understanding leadership
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Understanding Leadership. Definition. Leadership is the ability to influence a group towards the achievement of goals. Types of Leadership. Transactional Leadership. Leaders who guide or motivate their followers in the direction of established goals by clarifying role and task requirements. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Leadership is the ability to influence a group towards the achievement of goals.
Leaders who guide or motivate their followers in the direction of established goals by clarifying role and task requirements
Exchange
Seizes opportunities through bargaining or exchange of favours
Works with a reward-oriented approach while dealing with followers
Works within the existing system and negotiates to attain set goals
Tends to think ‘inside the box’ in order to solve problems
Leaders who provide individualized consideration, intellectual stimulation and who possess charisma
Individualized consideration: Gives personal attention, treats each employee individually, coaches and advises
Intellectual stimulation: Promotes intelligence, rationality and careful problem solving
Inspiration: Communicates high expectations, uses symbols to focus on efforts, expresses important purposes in simple ways
Charisma: Provides vision and a sense of mission, instills pride, commands respect and trust
Proactive, sensitive and responsible about the community and its needs
Knowledgeable about the overall context of the community and other related issues
Ability to identify and build capacities of people in the community
Ability to stay calm in challenging situations to enable effective problem solving
Clarity about the goal of the CBO and processes that need to be put in place for the same
The PM should identify community members who:
are committed to the cause of the CBO
have clarity about the context of the community and other related issues
are able to maintain cordial relationships with all the community members
are able to influence community members
have clear communication and effective problem-solving skills
are visionary - can take the CBO to the next level
The PM should:
find out the capacity-building needs
ensure that those needs are fulfilled
involve the CBO leaders in planning, implementation and monitoring of the programme
continuously provide the leaders with feedback
mentor the CBO leaders
The PM should:
identify the capacity-building needs of staff members
build their capacities
put a regular performance-review system in place
allow them to take independent decisions
give productive feedback
conduct training programmes to improve the competencies of staff members
encourage and support them to strive for better quality interventions
For a successful implementation of TI, the PM should be an effective leader
S/he should be proactive and sensitive
S/he should try to develop leadership qualities among other staff members
S/he should be able to empathize with others