DEMONSTRATING

EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP

WEEK 4
UL03002: LEADERSHIP & SOCIETY

INSTRUCTOR: DR ROMZI ATIONG

 Understand the
Concept of
Effective
Leadership
Know how to
LEARNING demonstrate
OUTCOMES effective
leadership
Understand
the Importance
of effective
leadership

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 The Concept of Effective
Leadership

Effective Leadership is the behavior and

actions of a Leader that effect top-line &
bottom-line growth of an organization

one that serves the

aspirations of people one that impacts
humankind one that involves
overcoming adversity one that admits
to mistakes one who is always
for his people.
Thus there is no fixed definition or
meaning of effective leadership as
its effectiveness can be interpreted
in many ways.

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 Planning

The Planning functions includes an analysis of where the

business unit is going in the short-and-long term periods
A manger assumes
Most responsibility for a
managers are business unit or an Organizing
leaders and element of a Organizing activities are related to assessing the needs of the
they generally government service business unit with regard to personnel, equipment, services,
have common like an engineering and resources to operate the unit to accomplish the mission
tools in their department or an
toolboxes organization.
Leading 
independent The effectiveness of the leadership function separates “managers” from
of whether “leaders.” A leader will lead the strategic planning function of the
they are business unit the mission of the business unit in a way that matches the
In essence vision of the executive management team
involved in
managers plan,
engineering organize, lead, and
consulting or control (POLC) to Controlling
public service accomplish the Controlling an engineering business unit is probably a lot like
mission of the flying a light aircraft from a quite valley, over the mountain
business unit. and through a storm
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 Four Quadrants of
Effective Leadership

Leaders often display strong character, strength, fortitude, and courage to lead the way toward the vision in the
strategic plan. Effective leaders do not forget that they need to control the velocity and direction of the any activity

Organizing
Planning
(Attaining the aim of Economics and
(Strategy)
Financing Development)

leadership
Leading
(ensuring the attainment of Controlling
organization aims through (using/improving Technology)
Marketing/Promotion)

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 Secret Leadership for an effective Leader
In an effort to describe a virtual effective leader a “perfect recipe” has been device.
• A liter of strong character
• A liter of humility
• Two liters of organization
• A kilogram of intelligence
• A pinch of empathy
• A liter of confidence
• Preheated trust and ethics
• A liter of reliability mixed with follow-through
• A genuine smile
Now mix the above ingredients together with demonstrated communication skills, add
strong listening and sensitivity training.

Simmer over even-heated mentorship with years of experience continued training,

advanced technical/business degree, and dedication to common objectives.

Serve warm to the public (or clients) after a brief introduction in a pleasant environment.
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6 Keys to Effective Leadership

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1. LISTEN — TO EVERYONE

“Great leaders listen to what

their customers and prospects
want and need, and they listen
to the challenges those customers
face. They listen to colleagues
and are open to new ideas.”
Dave Kerpen, CEO Likeable
Local

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2. INSTILL SELF-CONFIDENCE IN YOUR TEAM

“Self‐confidence  is  the  lifeblood  of

 success.   When  people  have  it,  they’re
 bold.  They  try   new  things,  offer  ideas,
 exude  positive  energy,   and  cooperate
 with  their  colleagues”  Jack   Welch,
 Founder,  Jack  Welch  Management  
Institute  at  Strayer  University

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3. ASK SMART QUESTIONS

“By  being  less  dogmatic,  you  let   people  on

 your  
team  build  game   plans  that  they  believe  in,
 rather   than  trapping  them  in  a  helpless  
state  until  you  issue  your  next   command”
 George  Anders, Contributing  Writer  at  Forbes
  Magazine   

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 4. CHAMPION DIVERSITY

“The  power  of  diverse  perspective  is  

such  that   diverse  teams  outperform  
Non-diverse   teams...and  they  
outperform even  more   capable  teams”  
Sallie  Krawcheck,  85  Broads 

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5. ENCOURAGE CREATIVE THINKING

