Lecture Art of Leadership and Motivation - Lecture 18

This chapter explores the concepts of leadership (and management) and will focus on the leaders’ use of power to influence and persuade followers to act in ways which help the organization attain its goals. This chapter presents the following content: Conceptualizing leadership, leadership definition, components of the definition, followers & leadership.

Art of Leadership & Motivation HRM – 760 Lecture - 18 FACILITATOR Prof. Dr. Mohammad Majid Mahmood Habits of Highly Effective Leaders-II Habit 1:   Be proactive “Anytime we think the problem is out there,  that thought is the problem” Habit 1:  be  proactive Responsibility: “Response Ability”, the ability to choose your response Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility Reactive people are those who are affected by their physical and social environment If the weather is good they feel good, if it isn’t it affects their attitude and their performance John McEnroe PROACTIVE PEOPLE CARRY THEIR OWN WEATHER WITH THEM Habit 1:  be  proactive LANGUAGES OF PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE PEOPLE REACTIVE • • • • • • • There’s nothing I can do(External factors) That’s just the way I am He makes me so mad They won’t allow that I have to that I can’t(target) I must PROACTIVE • Let’s look at our alternatives • • • I can choose a different approach I control my own feelings I can create an effective presentation I will choose an appropriate person I choose I prefer • • • Habit 1:  be  proactive CIRCLE OF CONCERN AND CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE Circle of concern is our health, problems at work, the national debt, nuclear war, etc Its apparent that there are some over which we have no real control and others that we can something about, which is the Circle of Influence Habit 1:  be  proactive CIRCLE OF CONCERN AND CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE PROACTIVE PEOPLE FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS ON THE CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE THEY WORK ON THINGS THEY CAN CHANGE, HAVE HIGH POSITIVE ENERGY CAUSING THEIR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE TO INCREASE REACTIVE PEOPLE FOCUS THEIR EFFORT ON THE CIRCLE OF CONCERN THEY FOCUS ON WEAKNESS OF PEOPLE, PROBLEMS IN ENVIRONMENT AND CIRCUMSTANCES THE NEGATIVE ENERGY GENERATED BY THIS FOCUS CAUSES THEIR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE TO SHRINK WHERE DOES THE RESPONSE COME FROM? STIMULUS PROACTIVE Self Awareness Imagination Conscience Independent Will FREEDOM TO CHOOSE ACCORDING TO VALUES Vs RESPONSE REACTIVE Genetic (G Father DNA) Psychic (Father) Environmental (boss, spouse) Habit 1:  be  proactive “BE PROACTIVE“ RESPONSIBILITY RESPONSE + ABILITY ABILITY TO CHOOSE YOUR RESPONSE 10 Habit 4:  Think Win/Win It’s not your way or my way, it’s a better  way  20 Habit 5:   SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND,  THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD If you're like most people, you probably seek first to be understood; you want to get your point across And in doing so, you may ignore the other person completely, pretend that you're listening, selectively hear only certain parts of the conversation or attentively focus on only the words being said, but miss the meaning entirely So why does this happen? 21 Habit 5:   SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND,  THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD  Because most people listen with the intent to reply, not to understand 22 Habit 6:   Synergize “The whole is greater  than the sum of its parts”  SYNERGY means 1+1= 11 & not 23 EFFECTIVE PEOPLE Habit 6:   synergize INEFFECTIVE PEOPLE  HABIT 6 Synergize.  Effective people know that  the whole is greater than the  sum of the parts.  Compromise, Fight, or Flight.  Ineffective people believe the  whole is less than the sum of  the parts.  They value and benefit from  They try to “clone” other  differences in others, which  people in their own image results in creative    cooperation and team­work Differences in others are  looked upon as threats 24 Habit 6:   synergize  To put it simply, synergy means "two heads are better than one."  Synergize is the habit of creative cooperation It is teamwork, open-mindedness, and the adventure of finding new solutions to old problems But it doesn't just happen on its own  It's a process, and through that process, People bring all their personal experience and expertise to the table 25 Habit 6:   synergize  Together, they can produce far better results that they could individually  Synergy lets us discover jointly things we are much less likely to discover by ourselves  It is the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts 26 Habit 6:   synergize Differences should be seen as strengths, not weaknesses 27 Habit 6:   synergize “When we are left to our own experiences, we constantly suffer from a shortage of  data” 28 HABIT sharpen the SAW 29 Habit 7:  sharpen the  saw  Sharpen the Saw means preserving and enhancing the greatest asset you have  It means having a balanced program for selfrenewal in the four areas of your life: physical, social/emotional, mental, and spiritual 30 Physical Exercise, Nutrition Stress Management Mental Social/Emotional Making social and meaningful connections with others Learning, reading, writing, and teaching Spiritual Value Clarification  & Commitment, Study  31 Habit 7:  sharpen the  saw  If you renew yourself in each of the four areas, you create growth and change in your life  Sharpen the Saw keeps you fresh so you can continue to practice the other six habits  Without this renewal, the body becomes weak, the mind mechanical, the emotions raw, the spirit insensitive, and the person selfish 32 Conclusion  The 'Seven Habits' are a remarkable set of standards for anyone who seeks to live a full, purposeful and good life The 'Seven Habits' are applicable today more than ever, as the business world becomes more attuned to humanist concepts 33 FACILITATOR Prof. Dr. Mohammad Majid Mahmood  1-34 ... Win-Win isn''t about being nice, nor is it a quick-fix technique It is a character-based code for human interaction and collaboration  Most of us learn to base our self-worth on comparisons and. .. think about succeeding in terms of someone else failing that is, if I win, you lose; or if you win, I lose 18 Habit 4:  Think Win/Win Win-win is a frame of mind and heart that constantly seeks mutual... OF CONCERN AND CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE Circle of concern is our health, problems at work, the national debt, nuclear war, etc Its apparent that there are some over which we have no real control and