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

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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.

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Thanks for your attention!

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