High Performance Leadership and Motivation

High Performance Leadership and Motivation Steffen R. Giessner (sgiessner@rsm.nl) Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands

Who am I?

Steffen • German (born in Gera) • MSc at University of Kent at Canterbury, U.K. • PhD at University of Jena, Germany • Associate Professor @ Rotterdam School of Management • Main research interests: leadership, power, M&As • Banker, HR work @ Lufthansa & Deutsche Bank Why am I studying and teaching leadership?

Who am I? Who are you?

Preparation Session – Agenda • What is Leadership? • Course Outline • Team Case Presentation • Individual Assignment (only MSc 3c)

What is leadership?

What is… • A successful manager? • An effective manager? • A average manager?

Learning Goals • Theories of leadership • Apply theory in practice • understanding leadership • solving problems

What Kind of Leader Do You Want to Become?

Schedule

Products • Participation in course (MSc 3B & MSc 3C) • Team case presentation (MSc 3B & MSc 3C) • Individual case assignment (MSc 3C – graded)

Team Case Presentation • Find case material • Describe case • Explicitly apply theory to address issue raised in assignment • Present assignment with interactive classroom elements (i.e., involve the audience)!

Team Case Presentation • Informal (30 min including interactions) • focus on main point (case and application of theory – no summary of theory!) • YOU are the audience • LEAD the audience (i.e., be interactive)!

Team Case Presentation • Find-your-own: • newspapers & magazines • organizational communications • internet • (scientific literature) • etc… • Connect course literature (parts)

Topics for Case Presentations Charismatic & transformational leadership Describe a case in which leadership is an issue, either because it is highly effective or because it is not effective at all. Explain how theories of charismatic and transformational leadership can help us understand the leadership processes in this case. Self-concept analysis of leadership Describe a leader’s vision from a speech, mission statement, or another source. Use insights from self-concept analyses of leadership to explain why you think the vision is – or is not – effective in motivating members of the organization (note that this could also include a political party/movement). Leadership, leader categories and gender Does gender matter for leadership? Find a case in which a leader is discriminated (e.g., glass ceiling) or placed in a risky position (i.e., a glass cliff) because of the leader’s gender (or because of her/his race). Illustrate how theories about leadership and gender explain the case you have chosen. Ethical Leadership Recent ethical leadership failures spanning private and public organizations have marked our attention towards organizational conduct. Find an example of unethical and one of ethical leadership. Contrast the two examples and explain what makes the one unethical and the other one ethical. Use literature from the session and/or additional literature to argue.

Individual Case Assignment • Find case material • Describe case (1 to 1 ½ pages) • Define problem (statement needed) • Integrate theories from 2 different subthemes (e.g., ethical leadership & Self-concept analysis of leadership) (4-5 pages) • Provide a process model (Figure) • Apply theories to case (4-5 pages) • Final page: Suggestions for intervention • Guidelines for writing available from me

Individual Case Assignment Case • From media • E.g., Why did Steve Ballmer receive so much support from his followers (despite the unsuccessful performance of Microsoft)? • Personal cases • E.g., Why is the leader of my volleyball-team not able to motivate other team members?

Diagnosis • “Problem” definition • Possible causes • Case background info • Scientific literature • Process model • Schematic representation of causal relationships between variables

Process Model • Formalized representation of diagnosis • Causal relationship between variables • Boxes depict variables • Arrows depict causal relationships

Causal Relationship e.g. Problem: Why did employees of company XY have experienced a decrease in their performance levels? Charismatic leadership Follower performance +

Mediated Relationship Charismatic leadership + Collective identification + Follower performance

Moderated Relationship Charismatic leadership + Follower performance + Crisis

Process Model Identifies… • “Problem” • Causes • Mediating process – explanation • Moderating processes - conditions • Possibilities for intervention

Level of Complexity When writing your case + process model: • Have at least one mediating process & one moderating process

Questions

Topics for Case Presentations Charismatic & transformational leadership Describe a case in which leadership is an issue, either because it is highly effective or because it is not effective at all. Explain how theories of charismatic and transformational leadership can help us understand the leadership processes in this case. Self-concept analysis of leadership Describe a leader’s vision from a speech, mission statement, or another source. Use insights from self-concept analyses of leadership to explain why you think the vision is – or is not – effective in motivating members of the organization (note that this could also include a political party/movement). Leadership, leader categories and gender Does gender matter for leadership? Find a case in which a leader is discriminated (e.g., glass ceiling) or placed in a risky position (i.e., a glass cliff) because of the leader’s gender (or because of her/his race). Illustrate how theories about leadership and gender explain the case you have chosen. Ethical Leadership Recent ethical leadership failures spanning private and public organizations have marked our attention towards organizational conduct. Find an example of unethical and one of ethical leadership. Contrast the two examples and explain what makes the one unethical and the other one ethical. Use literature from the session and/or additional literature to argue.

High Performance Leadership and Motivation