“A  change  of  scenery  and  a  bit  of  fun

 does   wonders  for  getting  people  
thinking   differently  and  loosening  up!  
‐   meeting or  leave  the  
Try  a  stand-­up
desks  and  head  to   the  park”  
Richard  Branson,  
Founder  at   Virgin  Group 

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 6. NEVER LET YOUR TITLE HOLD YOU BACK

“Your  title  should  never  act  as  a  limit

 to  what   you  want  to  achieve....If  what  
you  want  to  do   helps  the  company,  and  
you  have  the  skills  or   talent  to  do
 it –  do  it”  
Dharmesh  Shah,  
Founder  and  CTO  at  HubSpot  

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 How To Demonstrate Effective Leadership In Society
(in addition to the 6 key of effective communication)
Main Idea = Understanding Effective Communication
-Successful leaders are effective communicators.
-In fact, communication will most likely be the major building block of your success in leadership.
-What makes a communicator effective, exactly?
-Through experiences as a society leader, you shall find the following guidelines to be helpful:

1. Always consider all angles before crafting your message. Think about the "who," "what" and "how"
of the situation. Keep the following questions in mind: What is the issue at hand? How can it be solved? Who am I
asking to take action? What are the possible obstacles? What tools will I need to provide to make the process easier?

2. Make sure your message is understood. Anyone can deliver a message, but not everyone confirms that the
message is understood. Don’t hesitate to repeat yourself to make a point. Always ask your team members if they have any
questions or comments. Wait five-to-10 seconds before moving on in order to give your team time to process the
information and formulate responses.

3. Manage and prevent conflicts with consideration and purpose. Handle conflict between employees
immediately. Otherwise, you risk the creation of a toxic environment where employees fail to see you as a capable leader.
Stay a step ahead and strive to prevent conflict by observing your employees and learning their emotional triggers. For
example, consider your employees’ working styles: some are very methodical, plugging along to the end. Others
procrastinate and then rush to accomplish everything at the last minute. A way to avoid conflict is to pair employees with
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The importance of effective leadership in an organization

Warren Bennis: “Leadership is the capacity to

translate vision into reality” ( Forbes,
2013)

Bill gates: “As we look ahead into the next

century, leaders will be those who empower
others”(Forbes, 2013)

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Factors Determining Leadership Effectiveness

Why Are Some Individuals Effective and why are some unsuccessful in their Leadership
Roles?

The answer to this question is explored in 4 factors.

1.Leader’s Qualities,
2.Followers’ Qualities,
3.Environment, and
4.Leader’s Actions.

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The Factor of Leader’s Qualities

These are the innate and non-innate qualities that determine a

leader’s effectiveness or ineffectiveness. They comprise of
personality traits (Steve Jobs), cognitive skills (Barack
Obama), social skills (Silvio Berlusconi), character (Mark
Hurd), technical skills (Akio Toyoda), self-awareness (Indra
Nooyi), self-regulation (Mahatma Gandhi), empathy (Nelson
Mandela).

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 The Factor of Followers’ Qualities

-This takes into consideration the attributes of the followers to

explain the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of a leader.
-The follower’s qualities consider follower’s aspirations, follower’s
attitude, skills and expertise, cohesion, commitment and character,
awareness.

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 The Factor of Environment

-The environmental theory states that leadership effectiveness or

ineffectiveness is influenced by systems outside the leader and his
followers.

-The environment consist of organizational characteristics, it’s

tasks, employee’s characteristics, organization’s external
environment

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 The Factor of Leader’s Actions
-Neither of the theories above including the Leader’s Qualities theory, Followers’ Qualities theory,
and Environment theory help to successfully predict effective leadership.

-The Leader’s action theory takes steps in different directions.

-It looks at a Leader’s actions and why and how they were made considering varied styles of
leadership actions like consultative, delegated style, participative, autocratic.

-It considers the why and how in the light of the goals of the entire organization’s business
environment.

-Thus effectiveness of leadership is judged based not on results, but actions taken.

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 Conclusion

-Organization does not matter to be an effective leader.

-Inspiring people and get the best from them.

-Need to learn all leadership trait to be highly effective

leader

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THANKS

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