LEADERSHIP & ITS IMPACT IN A WORKPLACE

Presented by, SHRADDHA DHATRAK (ROLL NO 01)

CONCEPT OF LEADERSHIP
Leadership is a complex process by which a person influences others to accomplish a mission, task, or objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent

Leadership makes people want to achieve high goals and objectives, while, on the other hand, bosses tell people to accomplish a task or objective.
Managers are people who do things right, while leaders are people who do the right thing.

CHARACTERISTICS OF LEADERSHIP
Co-existence with follower ship
Responsibility Understanding nature Precedence Situation

Motivation

Providing guidance

Initiates action

Creating confidence

What are its importance IMPACT OF for LEADERSHIP an organization?

Coordination

Building morale

Builds work environment

IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP IN AN ORGANISATION

Leadership and human behavior

Leadership and Communication

Leadership and motivation

Leadership and human behavior

Human nature is the common qualities of all people have similar needs . A leader must understand these needs because they are powerful motivators.

Leadership and Communication

Communication is very important because a leader coach, coordinate, counsel, evaluate, and supervise through this process.

Leadership and motivation

A person's motivation is a combination of desire and energy directed at achieving a goal.

LEADERSHIP STYLES

Leadership Style is the way in which a leader influences followers. matter what their traits or skills, leaders carry out their roles in a wide variety of styles.

No

CLASSIFICATION

A. On the basis of giving the REWARDS

1.Positive Leaders 2.Negative Leaders

B. On the basis of AUTHORITY 1.Autocratic/Commanding/Bureaucratic leaders 2.Participative Leaders 3.Democratic Leaders 4.Laissez-Faire/Free-Rein Leaders
4/9/2013

10

A.ON THE BASIS OF GIVING THE REWARDS

Leaders can adopt a leadership style depending upon the rewards that they offer to motivate their followers to perform the desired work.

11

1. POSITIVE LEADERSHIP

Motivates through financial and/or non financial rewards

Results in

-higher morale of workers

-increased job satisfaction -higher contribution to organizational productivity and goals
12

2. NEGATIVE LEADERSHIP
Use

of penalties and punishments as means of motivation Gets the desired performance from the followers at the cost of their morale and satisfaction Such leaders may appropriately be termed as bosses

13

B.ON THE BASIS OF AUTHORITY

AUTOCRATIC LEADERS
Make decisions and issue orders and instructions. Normally follow the negative leadership styles. The threat of punishment and penalties make the workers obey their orders. May also offer rewards(positive motivation) to their followers for their good performance. In such cases the leaders are termed as BENEVOLENT AUTOCRATIC LEADERS.

14

WHEN IS AUTOCRATIC STYLE EFFECTIVE?

1.Short term projects with a highly technical, complex

or risky element.
2. Work environments where spans of control are wide and hence the manager has little time to devote to each employee. 3. Industries where employees need to perform lowskilled, monotonous and repetitive tasks and
15

generally have low levels of motivation.

4. Projects where the work performed needs to

be completed to exact specifications and/or with a tight deadline.

5. Companies that suffer from a high employee turnover, i.e. where time and resources devoted to leadership development would be largely wasted.

16

PARTICIPATIVE LEADERS
These leaders do not centralize the decision making authority with them; rather they decentralize it to their followers Though the ultimate responsibility continues to vest with the leaders, they take all decisions in consultation with their followers The followers thus develop a sense of involvement and contribute positively towards the group goals.

17

DEMOCRATIC LEADERS

Democratic Leadership is the leadership style that promotes the sharing of responsibility, the exercise of delegation and continual consultation. It is a step further than the participative leadership The decisions are made in groups through group discussions, by the formation of various committes.It is also called as group dynamics approach to participation

18

WHEN ARE THE DEMOCRATIC AND PARTICIPATIVE LEADERSHIP STYLE EFFECTIVE?

1.

Democratic/ participative leadership is applied to an extent in the manufacturing industry, to allow employees to give their ideas on how processes can become leaner and more efficient. Democratic / participative leadership is effective in professionals organizations where the emphasis is clearly on training professional & leadership development .

2.

19

 3.Non

profit organizations also tremendously benefit from drawing upon the creative energies of all their staff to bring about cost cutting techniques or fund raising ideas.

4.As

previously mentioned, creative industries such as advertising and television enjoy a lot of benefits from the free flow of ideas that democratic / participative leadership brings.

20

LAISSEZ-FAIRE OR FREE-REIN LEADERS

This French phrase means leave it be and is used to describe a leader who leaves his/her colleagues to get on with their work. The style is largely a "hands off" view that tends to minimize the amount of direction and face time required. The leaders remain indifferent to the group activities. Role of a leader is of a on-looker who plays a minor role in affecting the group-goals.

21
4/9/2013

WHEN IS THE LAISSEZ FAIRE STYLE EFFECTIVE

Employees are highly skilled, experienced, and educated. Employees have pride in their work and the drive to do it successfully on their own. Outside experts, such as staff specialists or consultants are being used Employees are trustworthy .

22

IMPORTANT KEYS FOR LEADERSHIP

IMPORTANT KEYS FOR LEADERSHIP

Trust and confidence in top leadership is the single most

reliable predictor of employee satisfaction in an organization.

Effective communication by leadership in the critical areas is the key to winning organizational trust and confidence:

Helping employees understand the company's overall

business strategy.

Helping employees understand how they contribute to achieving key business objectives.

Sharing information with employees on both how the company is doing and how an employee's own division is doing relative to strategic business objectives.

LEADERSHIP SECRETS
1.

DECISIVENESS IS KEY (LALIT KHAITAN, Chairman and Managing Director, Radico khaitan)

The most distinguished trait that defines a good leader is the willingness to make decisions that are need of the hour no matter how difficult they may be. And the most significant component of such decision-making is selfconfidence.

2.VISIONARY LEADERSHIP (B.MUTHURAMAN, Managing Director, Tata steel) The ability to create a shared vision among team members is the primary trait of a true leader.

3. RELATE AND RULE (N.LAKSHMI NARAYAN, CEO AND President, Cognizant Technology Solutions) Good leadership is the ability to recognize all the factors that would make the leader succeed in motivating the group.

4. TAKE RESPONSIBILTY (R.V.SHASTRI, Chairman and Managing Director, Canara bank) A leader is only as good as his team. Leadership involves two steps: helping subordinates take advantage of their talents, and then fine tuning their performance. Good leaders always take responsibility for both the success and failure of their teams