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LEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIPDEFINITIONS

DEFINITIONS Leadership is the ability to motivate people to strive to achieve common goals.

Leadership is the ability to influence people to achieve

worthwhile goals.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF A LEADER

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A LEADER

1.Leaders have character or integrity.

2. Leaders are learners.3. Leaders have visions.4. Leaders have positive

attitude.

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A LEADER

5. Leaders value people.6. Leaders initiate change.

7. Leaders empower others.8. Leaders Know and Focus

on What is Important.

LEADERSHIPTYPES OFLEADERS

Types of Leaders

1. Thought leaders2. Courageous leaders3. Inspirational leaders

4. Servant leaders

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STYLES

LEADERSHIP STYLES

1. Autocratic leadership

LEADERSHIP STYLES

Advantages

Quick decision making. Good for employees that

need close supervision to perform.

Maintains order and discipline.

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Disadvantages

It leads to high stress or health problems for the leader because he takes full responsibility for team decisions and assessment review.

It dampens the morale of employees and reduces their capacity and productivity.

The leader’s presence is needed to guarantee that employees will keep working.

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2. Democratic Leadership

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Advantages Individual abilities can be developed

through participation. 

The knowledge and experience of group members can be used in decision making.

Participation can result in high motivation of team members. 

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Disadvantages Individuals may dominate the

participation or make disruptive contribution.

This approach can be very time consuming for the leader because of the use of two-way communication.

Compromise can result in actions that are not the most effective. 

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3. Laissez-faire Leadership

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Advantages

Less direction is required.Disadvantages

Employees lose their sense of direction and focus.

Employees become less interested in their job and their dissatisfaction

increases.

LEADERSHIPDIFFERENCES

BETWEEN HEADSHIP AND

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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HEADSHIP AND LEADERSHIP

HEADSHIP LEADERSHIP

1. Headship derives power from

position.

1. Leadership

derives power from

influence.

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HEADSHIP AND LEADERSHIP

2. Headship does not get full

loyalty from followers.

2. Leadership enjoys full

loyalty from followers.

3. Headship chooses goals in line with their own needs and

interests.

3. Leadership chooses goals in

line with the needs and

interests of their group or team.

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HEADSHIP AND LEADERSHIP

4. In headship, there is little or no joint action in the pursuit of goals.

4. Leadership engages the input of their group or team members in

the pursuit of goals.

5. In terms of relationship, there is a wide gap between the head and the group in headship .

5. In leadership, there is close interaction between the leader and the group.

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