LEADERSHIP

MODULE 3

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Learning Objectives:
To instill among students the qualities of a leader;
To educate students to become highly effective people; and
To inculcate the value of transformational and servant
leadership to students

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TOPICS:
Definition and Principles of Leadership
Qualities of a Leader
Transformational Leadership
Servant Leadership

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Leadership
is one of the highest skills that an individual youth can
attain in order to become successful in different areas
of life especially in civic service and public affairs. It is in
this premise that the youth, in their role as nation-
builders, must develop leadership potentials to ensure
efficiency and effectiveness in meeting their goals and
develop the spirit and ethics of service for the good of
others.

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Leader is:
Someone who acts as a guide
A directing head
Someone who leads a body of troops

Leadership is:
The position of a leader;
The quality displayed by a leader;
The act of leading;

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LEADERSHIP
is the ability to inspire confidence
and support among the people
who are needed to achieve
organizational goals. Leadership
involves having a vision of what the
organization can become.
Leadership requires eliciting
cooperation and teamwork from a
large network of people and
keeping the key people in that
network motivated, using every
manner of persuasion.
HOW DO PEOPLE
BECOME LEADERS?
 Broad categories such as the following can be used to illustrate how people
attain leadership positions. Examples are given for each category described
below.

[Link] 2. Merited 3. Captured 4. Identified 5. Defaulted

Some people become Some people Some people become Some people become Some people become
leaders because they become leaders leaders by campaigning leaders because they leaders simply because
achieve the necessary primarily through for a position, being possess personal or other team members are
certification or faithful and “political,” or otherwise professional qualities that unwilling or unable to
credentials for a enthusiastic manoeuvring themselves are recognized as accept the position or
position. They may
participation and into a position. Leaders in beneficial and undeniable responsibility.
otherwise meet
competent this category may also and are appropriate for
established criteria or
prerequisites that
performance over take possession or seize meeting the team’s needs
persons in authority time. These leaders the position through at a particular time.
over them associate may be considered positive or negative
with the leadership to have “paid their means.
position. dues.”

Examples: Olympic Examples: school Examples: project manager Example: someone in a

Examples: lifeguard,
teacher flag bearer, captain of principals, city mayor, of a business, military small discussion group
a high school football dictator general needs to lead the
team discussion
 HOW TO BECOME A GOOD LEADER
We often say that some people are good leaders, while others are not. But what is
really our basis for judging one‘s capacity for being a good leader?

From a follower‘s perspective, good leadership can be attributed on several

qualities that a person must have. These qualities make people comply and
passionately follow a leader.
Qualities of a Leader

1. Character

A leader must have the capacity to rally

men to a common purpose and should
have the character which inspires
confidence. The quality of a person‘s
behavior, as revealed in his habits of
thoughts and expressions, his attitudes
and interests, his action and his
personal philosophy in life.
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2. Charisma is the ability to draw

people to you. This is a special
spiritual gift bestowed temporarily by
the holy spirit on a group or an
individual for the general good of the 3. Commitment is the act of
church. committing, the state of
intellectual and emotional
adherence to some political,
social, religious theory or action
especially the conscious linking
of works of literature and art with
such theory of action.
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5. Competence 6. Courage 7. Discernment

4. Communication
The quality of the mind is the ability to find the root of
Leaders must be able to is the leader’s ability to say it, the matter, and it relies on
that enables the person to
share knowledge and ideas plan it, and do it in such a way intuition as well as rational
face difficulty, danger, etc.
to transmit a sense of that others know that you know thought. Discernment enables
without fear. This is rightly
urgency and enthusiasm to how – and know that they want esteemed the first of a leader to see a partial
others. Communicators take to follow you. All highly human qualities, because picture, fill in the missing
something complicated and competent people continually it is the quality which pieces intuitively, and find the
make it simple. search for ways to keep learning, guarantees all others. real heart of the matter. The
growing, and improving. Courage is doing what closer a leader is to his area of
you’re afraid to do. gifting, the stronger his
intuition and ability to see root
causes.
Qualities of a Leader

8. Focus

This is the central point of attraction,

attention or activity. Remember that “If
you chase two rabbits, both will escape.” A
leader that knows his Priorities and has
Concentration. What does it take to have
the focus required to be a truly effective
leader? A leader that knows his Priorities
and has Concentration.
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9. Generosity: The measure of a

leader is not the number of people who
serve him, but the number of people he
serves. Generosity requires putting
others first. Leader must be grateful for
whatever they have. Contentment
seems to be very ideal.

