Bangalore

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• Bangalore

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• Agenda
• Leadership The art of managing the self and
  others
• Introduction
• Definition
• Concepts of Leadership
• Basis for Good Leadership
• Principles of Leadership
• The Road to Great Leadership
• Styles of Leadership
• Dimensions of Leadership
• How to Conduct Effective Team meetings?

Quote The future depends on what we do in the
present. Mahatma Gandhi
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• Introduction
• Good leaders are made not born. If we have the
  desire and willpower, we can become an effective
  leader. Good leaders develop through a never
  ending process of self-study, education,
  training, and experience.
• To Inspire our people in to higher levels of
  teamwork, there are certain things we must be,
  Know and do. These do not come naturally, but are
  acquired through continual work and study. The
  Best Leaders are continually working and studying
  to improve their leadership skills.

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• Various Definitions about Leadership
• Leadership is a complex process by which a
  person influences others to accomplish a mission,
  task, or objective and directs the organization
  in a way that makes it more consistent and
  strong.
• Leadership is influencing people to follow in
  the achievement of a common goal.
• Leadership is the activity of influencing people
  to strive willingly for group activities.
• Leadership is the ability of a superior to
  influence the behavior of a subordinate or group
  and persuade them to follow a particular course
  of action

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• "Leadership is a function of knowing yourself,
  having a vision that is well communicated,
  building trust among colleagues, and taking
  effective action to realize your own leadership
  potential."
• Leadership occurs when one person induces others
  to work toward some predetermined objectives.
• Leadership is the art to of influencing and
  directing people in such a way that will win
  their obedience, confidence, respect and loyal
  cooperation in achieving common objectives.

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• Concepts (perception, model, view) of Leadership
  
• Some personality traits may lead people naturally
  into leadership roles. This is the Trait
  (mannerism, peculiarity, characteristic) Theory.
• A crisis or important event may cause a person to
  rise to the occasion, which brings out
  extraordinary leadership qualities in an ordinary
  person. This is the Great Events Theory.
• People can choose to become leaders. People can
  learn leadership skills. This is the
  Transformational Leadership Theory.

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• Basis for Good Leadership
• The basis of good leadership is honorable
  character and selfless service to your team and
  organization. In our employees eyes, our
  leadership is everything we do that effects the
  organizations objectives and their well being. A
  respected leader concentrates on what she is be
  (beliefs and character), what she knows, (job,
  tasks, human nature) and what she does
  (implement, motivate, provide direction)

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• Leaders do not command excellence, they build
  excellence. To reach excellence you must first be
  a leader of character.
• Character of Good Leader
• Honesty Display sincerity, Punctual, Competent.
• Forward-looking Set goals and have a vision of
  the future. The vision must be owned throughout
  the organization.
• Inspiring Display confidence in all that you
  do. By showing endurance (staying Power,
  Patience, Survival) in mental, physical and
  Spiritual stamina, you will inspire your people
  to reach for new heights.
• Intelligent Read, Study and seek challenging
  assignments.
• Fair-minded Show fair treatment to all people.
• Broad-minded
• Courageous Have the perseverance to accomplish
  a goal, display a confident calmness when under
  stress.

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• Straight forward Use sound judgment to make a
  good decision at the right time.
• Imaginative Make timely and appropriate changes
  in thinking, plans and methods. Show creativity
  by thinking of new and better goals, ideas and
  solutions to problems.
• Effective Communication Skills
• Good Product Knowledge
• Coach and Counseling
• Decision Making Skills
• Commitment to the deadlines
• Customer Satisfaction
• Motivation
• Sharing Information
• Helping employees Understand the companys
  overall business strategy and make employees
  understand their contribution achieving key
  business objectives.
• Effective Utilization of Opportunity

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• Principles (ethics, values, philosophy) of
  Leadership
• Know yourself and seek self-improvement.
• Be technically proficient As a leader we must
  know our job and have a solid familiarity with
  our employees jobs.
• Seek responsibility and take responsibility for
  your actions Search for ways to guide
  organization to new heights. And when things go
  wrong, lets not blame each other. Analyze
  situation, take corrective action and move on to
  the next challenge.
• Make sound and timely decisions Use good
  problem solving, decision making and planning
  tools.
• Set the example Be a good role model for your
  employees. They must not only hear what they are
  expected to do, but also see.

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• Know your people and look out for their
  well-being Know human nature and the importance
  of sincerely caring for our employees.
• Keep your people informed Know how to
  communicate with your people, seniors, and other
  key people within the organization.
• Develop a sense of responsibility in your people
  Develop good character traits within your
  people that will help them carry out their
  professional responsibilities.
• Ensure that tasks are understood, supervised and
  accomplished Communication is the key to this
  responsibility.

