1 Leadership Journeys Stories and Maps

2 Aims To develop a critical overview of leadership & Management through:  Discussion of your perceptions of what leadership is and your experiences of leadership  a critical appreciation of the role of leadership in organizations  Recognize personal development needs as a leader

3 The Leadership Journey  Leadership maps  Leadership journey  Personal map-making.  Critique

4  Why is leadership is important to you personally?  What questions about leadership would you hope to find answers for in this course?  Are there theories about leadership that have influenced your thinking and/or actions? (Note the main ones) Developing Your Leadership Map

5 Platforms of Understanding  A standard conceptual map of a body of knowledge.  Paradigms: Knowledge on which a map is based “process of consensus forming that occurs around conceptual themes of interest to practitioners and researchers”  Metaphoric models  Revealing important dilemmas

6 Dilemmas  Hard-to-resolve but important issues in theory and practice  Logical dilemmas and action dilemmas  Develop skills at identifying and dealing with logical and action dilemmas

7 The Skills of Personal Map-Making  Reflection and critical thinking processes  Finding & dealing with dilemmas + Why leaders all face dilemmas + Developing Skills in Managing Dilemmas  Examining a Single Map  Integrating the Information from Several Maps

8 Map Making: History of Leadership  Leader traits: The Philosopher’s Stone of leadership studies  The Founding Father: Weber and charisma.  Stogdill, The Handbook, and the Decline of Trait Theories  From Traits to Skills; from Leaders to Leadership  Transformational leadership: new territory and a new map  The Leader as Provider of Meaning  On The Border Of The Established Maps

9 Your Leadership Map  What do you think are your personal leadership strengths and weaknesses?  Which are the leaders you most admire? Why?  What sort of leadership future would you wish for yourself ?

10 Summary Preparation for a Leadership Journey through:  Leadership development  Appreciation of earlier maps of leadership  Map Reading & Map Testing seeking dilemmas to support personal map-making  Personal Map Making