10. Initiative. This is an introductory act or

step, readiness and the ability in initiating
action, one personal, responsible decision.
Leaders are responsible for initiating a
connection with their followers.
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11. Listening
Leaders touch a heart before they ask for a hand. That’s the Law of
Connection. But before a leader can touch a person’s heart, he has to
know what’s in it. He learns that by listening.

12. Passion 13. Positive Attitude

is any compelling emotion, strong amorous feeling, If you look at the lives of people in any profession who achieve
strong sexual desire, strong fondness or enthusiasm. lasting success, you will find that they almost always possess a
positive outlook on life.

14. Problem Solving

We can measure a leader by the problems he tackles.
He always looks for ones his own size.
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15. Relationships

The most important

single ingredient in the
formula of success is
knowing how to get
along with people.
People don’t care how
much you know until
they know how much
you care. People truly do
want to go along with
people they get along
with.
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Responsibilit Self-
Security
y Discipline

No man will make a great The first and best victory is to

Success on any major scale
leader who wants to do it all conquer self. A man without
requires you to accept
himself or get all the credit for decision of character can
responsibility. In the final
doing it. Don’t follow the crowd; never be said to belong to
analysis, the one quality that
make up your own mind. No himself… He belongs to
all successful people have is
one can live on a level whatever can make captive of
the ability to take on
inconsistent with the way he him. Self-discipline can’t be a
responsibility.
sees himself. one-time event. It has to
become a lifestyle.
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Servanthood Teachability Vision

Servanthood is intentionally Value your listening and Vision leads the leader.
being aware of your people’s reading time at roughly ten It paints the target. It
needs, available to help them, times your talking time. This sparks and fuels the fire
and able to accept their will assure you that you are on within, and draws him
desires as important. a course of continuous learning forward.
and self-improvement.
 Kinds of
Leaderships

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TRANSFORMATIONAL
LEADERSHIP
This is a form of leadership that occurs when
leaders broaden and elevate the interests of
their employees, when they generate
awareness and acceptance of the purpose and
mission of the group, and when they stir their
employees to look beyond their own self-
interest for the good of the group. Leadership
here is recognized as an interactive process,
which transforms both leaders and followers
resulting in positive organizational outcomes
(e.g., superior performance, productivity, and
OCBs).
Why is transformational
leadership important for
organizational functioning?

Numerous studies have shown that

transformational leadership:
Significantly increases organizational performance;

Is positively linked with long term market share

and customer satisfaction
Generates higher commitment to the organization
from their employees;

Increases employee trust in management and organizational

citizenship behaviors (extra-role work related behaviors such
as conscientiousness, unselfishness and sportsmanship that
are unrestricted, not related to the formal reward system of th
organization);
Enhances employee satisfaction with both their job and the
leader;
Reduces employee stress and increases well-being
 How do transformational leaders behave?

Articulate a compelling vision of the Instill pride in employees for being associated
future; with them;
Talk about their most important values and
Use stories and symbols to
beliefs;
communicate their vision and message; Consider the moral and ethical consequences
Specify the importance of having a of decisions;
strong sense of purpose and a collective Seek different perspectives when solving
mission; problems;
Get employees to challenge old assumptions
Talk optimistically and enthusiastically
and to think about problems in new ways;
and express confidence that goals will Spend time teaching and coaching;
be achieved; Consider each individual employee‘s different
Engender the trust and respect of their needs, abilities and aspirations;
followers by doing the right thing rather Are compassionate, appreciative and
responsive to each employee and recognize
that doing things right
and celebrate each employee‘s achievements.
 1. Charisma - If the leadership is transformational,
Four its charisma or idealized influence is envisioning,
confident, and sets high standards to be followed.
components of
transformational 2. Inspirational motivation - If the leadership is
transformational, its inspirational motivation
leadership provides followers with challenges and meaning
for engaging in shared goals and undertakings.

