Developing Leadership Style and Abilities Flashcards
Five Levels of Leadership
- Position
- Permission
- Production
- People development
- Pinnacle
Position
Rights - people follow bc they have to
Permission
Relationships - People follow bc they want to
Production
Results - People follow bc of what you have done
People development
Reproduction - People follow bc of what you have done FOR THEM
Pinnacle
Respect - people follow bc of who you are and what you represent
People have different motivating factors/goals like
Pay Respect and purpose Future goals Volunteer Substantial intellectual freedom, involvement in products or interpersonal communication Some want to be told what to do
Attitude of workers depends on
Personality
Gender
Background
History
Steps of handing a situation
Assess your workers, associates, and administrators, as well as infrastructure, culture and history
Factor in the mission and vision of the org and goals and performance criteria
Adjust for your personality, leadership skills and level of development
Correct for others that influence you
Then, project your estimated best mod of leadership
Qualities to be successful in your Position:
Know you job description Know the history and culture of the org Relate the history to the people Accept responsibility Do your job with excellence Offer ideas for change and improvement
Qualities to be successful in your relationships
Know and understand your coworkers Make them more successful See through other people's eyes Love people more than rules Do win-win Deal wisely with difficult people
Qualities to be successful in results (level 3)
Initiate and accept responsibility for growth
Align your job with your statement of purpose
Communicate your vision
Develop accountability
Become a change agent and understand timing
Make difficult decision that make a difference
Place a priority on developing people
Expose leaders to growth opportunities
Have common goals
20:80 Rule
Personnel: 20% of your people take up 80% of your time
Productivity: 20% of your time produces 80% of your results
Leadership: 20% of your people will make 80% of the decisions
Profit: 20% of your products will give you 80% of your profits
Core Administrative Leadership Skills
Managing people and resources
Showing technical competence
Core Interpersonal leadership skills
Socially preceptive
Show emotional intelligence
Managing interpersonal conflict
Core Conceptual Leadership Skills
Create vision
Problem solve
Strategic planning
Managing people =
Connecting and understanding the work place
Manage by walking around
Make time to deal with issues
Manage time effectively
Managing resources =
Address resources issues Obtain and allocate them Maintain infrastructure Address breakdowns quickly Stay on top of things
Show technical competence =
Know each job function
Understand how the org works
Maintain a big picture point of view and explain to workers
Be socially perceptive =
Have insight and awareness of what is important to others, how they are motivated, problems they have and how they react to change
Communicate!
Show emotional intelligence =
Be able to perceive and express emotions, understand and reason with emotion, and manage emotions
Good leaders ____
Become aware of their own emotions
Train themselves to be aware of others emotions
Have empathy
Regulate their own emotions
Steps to solve a problem
ID the problem Generate alternative solutions Select the best solution Implement the solution COGNITIVE
Strategic planning =
COGNITIVE
Develop a vision
Map out steps
Have the ability to learn and absorb new info, adapt and accept change, make the right decisions at the right time
