Strategy and Leadership PV237
Ing. Michala Homolova, MBA.
Leadership
Strategy and Leadership PV237
Leadership Characteristics
Brainstorming
Traits Behaviors
Which do you believe you possess yourself?
Which do you need for your next career step?
Plot them on a spider net graph (aka coaching
wheel)
Define SMART development goals
Development wheel
Conciseness
Influence
Stories
Trust
Knowledge
Transparency
Argumentation
Charisma
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5
10
Coaching questions:
- Imagine you’ve got a courage of a
lion for a week. What would you like
to do with it? If you use this courage
for your goal, what will you achieve?
- Imagine you’ve changed one of your
weaker areas – if big brother was
watching you, what would be the first
sign you’ve improved?
- How will others react to your
improvements?
- Who will be the first person to notice
you’ve progressed?
Setting SMART Goals
●
Specific What EXACTLY am I aiming at?
●
Measurable How will I know the goal was achieved?
● Achievable What can prevent me? What can help me?
●
Realistic On a scale 1-10, how realistically am I going to
achieve my goal ...
● Time bound … by the deadline?
LOOP & REFRAME
What is the smallest step I can make now so I feel
more confident that I will really achieve my goal?
Development objectives
Leadership Theories
Who leaders are / What leaders do /
Under what circumstances
● Traits – outcomes from brainstorming
● Behaviors – outcomes from brainstorming
● Situational Leadership – taking on
multiple factors based on circumstances
Traits Theory
● Effective leaders posses
a similar set of qualities
and characteristics
● e.g. Leaders are taller,
more confident, and have
greater physical stamina
than non-leaders
● Leaders are born, not
made
Leadership Traits
✔ Ambition and energy
✔ The desire to lead
✔ Honesty and Integrity
✔ Self-confidence
✔ Intelligence
✔ High self-monitoring
✔ Job-relevant knowledge
Do not worry! There is no evidence of cause and effect of traits and leadership
Behavioral Theories
● Control based:
- Autocratic
- Democratic
- Laissez-faire
White and Lippit (1983) research in a boy’s club:
The group was most productive under autocratic leader, but the leader had to be
there, else the work stopped.
Democratic style was the most popular and the most consistent in both quality
and productivity.
Laissez-faire scored poorly in all aspects in this study, but it can work well there
where the members of the group are clear about their objective and their task.
Leaders
control
Employees
control
Autocratic Laissez-faire
Behavioral Theories
● Concern based
Two central leadership behaviors bring success:
● Initiating structure (Concern for production)
The degree to which the leader structure the roles of the
followers by setting goals, deadlines, assigning tasks, and
giving directions. Primarily affects subordinates’
performance.
● Consideration (Concern for people)
The degree to which the leaders is friendly and
approachable. Primarily affects subordinates’ job satisfaction.
Behavioral Theory
Blake&Mouton Leadership Grid
Source:LeadershipDilemmas–GridSolutions
RobertR.BlakeandAnneAdamsMcCanse.1991
Concernforpeople
Concern for production
Who is your colleague/ boss?
Least Preferred Co-worker scale
● Concern for production leadership style
Leaders that are task oriented typically describe their
least preferred co-worker in rather negative terms.
● Concern for people leadership style
Relationship oriented leaders describe even their least
preferred co-worker in positive terms.
Situational Leadership Contingency
Theory
● Authority/Autonomy is contingent of four variables:
- the leader
- the led
- the task
- the context
Contingency theories of Leadership
● The Leader
The theory says that leaders’ ability to flex their style is relatively limited.
Things to check before you join in:
→ Be aware of your style
→ Be aware of the extent to which you are able and willing to adjust
→ Are people you will be working with compatible with your style?
→ Is the task?
→ How much freedom will you have in the given company culture?
Contingency theories of Leadership
● The Led
As leaders, what would you
do with each category?
Contingency theories of Leadership
● The Task
What are the characteristics of a task that enable more relaxed leadership style?
Contingency theories of Leadership
● The Context
What can you do in case the company culture / the context is not compliant with your style,
with what your people need, with the task requirements?
Situational Leadership Contingency
Theory
● Authority/Autonomy is contingent of four variables:
- the leader
- the led
- the task
- the context
Autority Autonomy
Assignment 4
● 24 hours take away
● Those who did not attend – formulate your SMART
development goal
● Those who are not playing – define 8 competencies you want
to develop and plot them on the spider net. Formulate
development objectives using SMART technique for those
that need improvement