Leadership: Definition, Traits, Styles, and Theories
Leadership
Leadership refers to the direction of a political party, social group, or other community.
Definition by Rallph M. Stogdill
Leadership is the interpersonal influence exercised in a situation, addressed through the process of human communication, to achieve one or several specific objectives.
Importance of Leadership
The ability of a leader to lead is vital for the survival of any organization.
Leadership Roles
- Achieve goals, tasks, or objectives.
- Promote unity in the group.
- Empower each team member.
Traits of a Leader According to Rallph M. Stogdill
- Intelligence
- Personality
- Skills
Intelligence
Judgment, Decision-making, Knowledge, Fluency
Personality
Adaptability, Alertness, Creativity, Personal Integrity
Capabilities
Ability to secure cooperation, Ability to cooperate, Popularity and prestige, Sociability, Tact and diplomacy
Leadership Styles
Autocratic, Participatory, Liberal
Types of Leadership
Authority:
- Traditional Leadership
- Legal Leadership
Formality:
- Formal Leadership
- Informal Leadership
Business Leadership
Leadership is key in political organizations and in the entire field of human resource management because it serves to influence the behavior of employees.
Shared Leadership
Shared and collective leadership is a set of perspectives and skills that can be learned by anyone who wants to lead their own life, co-lead teams, and contribute to the development of new leaders to exercise and practice their own leadership.
Leadership and Creativity, Vision, and Interactionism
Leadership can be seen as a process that attempts to create conditions for the emergence of creativity in group members, instead of producing innovations. A creative leader need not necessarily be an innovator, but someone who helps maintain the conditions for group members to innovate.
Emotional Leadership
The leader needs emotional intelligence, beginning with self-knowledge of what Peter Senge calls personal mastery and having a shared vision, teamwork, and systematic discipline.
Leadership and Total Quality
The total quality movement focuses on customer needs and satisfaction.
Effective Leadership
Goals, Action, Causality, People, Communication, Priorities, Teamwork, Service.
Theories on Leadership
Theory X and Y by Douglas McGregor, Traditional Leadership, Transformational Leadership, 21st Century Leadership.
Leadership Must Be
Enhance strengths, rather than correct weaknesses; be based more on efficiency than power; seek to inspire, rather than to rule and order; and aim to create, rather than repeat.
The 360-Degree Leader – by John C. Maxwell
Develop your influence from anywhere in the organization. Many managers, despite all their responsibilities, are devoid of power, since they cannot exert any influence over their bosses, colleagues, or subordinates.
Strategic Planning Model
- Needs
- Steering
- Equipment
- Planning
- Execution of Plans
- Recognition
- Evaluate
- Reward
- Learn and Improve
- Motivate
- Continue