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The document discusses various aspects of leadership, defining it as a choice that inspires individuals to recognize their potential. It outlines different leadership styles, including autocratic, democratic, and transformational, as well as theories such as Trait, Behavioral, and Contingency Theory. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of adapting leadership styles to fit specific situations and the impact of leader-follower dynamics on effectiveness.

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Leadership

The document discusses various aspects of leadership, defining it as a choice that inspires individuals to recognize their potential. It outlines different leadership styles, including autocratic, democratic, and transformational, as well as theories such as Trait, Behavioral, and Contingency Theory. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of adapting leadership styles to fit specific situations and the impact of leader-follower dynamics on effectiveness.

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Leadership

Arun Kumar Kannan


Assistant Professor
PSG Institute of Management
Leadership

"Leadership is the act of communicating a person's worth and potential in


a way that inspires them to see it in themselves"

He also believed that leadership is a choice, not a position, and that it can
be applied to many roles in life, including work, parenting and teaching.
Leaders Vs
Managers
Contd...
Leadership Styles
1. Autocratic Leadership
2. Democratic Leadership
3. Laissez Faire Leadership
4. Paternalistic Leadership
5. Bureaucratic Leadership
6. Transactional Leadership
7. Transformational Leadership
Leadership Pizza

✓ Imagine leadership qualities as pizza toppings, with each


topping representing an essential trait of effective leadership
✓ Each team are asked to select traits they value in leadership
✓ Complete the leadership pizza and explain the traits prioritized
✓ A debate might be facilitated
Theories of Leadership
1. Trait Theory
2. Behavioral Theory
3. Contingency Theory
Trait Theory of Leadership
✓Trait theory strongly believe that some people are born leaders
✓It focus on personal qualities and characteristics
✓The most common trait based approach uses Big Five personality
framework .
✓Traits can predict leadership
✓Trait theory can do a better job in predicting emergence of leader rather
than the actual performance.
Behavioral Theory of Leadership
'Great leaders are made, not born'.
• This theory focus on actions of leader not on mental qualities or internal
states.
• People can learn to become leaders through teaching and observation
• Anyone who adopts appropriate behavior can be a good leader
• Ohio state studies sought to identify independent dimensions of leader
behavior
• Emphasize on two dimensions namely Structure Initiating & Consideration
• Michigan group identified two behavioral types, Employee Oriented Leader &
Task Oriented Leader
• Developed by Brittany
Contd..
• The results of behavioral studies have been mixed
• The reason for mixed results from behavioral theories tests partly lie in
follower preferences
• Consideration and initiating structure may both be important for a
manager to be effective in culturally diversified organization
• Some studies also found that , country's history impacts behavioral
preferences of leaders
Contingency Theory
• Jamie believes that best leadership style to use depends on the situation
• According to this theory, leaders should adjust their behavior to fit the
situation.
• Or else the person leading should be replaced
• However predicting leadership success is more complex than finding a
few hero examples
Fiedler's Contingency Theory
• Fred Fiedler developed the first comprehensive contingency model for
leadership
• It proposes that effective performance of the group depends on proper
match b/w leadership style and degree to which the situation gives the
leader control
• Fiedler developed LPC Scale to determine the leadership style of a
person.
• Whether the leader is task oriented or relationship oriented
• Three variables on situation are Leader – Member relations, Task
Structure and Position Power
Least Preferred Co – worker (LPC)

LPC questionnaire asks respondents to think of all the


coworkers they have ever had and describe the one they least
enjoyed working with, on a scale of 1 to 8, for 16 sets of
contrasting adjectives (such as pleasant–unpleasant, efficient–
inefficient, open–guarded, supportive– hostile).
Path - Goal Theory of Leadership

• This theory was developed by Robert House in 1971 and revised in 1996
• Path goal theory extracts elements from the Ohio state studies and
expectancy theory of motivation
• This model helps leader guide their team achieve goals by adapting their
leadership style to the needs of their employees and work environment
• It comes under contingency category
• It involves three contingencies namely, the leadership style, the situation
and the work environment
Hersey - Blanchard Situational Leadership

• This theory was developed by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard in the
year in 1996.
• This approach suggest to match two key elements appropriately the
leader's leadership style and the maturity of followers
• It works on the assumption that most effective style of leadership
changes with respect to situation
Transactional Leadership

Transactional leadership, also known as managerial leadership is a style


where leader rely on rewards and punishments to achieve optimal job
performance from their sub ordinates.
Approaches
✓ Contingency
✓ Active management by exception
✓ Passive management by exception
Transformational Leadership
Transformational leaders, who focus more on emotion than structure
and inspire followers to transcend their self-interests for the good of the
organization. Transformational leaders can have an extraordinary effect
on their followers and as a result they are often confused with
charismatic leaders.
Transformational leaders inspire by creating a common vision and
sense of shared power and ability to implement change.

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