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Unlocking Leadership Overview richard@stellarleadership.com +44 (0) 28 9094 1694 +44 (0) 7525 234311 www.stellarleadership.com. New Ways. “ The old ways won’t work. Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get.”. Adapted from Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw.
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Unlocking LeadershipOverviewrichard@stellarleadership.com+44 (0) 28 9094 1694+44 (0) 7525 234311www.stellarleadership.com
New Ways “ The old ways won’t work. Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get.” Adapted from Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw
Leader-Manager Continuum CIPD distinguishes the difference in leadership and management as between being more emotional (leadership) than rational (management) Outward Looking Inward Looking Manager Leader Outputs Throughputs Inputs Outcomes Foresight Oversight
Position or Choice? ? Position or Choice
Active or Passive? Effective Transformational Passive Act ive Transactional Laissez Faire Less Effective Bass and Riggio (2006) Full Range Leadership
Importance of Context Social Capital SO WOT?
Direction, Support and Results • Leader’s role is to:- • Clarify purpose and strategy • Establish a performance pathway • Provide resources and remove obstacles • Guide, support and recognise people • Make sure that objectives are achieved. House, R.J. (1996) Path-goal theory of leadership: lessons, legacy and a reformulated theory Leadership Quarterly , 7(3), 323-352.
Relationships Follower Follower Follower Follower Leader
One-to-One Leader One-to-One (Dyadic) Relationship Follower Leader Member Exchange (LMX )Theory
Influence • Especially when leading ‘beyond authority’ • Requires particular attention to • Communication • Networking, • Influencing • Collaboration. Middleton, Julia (2007) Beyond Authority: Leadership in a Changing World, Hampshire, Palgrave MacMillan
Leadership Equation Leadership = EQ + IQ +MQ Emotional Intelligence The ability to determine the requirement for leadership in a particular situation and select an appropriate response
Team Leadership Styles Consult Tell Sell Empower
Can it be Learned? “The ingredients of leadership cannot be taught, however. They must be learned.” (Warren Bennis)
Leadership Definition • A definition of leadership:- Leadership is an active, influencing relationship among leaders and followers who intend real change that will result in the achievement of objectives held in common.
Five Fundamentals • Personal Qualitiesdemonstrating integrity, competence, decisiveness andbehavioural flexibility • Positioningknowing and understanding the context of the internal and external environment • Purposearticulating clear mission, vision, values and strategy • People engaging, motivating, empowering and supporting people • Performanceplanning, making things happen, reviewing and getting results.
Connecting People with Purpose • Clarify purpose and objectives • Position yourself and the organisation based on context • Establish a performance pathway • Provide resources and remove obstacles • Guide, support and recognise people • Regularly review to make sure objectives are achieved. Performance Purpose People Positioning Obstacles Opportunities
Leadership as a Dance Leadership as ... “an energetic dance that binds the leader and followers, in which each side is fully present, active and able to shape the other.” Henri Matisse. (1910). Dance (II). , Oil on canvas, Displayed in The Hermitage, St Petersburg