Leadership: State of the Art “If I were truly lucky, I wouldn’t have this job” “If I were truly lucky, I wouldn’t have this job” (Ronald Regan) “By working faithfully 8 hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work 12 hours a day” “By working faithfully 8 hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work 12 hours a day” (Robert Frost) “Boy, the things I do for England” “Boy, the things I do for England” (Prince Charles) (on sampling snake meat)

The Historical Progression Leadership rivals in age the emergence of civilizations: Old and New Testaments Greek and Roman Classics Iliad; Odyssey; Republic (Plato); Politics (Aristotle) Renaissance Prince (Machiavelli) Contemporary Philosophy Philosophy of Mind (Hegel) Contemporary Science Business, Psychology, History, PS, Sociology, Communications

Why Should We Care? IN REALITY, SOME PEOPLE tend to PERSUADE OTHER PEOPLE TO ACHIVE CERTAIN GOALS Some do it better than the others Some can’t do it at all

What do We Want to Know? What do leaders doWhat do leaders do What are the circumstancesWhat are the circumstances Their personal characteristics/stylesTheir personal characteristics/styles All in relationship to leadership effectiveness

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What is Leadership? Leadership has been seen as: Focus of group processes; a matter of personality; a matter of inducing compliance; the exercise of influence; particular behaviors; a form of persuasion; a power relation; an instrument to achieve goals; an effect of interaction; initiation of structure; a sense-making heuristic; a created social phenomenon; a romantic notion; and many combinations of the above.

What is a Leader? A person who knows the way, walks the way, and shows the way and then: impacts the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of employees to join the way

Experiential Exercise: Who is this Leader There will be a handout (#5)

Motivation & Leadership Are the effects of leadership in the eye of the beholder? Would we rather have: An army of rabbits led by a lion? or An army of lions led by a rabbit? (Napoleon)

Executives: Be Aware! Beyond Caesar on Leadership ? Caesar’s Gallic Wars Descriptions (1 st Century BC) Same as (1964) “9-9” Leadership Style Theory Same as (1953) Initiation/Consideration Theory How are they going to call it in 2500 Many are Pouring “Old Wine Into New Bottles” (and charging enormous fees for it)