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Personality and Leadership
BYChelva Suthankan (BSC, PGDM, MBA)
Personality, Why it is
important ?
What are the components a
person made of ?
Personality
The three principal raw materials of personality
– physique, intelligence and temperament
– are determined both by heredity and by conditions subsequent to birth.
What do you need for a fuller life and complete personality.
Healthy body Healthy mind Healthy thoughts Will power Work efficiency
Points for an Ultimate Personality:
1. Appearance.
2. Intelligence.
3. Smartness.
4. Trustworthy, High integrity and Responsibility.
5. Knowledge, in depth.
6. Management
7. Effective Communication & Efficiency.
8. Economic independence.
9. Morality / Character.
10. Being beneficial / advantageous.
Strong negative aspects to spoil personality:
· Unhygienic
· Hurting attitude.
· Useless approach.
· Non-beneficial communication.
· Untrustworthy, Irresponsible, Lack of integrity.
· Below average performance.
· Powerless egoism.
· Financial indiscipline.
· Mismanagements.
· Uncontrolled burst of negative emotions.
Improving Positive Thoughts
Identifying Positive Environment
Changeable / Unchangeable
The surrounding you live in
Make it happy
Don’t hate life but enjoy it
Key Points for Positive Thinking
Self Confidence Self Esteem Adjust with the environment Tolerance (Success, failure) Managing emotions Facing challenges – not hide or leaving life
against challenges
Key Points for Positive Thinking Con’t
Refrain from unnecessary practices Educating the society Rational Thinking Respecting ethics and protecting
them Improving management skills
(resource, time) Communication
Believe and Trust Your self
You want to be confident and feel confident.
True self-confidence isn't an overnight acquisition.
It takes dedication to realize you are a good human being that is worthy of respect and love.
Leadership
Personality uplifts individuals to
leadership
Do you want to be a leader?
Why?
Why not?
A relationship through which one
person influences the behaviour or actions
of other people
Source: Mullins (The Nature of Leadership)
Can you name me few people who inspired people
MicrosoftMicrosoftCoca ColaCoca ColaWal-MartWal-MartToyotaToyotaLehman BrothersLehman BrothersUnileverUnilever
Inspire peopleBuild relationships
Take risksHave followers
Inspire peopleBuild relationships
Take risksHave followers
LeadersLeadersEnact the plan
Use their authorityManage risks
Have subordinates
Enact the planUse their authority
Manage risksHave subordinates
ManagersManagers
In reality, both are closely linkedIn reality, both are closely linked
Leadership types…
AuthoritarianAuthoritarian PaternalisticPaternalistic
DemocraticDemocratic Laissez-faireLaissez-faire
What factors would influence the
leadership style????
Personal value systems
Individual’s experience
Confidence in followers
Nature of the problems
Type of organisation (size, structure)
Effectiveness of teams and groups
Skills and experience of followers
Pressure (time, costs)
Internal Factors affecting leadership style
External Factors affecting leadership styleo The political and legal environment
o The economic environment
o The social environment
o The technological environment
o Changing nature of conditions
Gender and LeadershipGender and LeadershipGender and LeadershipGender and Leadership The number of women managers is rising but
still relatively low in top levels.
Stereotypes suggest women are supportive and concerned with interpersonal relations. Similarly, men are seen as task-focused.Research indicates that actually there is no
gender-based difference in leadership effectiveness.
However, women are seen to be more participative than men.
Qualities of Good
Leaders
Integrity
is the integration of outward actions and inner values.
A person of integrity is the same on the outside and on the inside.
A leader must have the trust of followers and therefore must display integrity.
Dedication/passion
means spending whatever time or energy is necessary to accomplish the task at hand.
A leader inspires dedication by example, doing whatever it takes to complete the next step toward the vision.
By setting an excellent example, leaders can show followers that there are no nine-to-five jobs on the team, only opportunities to achieve something great.
Opennessmeans being able to listen to new ideas, even if they
do not conform to the usual way of thinking.
Good leaders are able to suspend judgment while listening to others’ ideas, as well as accept new ways of doing things that someone else thought of.
Openness builds mutual respect and trust between leaders and followers, and it also keeps the team well supplied with new ideas that can further its vision.
Fairness
means dealing with others consistently and justly. A leader must check all the facts and hear everyone out before passing judgment. He or she must avoid leaping to conclusions based on incomplete evidence. When people feel they that are being treated fairly, they reward a leader with loyalty and dedication.
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