LEADERSHIP QUALITIES

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LEADERSHIP QUALITIES

• Soft skills training to Postal staff
  Government of INDIA
• Prepared and
  Presented by
• Dr. A.V. RAMPRASAD, Principal,
  KLNCE
• Prof. S. Balasubramanian, ASP /Mech
  KLNCE

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Who are leaders

• Are leaders born or made .
• Who guides common goal showing the way by example
• Leadership is the ability of a superior to
  influence the behaviour of his subordinates and
  persuade them to follow a particular course of
  action .
• Ability to make his subordinates to work with
  confidence and zeal

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Ultimate leader is .

• Leader should have high level of intelligence
  with sound educational and technical background
• Emotionally stable , should not loose temper at
  any instant
• Understand human behaviour , needs , emotions etc
  and deal with all people
• Understand the views of others should not do on
  his own way
• Not only self motivated but also motivate
  followers

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• Should initiate the work and have creative
  ability
• Should be able to judge anything for actions and
  good decisions
• Lead from the front by taking the
  responsibilities and must be a decision maker
• Good guide to the subordinates and demonstrate
  the ways of doing work
• Should have attractive and pleasing personality
  with dignified behaviour
• Should be honor , sincere
• And leave people the will to carry on

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Types of leadership

• Management doing things right
• Leadership doing right things
• Types autocratic - Leader makes decisions
  without reference to anyone else,High degree of
  dependency on the leader,Can create de-motivation
  and alienation of staff,May be valuable in some
  types of business where decisions need to be made
  quickly and decisively
• Democratic Encourage decision making from
  different prespective process of consultation
  before decision .

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Best Qualitites of Leadership

• Leadership in Simple Terms
• Leader Characteristics
• Qualities of Leadership
• Leadership as Empowerment
• The Leadership Role
• The Ingredients of a Successful Leader
• What is Successful Leadership

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Leadership in Simple Terms

• Understand the vision
• Direct and enable others to cooperate in
  achieving it

Leadership is the ability to direct people,
more important, to have those people accept that
direction. (Lombardi, 2001)
Leadership is not about memorising techniques or
devising the perfect game plan. It is about
really paying attention to people really
believing them, really caring about them, really
involving them.
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Leadership is about

• Motivating
• Inspiring
• Taking people to greater heights
• Working with participants on the how and helping
  them figure out the what and why
• Encouraging them to push themselves to achieve
  the highest possible performance
• Action
• Enabling, not telling
• Talking the talk and walking the walk...walking
  alongside

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Leadership Qualities

• Vision and passion
• Strong communicating skills
• Role model
• Have integrity and honesty
• Be organised
• (Trenberth and Collins, 1994)

• Enable direction and structure
• by the group
• A clear vision
• Charisma
• Enable motivation and enthusiasm
• Make a difference
• People-oriented skills
• Skilful communicator
• Build character
• Empathy
• (McConnell, 2000)

What leadership qualities do you have?
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Leaders Build Leadership
To build leadership the leader has to enable
participant independence so they can perform with
freedom and autonomy to make informed decisions
without the leader around. (Hinkson, 2001)
Leadership as Empowerment
A good leader inspires people to have confidence
in their leader. A great leader inspires
people to have confidence in
themselves. (Anonymous)
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The Leadership Role

• A good leader is a person who
• Is a good teacher
• Doesnt put down those they are working with
• Gets the most from those they are working with
• Works within the framework of the rules

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way,
and shows the way. John C. Maxwell
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The Ingredients of a Successful Leader

• Create and practise values
• Develop committed followers
• Inspire lofty accomplishments
• Model appropriate behaviour
• Focus attention on important issues
• Connect the group to the outside world
• (Lee King, 2001)

What other ingredients are important to be a
successful leader?
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What is Successful Leadership?

• Successful leaders get the most out of the
  participants and enable them to learn
• How to lead and follow within the team
• How to make good decisions
• Not to be afraid to fail
• Character values
• How to be successful leaders and people
• To be the best they can be
• (Adapted from Hinkson, 2001)

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Leadership Qualities
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Qualities of a Leader
Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow
Effective leadership skills are needed more than
ever to stay ahead of the competition
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If you can become the leader you ought to be on
the inside, you will be able to become the person
you want on the outside. People will want to
follow you. And when that happens, youll be
able to tackle anything in this world.
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The essence of leadership is service to others

• As a leader, you exist to
• Inspire others to strive for excellence
• Ensure the work environment is safe, challenging,
  and fair
• Teach, mentor, provide guidance

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• True leaders put the welfare of the group ahead
  of their own self-interest

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• Great leaders enhance institutional capability by
  driving the actions of others to achieve greatness

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• Create and establish strategies
• Ensure effectiveness and efficiency
• Communicate openly and often
• Build solid relationships
• Act with integrity and fairness
• Provide counsel and direction
• Motivate, coach and develop others
• Produce results, meet objectives and exceed
  goals

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Charisma
How can you have charisma? Be more concerned
about making others feel good about themselves
than you are making them feel good about you.
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Any leader can get work done by barking orders
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Communication Simplify your Message- Its
not what you say, but also how you say
it. Really Care about your Audience Show the
Truth- Believe what you say, Live what you
say Seek a Response- the goal of
all communication is action
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Qualities Leaders Posses To Make Things
Happen They Know What They Want They Push
Themselves to Act They Take More Risks They
Make More Mistakes
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Remember If you can dream it, you can do
it.
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Q A
Thanking you