3. Intellectual stimulation - If the leadership is

transformational, its intellectual stimulation helps
followers to question assumptions and to
generate more creative solutions to problems.

4. Individualized consideration - If the

leadership is transformational, its individualized
consideration treats each follower as an individual
and provides coaching, mentoring and growth
opportunities

If such transformational leadership is authentic, it

is characterized by high moral and ethical
standards in each of the above dimensions.
Servant
Leadership

is a leadership philosophy in which

the main goal of the leader is to
serve. This kind of leadership is
essential because it implies driver
toward good citizenship and
community progress.
 Servant Leadership

Mahatma Gandhi Mother Teresa Nelson Mandela

The following characteristics are central to the development
of servant-leaders:

1) Listening 2) Empathy
It is a common thought that
communication and firm decision- People need to be
making` are important skills for the accepted and recognized
servant-leader, they need to be for their special and
reinforced by a deep commitment to unique spirits.
listening intently to others.

3) Healing 4) Awareness

Learning to heal is a General awareness, and

powerful force for especially self-awareness,
transformation and strengthens the servant-
integration. leader.
The following characteristics are central to the development
of servant-leaders:

5) Persuasion
6) Conceptualization
The servant-leader seeks to convince
others, rather than coerce compliance. This Servant-leaders seek to
particular element offers one of the nurture their abilities to
clearest distinctions between the “dream great dreams.”
traditional authoritarian model and that of
servant-leadership.

7) Foresight 8) Stewardship
Foresight is a characteristic that enables Servant-leadership, like
the servant-leader to understand the stewardship, assumes first
lessons from the past, the realities of the and foremost a
present, and the likely consequence of a commitment to serving the
decision for the future. needs of others.
 The following characteristics are
central to the development of
servant-leaders:

9. Commitment to the growth of people. Servant-leaders believe

that people have an intrinsic value beyond their tangible
contributions as workers.

10. Building community. The servant-leader senses

that much has been lost in recent human history as
a result of the shift from local communities to large
institutions as the primary shaper of human lives.
THE SEVEN HABITS OF
HIGHLY EFFECTIVE
PEOPLE

Stephen Covey
 THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY
EFFECTIVE PEOPLE

HABIT 2. BEGIN WITH

HABIT 1. BE THE END IN MIND
PROACTIVE Where do we go from here? Know where you want
Proactive means ―the ability to choose the to go. In making plans and decisions, see to it that
response. We have the ability to choose the time and efforts that will be spent and utilized
between right and wrong. But it must be taken conforms to what we want to achieve. Use your
into account that we must be responsible enough ability to envision. This is where I want to go and
for whatever consequences our actions may lead these are the things that must be done to lead me
to. Use your creativity and initiatives. You are to that direction.
the one in charge.
THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY HABIT 3. PUT FIRS
T
EFFECTIVE PEOPLE THINGS FIRST
PRACTICE SELF-
MANAGEMENT. KNO
W
YOUR PRIORITIE

HABIT 4. THINK W
IN-
WIN
THIS CONCERNS M
UTUAL
BENEFIT. PUTTING
BOTH
PARTIES ON FAVOR
ABLE
SITUATION.
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EFFECTIVE PEOPLE

HABIT 5. SEEK FIRST TO

UNDERSTAND… THEN TO
BE UNDERSTOOD HABIT 6. SYNERGIZE
As the saying goes, ―The best way to understand The whole is greater than the
is to listen.‖ The practice of empathy governs this
habit. It is about putting ourselves on the shoes sum of its parts. More tasks will
of the other person. Based on the person‘s be done if we utilize all the
explanation, we ought to evaluate, probe, advise
and interpret as a way of responding to the things that we have. Even though
person‘s feelings. your contribution is that small, if
everybody will do their part,
things will go on smoothly.
THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY
EFFECTIVE PEOPLE

HABIT 7. SHARPEN THE SAW

What we had learned a couple of years back

will become outdated. Many things evolve and
develop so fast, that there is a need to update
ourselves through various food-for-the brain
resources.
 REFERENCE:
Covey, S.: Seven Habits of Highly
Effective People.
Maxwell, John C.: 21 Indispensable
Qualities of a Leader.