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Understanding Leadership

Understanding Leadership. Definition. Leadership is the ability to influence a group towards the achievement of goals. Types of Leadership. Transactional Leadership. Leaders who guide or motivate their followers in the direction of established goals by clarifying role and task requirements.

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Understanding Leadership

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  1. UnderstandingLeadership

  2. Definition Leadership is the ability to influence a group towards the achievement of goals.

  3. Types of Leadership

  4. Transactional Leadership • Leaders who guide or motivate their followers in the direction of established goals by clarifying role and task requirements

  5. Based on a simple exchange of reward for applied effort Exchange

  6. Qualities of a Transactional Leader • Seizes opportunities through bargaining or exchange of favours • Works with a reward-oriented approach while dealing with followers • Works within the existing system and negotiates to attain set goals • Tends to think ‘inside the box’ in order to solve problems

  7. Tranformational Leadership • Leaders who provide individualized consideration, intellectual stimulation and who possess charisma

  8. Leaders choose the path others will follow

  9. Qualities of a Transformational Leader • Individualized consideration: Gives personal attention, treats each employee individually, coaches and advises • Intellectual stimulation: Promotes intelligence, rationality and careful problem solving • Inspiration: Communicates high expectations, uses symbols to focus on efforts, expresses important purposes in simple ways • Charisma: Provides vision and a sense of mission, instills pride, commands respect and trust

  10. Leadership Qualities of TI PMs • Proactive, sensitive and responsible about the community and its needs • Knowledgeable about the overall context of the community and other related issues • Ability to identify and build capacities of people in the community • Ability to stay calm in challenging situations to enable effective problem solving • Clarity about the goal of the CBO and processes that need to be put in place for the same

  11. Building Leadership Skills

  12. Identifying Leaders in a CBO The PM should identify community members who: • are committed to the cause of the CBO • have clarity about the context of the community and other related issues • are able to maintain cordial relationships with all the community members • are able to influence community members • have clear communication and effective problem-solving skills • are visionary - can take the CBO to the next level

  13. Building Leadership Skills – CBO The PM should: • find out the capacity-building needs • ensure that those needs are fulfilled • involve the CBO leaders in planning, implementation and monitoring of the programme • continuously provide the leaders with feedback • mentor the CBO leaders

  14. Building Leadership Skills - TI Staff The PM should: • identify the capacity-building needs of staff members • build their capacities • put a regular performance-review system in place • allow them to take independent decisions • give productive feedback • conduct training programmes to improve the competencies of staff members • encourage and support them to strive for better quality interventions

  15. Conclusion • For a successful implementation of TI, the PM should be an effective leader • S/he should be proactive and sensitive • S/he should try to develop leadership qualities among other staff members • S/he should be able to empathize with others

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