Perspectives on Leadership

Welcome! Perspectives on Leadership Jim Wolford Ulrich September 2002 This file is available at:

Session Overview  Introduction  “Multiple Perspectives” activity  Reflection on the activity  Short presentation: “Perspectives on Leadership”  Discussion / Q & A  Closing

As You Experience The Activity:  What is it like to view something from multiple perspectives?  What do you see that you might not otherwise have noticed?  What advantages or disadvantages do multiple perspectives give us?

Perspectives on Leadership

Leadership Basics  Definitions  Inter-relationship with management  Understanding management / leadership as a ‘practice’

Trait Theories  Begin with individual behaviors  Describe ‘traits’ possessed by those who exhibit leadership  Correlations with MBTI & personality theories

Self-Leadership  Techniques:  Self- observation  Goal setting  Self-reinforcement  Self talk  Mental imagery  Neck & Manz:  “The process of influencing oneself to establish the self-direction and self-motivation needed to perform”

Situational Leadership  Contingency theory  Blake / Mouton  Hersey / Blanchard  Tannenbaum / Schmidt  M. P. Follett:  The leader understands the ‘law of the situation’

Relational / Humanistic Theories  Visionary leadership  Transformational leadership  Theory X, Theory Y  Social exchange theory

Servant Leadership  R. K. Greenleaf:  “Do those served grow as persons; do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants?”  Values orientation  ‘Moral leadership’  Leadership principles  Covey  Maxwell

Emerging Perspectives  Leadership in complex organizations  Leadership as designing / co-creating the future  Understanding the leader’s ‘shadow’  Systems leadership

Your Thoughts?

“Perspectives” Re-cap  No one theory fits all  Each perspective can enrich our understanding  Having multiple perspectives can give us more options as leaders give us more options as leaders

"The only real voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust