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Leadership is Everyone’s

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“Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime and, departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time.”

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Purpose of This Book

The purpose of this book is to help you be more

effective in leadership situations by helping you

better understand the complex challenges of

leadership

This book will serve as a guide for interpreting

leadership theory and research

This book will fill the gap between books that

provide excellent summaries of leadership research

but little practical advice on how to be a better

leader

Three Leaders

Colin Powell

United States secretary of state

Peter Jackson

Film director, The Lord of the Rings trilogy

Leading voice for freedom and democracy in

Burma

What is Leadership?

 The process by which an agent induces a subordinate to

behave in a desired manner (Bennis, 1959).

 Directing and coordinating the work of group members

(Fiedler, 1967).

 An interpersonal relation in which others comply

because they want to, not because they have to (Merton,

1969).

 Transforming followers, creating visions of the goals that

may be attained, and articulating for the followers the

ways to attain those goals (Bass, 1098; Tichy & Devanna,

1986).

What is Leadership? (continued)

 The process of influencing an organized group toward

accomplishing its goals (Roach & Behling, 1984).

 Actions that focus resources to create desirable

opportunities (Campbell, 1991).

 The leader’s job is to create conditions for the team to be

effective (Ginnett, 1996).

 The ends of leadership involve getting results through

others, and the means of leadership involve the ability to

build cohesive, goal-oriented teams Good leaders are

those who build teams to get results across a variety of

situations (Hogan, Curphy & Hogan, 1994).

Leadership is Both a Science and an Art

Bass & Stogdill’s Handbook of

Leadership cites approximately 8,000

studies on leadership.

 Some managers may be effective

leaders without ever having taken a

course or training program in

leadership.

 Some scholars in the field of

leadership may be relatively poor

leaders themselves.

“Any fool can keep a rule God gave him

a brain to know when to break the rule.”

~ General Willard

W Scott

Leadership is Both Rational and Emotional

Leadership includes actions and influences based

on reason and logic as well as those based on

inspiration and passion.

Good leadership is more than just calculation and

planning, or following a “checklist.”

Good leadership involves touching others’

feelings; emotions play an important role in

leadership too

Leadership is Both Rational and Emotional

(continued)

Aroused feelings can be used either positively or

negatively, constructively or destructively.

The mere presence of a group can cause people

to act differently than when they are alone.

Leaders need to consider both the rational and the

emotional consequences of their actions.

Leadership and Management

Managers administer; leaders innovate

Managers maintain; leaders develop

Managers control; leaders inspire

Managers have short-term view; leaders, a

long-term view

Manager ask how and when; leaders ask what

and why

Managers imitate; leaders originate

Managers accept the status quo; leaders

challenge it

Leadership and Followership

Leadership and Followership (continued)

Figure 1-2

Leadership on Stages Large and Small

Not all leaders are famous or powerful.

Most leaders are not known outside their

own particular sphere or activity, nor should

they be.

Every one of us has the opportunity to be a

leader.

Myth: God Leadership is All Common Sense

Most scholarly journals and books only confirm

what anyone with common sense already knows;

however, common sense is an ambiguous term

One of the challenges of leadership is to know

when common sense applies and when it does

not.

If leadership were nothing more than common

sense, then there should be few, if any, problems in

the workplace

Effective leadership must be something more than

just common sense.

Myth: Leaders are Born, not Made

Innate factors as well as formative experience

influence many sorts of behavior, including

leadership

Research indicates that many cognitive abilities and

personality traits are at least partially innate

Our basic natures may be fixed, but different

environments can nurture or suppress different

leadership qualities

Leaders are born and made.

Myth: The Only School You Learn Leadership From is

the School of Hard Knocks

Formal study and learning from experience

compliment each other

It is important to understand what kind of study will

help students learn to discern critical lessons about

leadership from their own experience

Being able to analyze your experiences from

multiple perspectives may be the greatest single

contribution a formal course in leadership can give

you

An Overview of The Book

Part I

Leadership is an interaction between the leader,

the followers, and the situation

Various formal theories attempt to explain

leadership effectiveness in terms of those

interactions

Leadership develops through experience.

Leadership can be assessed and studied.

An Overview of The Book (continued)

Part II

Focuses on the leader, beginning with an

examination of the issues of power and

influence, then of ethics, values, and attitudes.

Theories and research concerning the leader:

how good and bad leaders differ in personality,

intelligence, creativity and behavior.

Charismatic leadership.

An Overview of The Book (continued)

Part III

Provides practical advice on such topics

as motivating subordinates and using

delegation.

An Overview of The Book (continued)

Part IV

Examines how the situation affects the

leadership process

Part V

Explores several dozen specific leadership

skills, including practical advice about handling

specific leadership challenges

We define leadership as the process of

understanding leadership situations and

influencing others toward achieving group goals.

Both education and experience are important for

effective leaders

Leaders must weigh both rational and emotional

considerations when attempting to influence others

Leadership does not occur without followers.

Leadership is everyone’s business and everyone’s

responsibility