Organizational Leadership

What is a Good Leader?

Organizational Leadership
• Leaders help set strategic goals for the organization while motivating
individuals within the organization to successfully carry out
assignments in order to realize those goals.
• Works towards what is best for individual members and what is best
for the organization as a group at the same time.

• It is also an attitude and a work ethic that empowers an individual in

any role to lead from the top, middle or bottom of an organization.
LEADERSHIP VS MANAGEMENT

What is the difference between a leader

and a manager?
School Head must be BOTH a Leader and a
Manager
• A school head leads the school and community to formulate the
vision, mission, goals and school improvement plan. This is a
leadership function.
Leadership Function
• He/She sees to it that this plan gets well implemented on time and so
ensures that the resources needed are there , the person to do the
job are qualified and available.
Imagine if the school head is only a leader, You have the vision, mission,
goals and school plan but no implementation.

The plan is good only in paper.

If you do task only as a manager, you will be focusing on the details of

the day to day implementation without the big picture, the vision and
mission.
Type of Skills Demanded of Leaders
Technical Skills – technique like sending emails etc. Use of technology.

Conceptual Skills – think in terms of models, framework and plans etc.

Human Skills – concerns relationship with people.

LEADERSHIP STYLES
AUTOCRATIC
major task is to command or give orders and assume that people will
follow. In this way, he gets things done fast. This does not mean that he
creates an atmosphere of hostility or negativism but rather sureness of
will.

Do decision making by themselves.

CONSULTIVE
• this requires a high degree of involvement from employees but it is
clear that they alone have the authority to make the final decisions.
DEMOCRATIC
• one who emphasizes on his subordinates their authority to make
decisions and abide by such decisions with no exceptions.

• Fully participates in decision making.

LAISSEZ FAIRE
• Or Free-rein

• Free-rein leaders are also referred to as laissez-faire leaders. Free-rein

leaders give their subordinates the goals and guidelines of their jobs
with little direction and leave the rest to them.

• The free-rein leader, though possessed with decision-making

authority, may not use such authority but leave everything to his
group to carry on what they think is best.
“One of the most important leadership
lessons is realizing you’re not the most
important or the most intelligent person
in the room at all times.” - Mario Batali
 THE SITUATIONAL
LEADERSHIP MODEL
SERVANT LEADER
• It begins with natural feeling that one wants to serve.
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP
• Is not content with status quo and sees the need to transform the way
the organization thinks, relates and does things,
SUSTAINING CHANGE
• Innovation

ADVICES:
1. Seek the support of the Stakeholders
2. Get people involved early and often
3. Plan a communications campaign to sell the ‘innovation’
4. Ensure that the innovation is understood by all
5. Consider timing and phasing