What Experts Say About Leadership

10 SOURCES WHAT EXPERTS SAY ABOUT LEADERSHIP

Transforming Leadership Terry D. Anderson

Attitudes and characteristics of the transforming leader:•Has well-defined sense of mission, purpose, values and goals •Has exceptional physical health •Exercise self-mastery •Uses course correction •Has a results orientation •Manages change •Develops teams to accomplish results •Cultivates own necessary skills

Tough-Minded Leadership Joe D. Batten

The cybernetic Circle of Expective Growth, or 15 challenges:•Self-knowledge •Set goals •Complete action plan •Establish standards •Commit to a timetable •Work and disciple •Faith •Hope •Love fueled with faith and hope •Attitude of gratitude •Sense of wonder about life •Emotional vulnerability combined with courage •Search for truth and beauty •Caring, sharing and forgiving •Asking

Leaders and Why Leaders Can’t Lead Effective leaders:•Create and Inspired vision •Manage others by their own example •Are visible to employees, vendors and customers •Listen attentively •Delegate to the front line •Use flatter organisation with fewer levels in hierarchy •Provide adequate training

Situational Leadership & One-Minute Manager The need for leader to:•Set clear goals •Provide clear directions •Support people as they need it •Delegate and empower followers as they are ready •Give feedback on performance •Have a flexible leadership style

Super-Leadership

Chales C. Manz and Henry P. Sims How to develop self-leadership through:•Modelling •Goal setting and productive thinking •Reward and reprimands •Creating self-leadership organisational cultures •Creating self-managing teams

The Charismatic Leader Jay A. Conger

Certain leadership behaviors work together to create charisma. These behavior occur in four stages:•Sensing opportunity and formulating a vision •Articulating the vision •Building trust in the vision •Achieving the vision

Principle CentredLeadership Steven R. Covey

Lists the following characteristics of leaders:•Continually learning •Service oriented •Radiate positive energy •Believe in other people •Lead the balanced lives •See life as an adventure •Synergistic •Exercise for self-renewal

Thriving on Chaos Tom Peters

The best bosses:•Have the vision that guides all activity •Display self-confidence •Are willing to share achievement and progress •Display caring for others •Are decisive with decisions •Demonstrate a commitment to employees and to their projects •Are surrounded by more highly-skilled people, which doesn’t bother them

The Transformational Leader Noel M. Tichy and Mary Anne Devanna

Three transformational dramas or themes:•Act 1: Recognising the need for revitalisation •Act 2: Creating a new vision •Act 3: Institutionalising change

The Leader ‘s Edge Burt Nanus

Three keys for leading:3. Conceptual skills of • Farsightedness • Mastery of interdependence • Anticipatory learning • High integrity 9. Roles of • Direction setter • Change agent • Spokesperson • Coach 15.Action skills of • Organisation design • Initiative • Mastery of change