LEADERSHIP

Presented by,
Rejitha. R
INTRODUCTION
Leadership is a process by which an executive can direct,guide and influence the behavior and
work of others towards accomplishment of specific goals in a given situation.
 Leadership is the ability of a manager to induce the subordinates to work with confidence and
zeal.
 Leadership is a vital management function that helps to direct on organization resources for
improved efficiency and the achievement of goals . Effective leaders provide clarity of
purpose, motivate and guide the organization to realize it’s mission.
 MEANING
 Leadership is the ability of an individual or a group of individuals to influence and guide
followers or other members of an organization.
 Leadership involves making sound and sometimes difficult-decisions, creating and articulating
a clear vision, establishing achievable goals and providing followers with the knowledge and
tools necessary to achieve those goals.
NATURE OF LEADERSHIP
 Leadership derives from the power and is similar to get distinct from management.In fact,
Leadership and Management are different. There can be managers of completely unorganized
groups ,but there can be managers only of organized groups.Thus it can be said that a manager
is necessarily a leader but a leader may not be a manager.
 Leadership is essential for managing .The ability to lead effectively is one of the keys to being
an effective manager because she/he has to combine resources and lead a group to achieve
objectives.
 Leadership and motivation are closely interconnected.By understanding motivation,one can
appreciate better what people want and why they act as they do.
NATURE OF LEADERSHIP
 Leadership involves an unequal distribution of power between leaders and group
members.Group members are not powerless;they can shape group activities in some ways.still,
the leader will usually have more power than the group members.
 The leader must co- exist with the subordinates or followers and must have a clear idea about
their demands and ambition.
 Leaders need to make positive statements of ethics big they are not hypocritical.
 Leading is a very demanding job both physically and psychologically.
STYLES OF LEADERSHIP
 Leadership style refers to a leaders behavior towards group members.The behavioral pattern
which the leader reflects in his role as a leader is often described as the style of leadership.
 Leadership style is the result of the leaders philosophy, personality,value system,and
experience.
STYLE-1
EXPLOITATIVE-AUTHORITATIVE
LEADERSHIP STYLE
 In the exploitative – Authoritative leadership style,vthe manager has no confidence or trust in
subordinates.Subordinates feel no freedom to discuss things about the job with their superior.
 In solving job problems , manager seldom gets ideas and opinions of subordinates.
STYLE-2
BENEVOLENT-AUTOCRATIC LEADERSHIP
STYLE
 In Benevolent – Autocratic leadership style, the manager has condescending confidence and
trust in subordinates,motivates with rewards and some punishments, permits some upward
communication,solicits some ideas and opinions from subordinates,and allows some
delegation of decision making but with close policy control.
STYLE-3
CONSULTATIVE LEADERSHIP
STYLE
 Consultative leadership style indicates that manager has substantial but not complete
confidence and trust in subordinates but still wishes to keep control of decisions.Subordinates
feel free to discuss things about the job with their superior.The manager gets ideas and
opinions and tries to make contructive use of them.
STYLE-4
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP
STYLE
 In the Democratic leadership style, the manager has complete confidence and trust in
subordinates and allows them direct equal participation in decision making, subordinates also
feel completely free to discuss things about the job with their superior. The manager always
asks subordinates for their ideas and opinions and makes constructive use of them.
MEASUREMENT OF
LEADERSHIP
 In a startup culture that is obsessed with management by metrics, many founders struggle to
answer this critical question about themselves. It’s tempting to measure leaders simply by the
success of their business.But even the most successful founders know how much timing and
luck can be confounding factors in this approach.Measuring leadership through bottom –line
company performance also fails to provide any clues as to how someone can improve as a
leader.
1. Superiors effectiveness and performance ratings
2. Subordinates ratings on,
 Satisfaction
 Organizational climate, morale, motivation,and Leadership effectiveness.
 Unit performance indices.
BEST PRACTICE IN
MEASURING LEADERSHIP
SUCCESS
 Ratings by superior and subordinates generally yield useful information about a leaders
effectiveness.
 Multiple measures often yield the best information about leadership success.
 Practitioners need to think critically about how their behavior affects the measures used to
judge leadership success.
 Practitioners need to be aware of leadership success measure being biased.
 When judging,the consequence of leader behaviors are examined,than the behaviors perse.
CONCLUSION
 Leadership is an integral part of human life.Leaders are evident in families,in school,in
workplaces,in churches,in social groups,and in one’s life.Indeed, everyone must be a leader of
his own life as he matures into an adult and makes decisions for himself.