity.

Hershey – Blanchard Situational Model

Delegating Task Decisions

Participating Share Ideas

Selling Explain Task Directions

Telling Give Instruction

Path – Goal Leadership Theory

O Believes that a leader can use these four leadership styles and actually shift back and forth among them.

O Advanced by Robert House

Path – Goal Leadership Theory

Directive Jos assignment is unclear

Supportive Self-confidence is low

Achievement – Oriented

Task challenge is insufficient in a job

Participative Performance incentives are poor

Other Approaches to

Leadership

Charismatic and Transformational Leadership

O Charismatic Leader inspires followers in extraordinary ways.

O Transformational Leadership is inspirational and arouses extraordinary effort and performance.

ExamplesO Mother TheresaO Martin Luther King Jr.O Joseph Ejercito Estrada

Moral LeadershipO Is the leadership with ethical

standards that clearly meet the tests of being “good” and “correct”.

O It begins with personal integrity.

ExamplesO Mahatma GandhiO George WashingtonO Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt

Drucker’s “OLD FASHIONED” LeadershipO Stresses the importance of earning

and keeping the TRUST of others.

Vroom – Jago Leader – Participation Model

O This model suggests that leaders are most effective when the decision – making method used best fits the problem being faced.

Leader – Participation Model

Authority Decision

Is made by the leader and then communicated

to the group

Consultative Decision

Is made by the leader after receiving

information, advice, or opinions from group

members.

Group Decision Is made by group with the leader’s support as a

contributing member

3 Factors affecting Decision- Making

Decision Quality Leader Follower

Decision Acceptance

No Yes

Decision Time High Low