7 8 VGTU HRM Leadership Leadership Traits and Skills

HR MANAGEMENT &
LEADERSHIP
Assoc. Prof. Rasa Paulienė

r.pauliene@gmail.com
LEADERSHIP TRAITS AND SKILLS
Leader Traits Leader Skills
adaptable intelligent
ambitious knowledgeable
assertive conceptually skilled
cooperative creative
decisive diplomatic
dependable tactful
 persistent  fluent in speaking
 responsible  organized
 self-confident  persuasive
 stress tolerant  sociable
Leadership Traits & Skills

Source: R.M. Stodill, Handbook of Leadership: A Survey of the Literature (New York: Free Press, 1974)
Effective Leadership Traits
High energy level & stress tolerance
Self-confidence
Internal locus of control
Emotional stability & maturity
Personal integrity
Socialized power motivation
Moderately high achievement orientation
Moderately low need for affiliation
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 189-210)
◦ High Energy Level & Stress Tolerance
 Ability to cope with a hectic schedule, unrelenting

pressure, and difficult situations
 Composed and calm under stress, problem-

focused, confident and decisive
 Strength  Weakness
◦ Self-Confidence
 Ability to influence others, take initiative and be

persistent, optimistic, and decisive in a crisis
 Attempts difficult tasks, action-oriented, sets

challenging goals and high expectations
◦ Internal Locus of Control
 Ability to take responsibility for own actions and

learn from own mistakes
 Future-oriented, proactive, believes events are

determined by our actions and not by chance
◦ Emotional Stability & Maturity
 Ability to care about other people, control own

emotions, take criticism constructively
 Aware of own strengths/weaknesses, focused on

self-improvement, keeps high moral standards
◦ Personal Integrity
 Ability to be consistently honest, ethical,

trustworthy, and loyal to followers
 Keeps promises and confidential information, sets

an example with own behavior
◦ Socialized Power Motivation
 Ability to participate, coach, and exercise power

for the benefit of others
 Power used to build up the organization and

create team pride
◦ Moderately High Achievement Orientation
 Ability to set challenging but realistic goals,

organize tasks, perform efficiently, and take
specific action plans
 Desires to excel and succeed, task-oriented,

solves problems, emphasizes performance
◦ Moderately Low Need For Affiliation
 Ability to make unpopular decisions, rewards for

effective performance and not for approval
 Work-focused, avoids favoritism, addresses

genuine differences vs. avoiding confrontation
Effective Leadership Skills
◦ Technical skills
◦ Interpersonal skills
◦ Conceptual skills
◦ Emotional intelligence
◦ Social intelligence
◦ Systems thinking
◦ Ability to learn
Leadership Skills
Technical Skills
Knowledgeable about methods, processes, techniques,

and equipment
Knowledgeable about the organization and its products

or services
Requires good memory, orientation to details, rapid

learning of technical material
Leadership Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Knowledgeable about human behavior, feelings,

attitudes, and motives of others
Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively
Requires empathy, social insight, charm, tact and

diplomacy
Leadership Skills
Conceptual Skills
 Good judgment, foresight, intuition, creativity, and

ability to find meaning in the face of ambiguity
 Requires analytical ability, logical thinking, concept

formation, inductive and deductive reasoning
Leadership Skills
Emotional Intelligence
Attuned to own feelings and feelings of others
Emotions cognitively managed and used to facilitate

reasoning
Requires emotional maturity, self-awareness, self-

regulation
Leadership Skills
Social Intelligence
Ability to identify social requirements for a particular

situation and select an appropriate response
Knowledgeable about organizational culture and power

relationships
Requires social perceptiveness and behavioral

flexibility
Leadership Skills
Systems Thinking
 Understands that a change in one part of the organization

will affect other parts as well
 Appropriate reaction to anticipated (expected)

consequences can counteract (help to avoid) these effects
 Requires awareness of how different parts of the

organization are interrelated
Leadership Skills
Ability To Learn
Ability to learn from experience and adapt to change
Flexible enough to learn from mistakes, change

assumptions and beliefs, and refine their mental
models
Requires self-awareness, open-mindedness, curiosity,

and routine feedback about strengths & weaknesses
TRAIT THEORIES; SKILLS THEORIES
VERBAL AND NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
PRESENTATION AND INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE

CHALLENGES
BUSINESS ETHICS
STUDENTS’ WORKSHOP:
SOLVING PRACTICAL SITUATIONS

INTERACTIVE DISCUSSIONS

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HR MANAGEMENT &

Assoc. Prof. Rasa Paulienė

Leadership Traits & Skills

 Ability to cope with a hectic schedule, unrelenting

 Composed and calm under stress, problem-

 Ability to influence others, take initiative and be

 Attempts difficult tasks, action-oriented, sets

 Ability to take responsibility for own actions and

 Future-oriented, proactive, believes events are

 Ability to care about other people, control own

 Aware of own strengths/weaknesses, focused on

 Ability to be consistently honest, ethical,

 Keeps promises and confidential information, sets

 Ability to participate, coach, and exercise power

 Power used to build up the organization and

 Ability to set challenging but realistic goals,

 Desires to excel and succeed, task-oriented,

 Ability to make unpopular decisions, rewards for

 Work-focused, avoids favoritism, addresses

Knowledgeable about methods, processes, techniques,

Knowledgeable about the organization and its products

Requires good memory, orientation to details, rapid

Knowledgeable about human behavior, feelings,

Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively

Requires empathy, social insight, charm, tact and

 Good judgment, foresight, intuition, creativity, and

 Requires analytical ability, logical thinking, concept

Attuned to own feelings and feelings of others

Emotions cognitively managed and used to facilitate

Requires emotional maturity, self-awareness, self-

Ability to identify social requirements for a particular

Knowledgeable about organizational culture and power

Requires social perceptiveness and behavioral

 Understands that a change in one part of the organization

 Appropriate reaction to anticipated (expected)

 Requires awareness of how different parts of the

Ability to learn from experience and adapt to change

Flexible enough to learn from mistakes, change

Requires self-awareness, open-mindedness, curiosity,

VERBAL AND NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

PRESENTATION AND INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE

SOLVING PRACTICAL SITUATIONS

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