Lecture Art of Leadership and Motivation - Lecture 18

This chapter explores the concepts of leadership (and management) and will focus on the leaders’ use of power to influence and persuade followers to act in ways which help the organization attain its goals. This chapter presents the following content: Conceptualizing leadership, leadership definition, components of the definition, followers & leadership.

Art of Leadership & Motivation

HRM – 760 Lecture - 18

Habits of Highly Effective Leaders-II

Be proactive

that thought is the problem”

Responsibility: “Response Ability”, the ability to choose your

response Highly proactive people recognize that

responsibility.

Reactive people are those who are affected by their physical

and social environment If the weather is good they feel good, if it isn’t it affects their attitude and their performance.

John McEnroe

PROACTIVE PEOPLE CARRY THEIR OWN WEATHER

WITH THEM

Habit 1:  be  proactive

LANGUAGES OF PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE

• Let’s look at our alternatives.

• I can choose a different approach.

• I control my own feelings.

• I can create an effective presentation.

• I will choose an appropriate person.

• I choose.

• I prefer.

REACTIVE PROACTIVE

Habit 1:  be  proactive

Circle of concern is our health, problems at work, the

national debt, nuclear war, etc

Its apparent that there are some over which we have

no real control and others that we can do something

about, which is the Circle of Influence

CIRCLE OF CONCERN AND CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE

Habit 1:  be  proactive

PROACTIVE PEOPLE FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS ON THE CIRCLE OF

INFLUENCE THEY WORK ON THINGS THEY CAN CHANGE, HAVE

HIGH POSITIVE ENERGY CAUSING THEIR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE

TO INCREASE

REACTIVE PEOPLE FOCUS THEIR EFFORT ON THE CIRCLE OF

CONCERN THEY FOCUS ON WEAKNESS OF PEOPLE, PROBLEMS

IN ENVIRONMENT AND CIRCUMSTANCES THE NEGATIVE

ENERGY GENERATED BY THIS FOCUS CAUSES THEIR CIRCLE OF

INFLUENCE TO SHRINK.

CIRCLE OF CONCERN AND CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE

Habit 1:  be  proactive

WHERE DOES THE RESPONSE COME FROM?

FREEDOM

TO CHOOSE ACCORDING

TO VALUES

Habit   2:  

Begin with the end in 

mind

 It is based on imagination

twice There is a mental (first) creation, and a physical (second) creation

building follows a blueprint.

Habit   2:  

Begin with the end in mind

Begin with the End in Mind means to begin each day, task, or project with a clear vision of your desired direction and destination, and then continue by flexing your proactive muscles to make things happen.

One of the best ways to incorporate Habit 2 into your life is to develop a Personal Mission Statement

It focuses on what you want to be and do It is your plan for success It reaffirms who you are, puts your goals in focus, and moves your ideas into the real world Your mission statement makes you the leader of your own life

Habit   2:  

Begin with the end in mind

Put first things first 

be at the mercy of things which matter 

least”

The key to success

• Don’t simply prioritize your

work; you need to

necessarily work on your

priorities

• The key is not to prioritize

what is on your schedule, but

to schedule your priorities

Habit 3:  put first things 

first

Habit   4:  Think Win/win

 Think Win-Win isn't about being nice, nor is it a quick-fix technique It is a character-based code for human interaction and collaboration.

 Most of us learn to base our self-worth on

comparisons and competition

 We think about succeeding in terms of someone else failing that is, if I win, you lose; or if you

win, I lose.

Habit 4:  Think Win/Win

 Win-win is a frame of mind and heart that constantly seeks mutual benefit in all human interactions.

 Win-win means agreements or solutions are mutually beneficial and satisfying

 We both get to eat the apple, and it tastes

pretty good!

Habit 4:  Think Win/Win

way 

Habit 4:  Think Win/Win

If you're like most people, you probably seek

first to be understood; you want to get your

point across And in doing so, you may ignore

the other person completely, pretend that you're

listening, selectively hear only certain parts of

the conversation or attentively focus on only

the words being said, but miss the meaning

Habit   5 :   SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND, 

THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD

 Because most people listen with the intent to

reply, not to understand.

Habit   5 :   SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND, 

THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Synergize

“The whole is greater 

than the sum of its parts” 

They try to “clone” other  people in their own image.

  Differences in others are 

 HABIT 6

EFFECTIVE PEOPLE INEFFECTIVE PEOPLE

Habit 6:   synergize

 To put it simply, synergy means "two heads are better than one."

teamwork, open-mindedness, and the adventure of finding new solutions to old problems But it doesn't just happen on its own

all their personal experience and expertise to the table

Habit 6:   synergize

 Together, they can produce far better results that they could individually.

less likely to discover by ourselves

the parts.

Habit 6:   synergize

Differences should be seen

as strengths, not weaknesses

Habit 6:   synergize

we constantly suffer from a shortage of 

data”

Habit 6:   synergize

HABIT 7

sharpen the

SAW

 Sharpen the Saw means preserving and

enhancing the greatest asset you have.

 It means having a balanced program for renewal in the four areas of your life:

self-physical, social/emotional, mental, and

spiritual

Habit 7:  sharpen the 

saw

Exercise, Nutrition Stress Management

 If you renew yourself in each of the four areas, you create growth and change in your life

 Sharpen the Saw keeps you fresh so you can continue to practice the other six habits.

 Without this renewal, the body becomes weak, the mind mechanical, the emotions raw, the

spirit insensitive, and the person selfish.

Habit 7:  sharpen the 

saw

standards for anyone who seeks to live a full, purposeful and good life

more than ever, as the business world becomes more attuned to humanist