Leadership Skills

Leadership skills

Important concepts • Leadership: • Leader: • Manager:

Important concepts • Leadership: (TRAIT, QUALITY) Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal • Leader: leaders are the ones who have the quality of leadership in them • Manager: Managers supervise staff in the day-to-day operations of an organization.

Types of Knowledge a leader entails • Tacit knowledge: Knowledge which draws on the accumulated experience and learning of a person • Explicit knowledge: Explicit knowledge is used in the design of routines, standard operation procedures, and the structure of data records.

Individual and Social Capital Individual capital: A persons own tacit and explicit knowledge Organizational capital: When many persons share their tacit and explicit knowledge with organization it becomes organizational capital

Leader and strategic focus of Org. Values

Leadership Translate org. goals

Organisational Priorities Systems and Policies

Organisational Activities Employee Capabilities

A L I G FocusStrategic and Process N M E N T

Attributes Of Leader 1. Strategic visionary: • Should have a Clear vision • Should be able to translate Vision-strategyinto reality • The leader should be more visionary (directional) so that the employees can understand the strategy.

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2. Motivators: Leader should be a source of motivation for the employees: Motivation can be provided in following ways: Giving support Encouraging others Praising Rewarding Positive reinforcement

Cont… 3. Communicator: • A knowledge based leader should be a good communicator. • He can established communication through formal and informal channels.

Cont.. 4. Change Agent: • The leader should be able to facilitate change process in the organization • Transforming a traditional org to knowledge org is itself change process. • He should build Willingness to accept change in the organization • Build change capacity

Cont… 5. Coach Mentor and Model: A leader should be a good guide for the member of the organization A leader should walk the talk for encouraging the member of org. (lead by example)

Cont.. 6. Learning Facilitator: A leader should share his tacit knowledge with the organization, by doing this he is actually facilitating the sharing process by himself . One best way to share knowledge is through story telling.

Cont… 7. Knowledge Executor: • A leader should be able to implement their vision into reality. • leader should make sure vision does make reality.

How leadership capabilities can be learnt? • Modeling: – Encourage desirable work behaviors by setting a role model to which employees can look up to

• Shadowing – Allows an individual to observe a leader closely.

• Coaching – Learner gets feedback and guidance from the leader

• Mentoring – Mentor and mentee meets regularly and discuss strategies that mentee may apply