Comparison of leadership between different leaders

Advance Certificate in Human Resource Management

NIBM Kandy Campus

Group members:

Pathum, Rajitha, Shahin, Nirosha, Rizkhan

What is Leadership and Leaders?

Leadership

The ability to inspire confidence and support among the people who are needed to achieve a goals.

(Dublin 2007)

Leaders

Anyone who is influencing the activities of others towards the achievement of a goal.

The main Leadership Styles

Autocratic Leadership-

Autocratic leadership is an extreme form of transactional leadership, where leaders have a lot of power over their people.

Democratic Leadership-

Democratic leaders make the final decisions, but they include team members in the decision-making process.

Laissez-Faire Leadership-

This French phrase means "leave it be," and it describes leaders who allow their people to work on their own.

The main classifications of a leader’s characteristics

Decision making

Motivational level of the peers, subordinates and followers

Coaching & Directing

Delegating the work

Participating and Supporting- supporting the followers and full participation in the vision until the end

Power- Intention of power

The leaders that we selected to compare between the characteristics

Mahatma Gandhi Adolf Hitler

Mahatma Gandhi

Characteristics Life examples

Decision making When making decision Mahatma Gandhi did not make decision by him along although he asked and got suggestion by others too

Motivational level of the peers, subordinates and followers

Followers followed him enthusiastically in his campaign as independence rally, salt walk

Coaching and Directing “Sathiyagraha”- (non-violence)

Delegating the work He delegated the work among the his faithful followers as “Jawaharlal Nehru”

Participating and Supporting

“He walked his talk” and participated, supported his followers in every campaigns until the vision fulfilled “The independence for India”

Power Refused to become the president after independence

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will” (Mahatma Gandhi)

Adolf Hitler

Characteristics Life examples

Decision making In decision making Hitler followed a one way communication he made every major or minor decisions

Motivational level of the peers, subordinates and followers

The motivation level was high because otherwise the death was ensured and he did not trust his close generals

Coaching and Directing Hitler’s coaching was superb but through his coaching, people frustrated Hitler took the practice of personal command

Delegating the work He was isolated and he blamed the mistakes of his own and the works of others to his followers

Participating and Supporting

Hitler was a commander, when Red army surrounded Germany he ran away and suicide with his wife

Power Conquered the other countries to gain power

“To conquer a nation, first disarm it’s citizens”(Adolf Hitler)

Conclusion

According to Mahatma Gandhi the leadership he followed is the democratic leadership style

According to Adolf Hitler his main leadership style that he followed was autocratic leadership style

As the results of above finding the best leader is Mahatma Gandhi because when comparing to Adolf Hitler the leadership styles Mahatma Gandhi followed was more appropriate and successive leadership style

Successful leadership brings great success in an activity or in achieving great goals, objectives, visions & missions

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

-Lao Tzu-

Reference

Northouse, P.G (2010), Chap-01, Page 5-8, Leadership: Theory & practice (5th edition). Sage

BBC, history figures, viewed date: 09/21/2013

o URL:http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/gandhi_mohandas.shtml

BBC, history figures, viewed date: 09/23/2013

o http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/hitler_commander_01.shtml

Thank You……

For Your Cooperation…

Christ gave me the message and Gandhi gave me the method

-Martin Luther king-

As a group we

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Where there is Love there is Life.

-Mahatma Gandhi-

Hate is more lasting than Dislike.

-Adolf Hitler-