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• Leadership Frame work Road to Great Leadership
• Know yourself. Examples Strengths and weakness
  of your character, knowledge and skill.
• Know human nature. Examples Human needs and
  emotions and how people respond to stress.
• Know your job. Examples be proficient and be
  able to train others in their tasks.
• Know your organization. Examples where to go for
  help, its climate and culture, who the official
  leaders are.
• Do provide direction. Examples goal setting,
  problem solving, decision making and planning.
• Do implement. Examples communicating,
  coordinating, supervising and evaluating.
• Do motivate. Examples develop moral, train,
  coach counsel.

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• Road to Great Leadership
• Challenge the process First, find a process
  that you believe needs to be improved the most.
• Inspire a shared vision Next, share your vision
  in words that can be understood by your
  followers.
• Enable others to act Give them the tools and
  methods to solve the problem.
• Model the way When the process gets tough, get
  your hands dirty. A boss tells others what to do
  a leader shows it can be done.
• Encourage the heart Share the glory with your
  followers heart, keep the pains in your heart.

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• Styles of Leadership-
• Authoritarian (strict, controlling, dictatorial)
  Style
• Participative Style
• Situational
• Delegative Style
• Using an authoritarian style on a new employee
  who is just learning the job, the leader is
  competent and a good coach. The employee is
  motivated to learn a new skill. The situation is
  a new environment for the employee.

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• A Participative leader rather than taking
  decisions alone, seeks to involve other people in
  the process, possibly including subordinates,
  superiors and his team. In this role always
  leader takes feedback from the team analyze
  before any final decisions are taken.
• Using a Participative style with a team of
  workers who know their job, the leader knows the
  problem well, but he wants to create a team where
  the employees take ownership of the project. The
  employees know their jobs and want to become part
  of the team. The situation allows time.
• This approach also known as
• Consultation
• Empowerment
• Joint Decision Making
• Democratic Leadership

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• The Best action of the leader depends on the
  range of Situational factors.
• When a decision is required a leader cannot react
  in to a single preferred style. Here the leader
  might need to look in to the exact situation and
  necessary decisions should be taken.
• The situation that led to the leaders action
• The forces in the situation
• The forces in the follower
• The forces in the leader

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• Delegate
• In this particular style the leader allows
  employees to take decisions however the leader is
  still responsible. This decision is depend again
  on when the employees is capable of analyze the
  situation and determines what needs to be done
  and how to do it. We must set priorities and
  delegate certain task to others but need to held
  responsibilities on us rather than blaming when
  the error occurs.
• We must accept we cannot do everything! The
  employee needs to take ownership of his/her job.
  Also, the situation might call for you to be at
  other places doing other things.

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• Ex - Using all three
• Telling your employees that a procedure is not
  working correctly and a new one must be
  established. (Authoritarian)
• Asking for their ideas and input on creating a
  new procedure. (Participative)
• Delegating tasks in order to implement the new
  procedure (delegative)

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• Dimensions of Leadership Behaviour
• Employee Oriented
• Personal interest in the needs of his
  subordinates
• Production Oriented
• Here accomplishing the group task
• Comparative Study Results Employee oriented
  leaders were associate with higher group
  productivity and higher job satisfaction.

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• Conduct Effective Meetings
• Meeting is a group of people gathered together
  to discuss, debate or decide.
• Meetings are a form of communication and can be
  useful in a number of ways
• To inform
• To Analyze or Solve Problems
• To Discuss and Exchange Views
• To obtain opinion and feedback
• To train or develop
• To bring about change in knowledge, skills or
  thoughts

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• Before-
• Define the objectives and desired outcomes. Know
  what you re trying to achieve by having a
  meeting.
• Determine topics to cover and the best format for
  the discussion of each one.
• Estimate the length of the meeting. People need
  to know how long to plan for the meeting.
• Create an Agenda that is carefully scripted Give
  Start and Stop times. Time is money Plan wisely!
• Identify the place of the meeting.
• List participants and guests.
• List what the participants roles are and what is
  expected from them. This will allow them to
  gather all the relevant data they need to bring
  to the meeting.
• Prepare a structured discussion to frame the
  purpose, topics and direction of the meeting.

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• During-
• Greet them
• Start and End on mentioned timings
• Stick to the Agenda
• Encourage group discussion, Feedback and
  comments.
• Keep minutes of meeting for future reference.
• Set Time, Date and place for next meeting

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• After-
• Circulate minutes of meeting within a day.
• Follow on the decision taken in meeting.
• Give Recognition and Appreciation to excellent
  and Timely Progress
• Put unfinished business on the agenda for next
  meeting
• Conduct a periodic evaluation of the meetings
• Remember !!! Effective Meetings will keep them
  coming back !!!

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Obstacles are those frightful things you see
when you fail to focus on your goal.
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• THANK YOU