Contemporary Issues in LeadershipInstructor: Prof. Dr. Tomas Benz
Team 10:
Pham Thanh Lam
Pham Tran Thai Son
VGU, BIS2010
Agenda
Three Types of Trust
Contemporary Leadership Roles
Challenges To The Leadership Construct
Finding and Creating Effective Leaders
Whether charismatic and transformational leadership generalize across cultures
Summary
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash (recall)
Three Types of Trust
Deterrence-based Trust
Knowledge-based Trust
Identification-based Trust
Basic Principles of Trust
Mistrust Drives Out Trust
Trust Begets Trust
Trust Can Be Regained
Mistrust Groups Self-destruct
Mistrust Generally Reduce Productivity
Contemporary Leadership Roles
Mentoring
Self-leadership
Online Leadership
Mentoring
Mentor: A senior employee who supports a less experience employee (protégé).
Career Functions
Helping the protégé gain skills and abilities
Lobbying for the protégé to get better assignments
Providing exposure to influential individuals in the organization
Acting as a sounding board for ideas
Psychological Functions
Counseling the protégé to bolster his/her confidence
Sharing personal experiences with the protégé
Providing friendship and acceptance
Acting as a role model
Mentoring
Can be formal or informal
Mentors tend to select protégé who are similar to them in background
Self-Leadership
Self-Leadership
o Effective leaders help followers to lead themselves
o Important in self-managed teams
Online Leadership
Leadership at a Distance: Building Trust
o The lack of face-to-face contact removes the nonverbal cues that support verbal interactions
o There is no supporting context
o The structure of words can strongly affect the response of receivers
o Need to develop skills of “reading between the lines”
Challenges To The Leadership Construct
Attribution Theory of Leadership
Challenges To The Leadership Construct
“What’s important in being characterized as an “effective leader” is projecting the appearance
of being a leader rather than focusing on actual accomplishments”
Finding and Creating Effective Leaders
Selecting Leaders
Training Leaders
12-13
Charismatic and transformational leadership generalize across cultures• These leadership theories are primarily
studied in English-speaking countries
• Leaders should take culture into account
• The characteristics that determined transformational leadership were consistent across cultures.
12-14
Summary• Leadership is a complex function in an
organization but essential for success.
• There are many factors that define a successful leader.
• Leaders must be seen as authentic and trustworthy.
• Investment must be made in the future through mentoring and training leaders.
12-15
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