Syed Imtiaz Hussain

1. Discover the Leader in YOU! By Syed Imtiaz Hussain

2. Agenda • Introductions • Perceptions of Leadership • Leadership Defined • Personal Leadership Traits • Leadership Potential • BREAK

3. At the End of this Workshop You Will: • Know how leadership is defined and discussed in the literature; • Know how you can take on leadership roles in your own life; • Know how to develop your own leadership skills; • Understand the role of leadership in team work;

5. Great Leaders Sir Winston Churchill – Was he a Great Leader?

6. Perceptions of Leadership • Who are some people you would identify as great leaders? • Public figures, personal acquaintances; present day or historical. • What do you think makes them great leaders?

7. Perceptions of Leadership • The following slide shows individuals who may or may not be considered great leaders. • What do you think? • Are they great leaders, or not? Why, why not?

8. Oprah Pierre Trudeau René Lévesque Bill & Melinda Gates Bono Margaret Thatcher Tony Blair Stephen Abram Adolf Hitler Nelson Mandela Michaëlle Jean Rudy Giuliani Great Leaders?

9. When You Were a Child • I’ll bet that most of you played a game called “Follow the Leader” • Were you the ‘leader’ or ‘one of the followers’ ? • What do you remember (if anything) about this game ?

10. How to Play ‘Follow the Leader’ • First a leader or "head of the line" is chosen, then all children line up behind the leader. • The leader then moves around and all the children have to mimic the leader's actions. • Players who mess up or do not do what the leader does are out of the game. • The last person standing other than the leader is now the new leader.

11. What you Learned About Leadership from the Game • There has to be a leader • The leader must be chosen • There must be followers • Those who follow must mimic the leader

12. What you Learned About Leadership from the Game • Those who do not mimic the leader are left behind • A new leader always emerges at the end of the game • The cycle continues • Do you think all of these lessons are true?

13. Leadership Defined • In its simplest form leadership is the capacity or ability to lead. • To lead is to either get in front to show people the way or to go along with them.

14. Leadership Defined • In any case, the leader always takes an active role in making something happen with others • The others are referred to as followers

15. Leaders Need Followers

16. Leaders Need Followers • Not everyone can be a leader in every situation • It is not always necessary, but leaders have probably been followers first • Some people do not have the desire or the qualities to be leaders

17. Leaders Need Followers • Followers fulfill very important functions and they need their leaders to have certain qualities

18. Leaders Need Followers • What followers expect: • Honesty • Competence • Forward-looking attitudes • Inspiration • These create credibility

19. Leadership Defined • Some three hundred and fifty definitions of “leadership” have been generated over the last thirty years by leadership researchers • Some say leadership is merely “coping with change”

20. Leadership Defined • Others point to being visionary or vision-oriented as the most important quality of a leader • The “wise use of power” is another partial definition

21. Leadership Defined • One leadership scholar and guru, Warren Bennis, has identified several aspects of leaders in business terms. • A guiding vision • Passion • Integrity • Trust • Curiosity • Daring

22. Leadership Defined

23. Characteristics of Leaders • Agents of change • Apostles of hope • Good listeners • Coaches and teachers • Decisive

24. Characteristics of Leaders • Risk-takers • Enforce standards • Tenacious • Results-oriented

25. Leadership Defined • Are leaders born or made? • Early studies assumed leaders were born but none of these studies was conclusive • If leader are born, then leadership training is meaningless!

26. Leadership Defined • Are leaders born or made ? • If leaders are made, then theoretically anyone can be a leader • The truth probably lies in between – leaders are probably born with the aptitude but need guidance and nurturing to realize their leadership potential • Similar to great singers or athletes, who are born with a gift, but need to develop it

27. Is Leadership the same as Management ? • Generally leaders have traits that make them good managers • But good managers may not be great leaders – why might that be? • Similarly, a visionary person may have the charisma of a leader, but have no ability as a manager

28. Is Leadership the same as Management ? • It is not essential to be a manager to be a leader • One can be a leader from the ranks • Indeed leaders can be found at all levels of organizations and groups

29. Is Leadership the same as Management ? • “The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.” Warren Bennis

30. Leadership & Teamwork

31. Leadership & Teamwork • What is the role of leaders in team work? • In some instances, creating the team or introducing members to each other • Clearly defining responsibilities • Developing communications guidelines • Identifying a conflict resolution mechanism

32. Leadership & Teamwork • Encouraging an open exchange of ideas during team creation • Creating a shared purpose, direction and goals • Providing detailed and timely feedback

33. The “Tasks of Leadership” • Envisioning goals • Affirming values • Motivating • Managing (priorities, decisions & systems) • Achieving workable unity

34. The “Tasks of Leadership” • Explaining and teaching • Serving as a symbol • Representing the group • Renewing

35. The “Tasks of Leadership”

36. The “Leadership Ability”

37. Leadership Potential • How can you determine your own leadership potential?

38. Leadership Potential

39. Personal Leadership Traits

40. Personal Leadership Traits

41. Personal Leadership Traits

42. Personal Leadership Traits • Using the provided check list, take 10 minutes to reflect on your own leadership traits – the qualities you have that would make you a good leader, and those that you think might make leadership difficult for you. • There may be other qualities you think are important that are not on the checklist. • Grade yourself from 1 – 10 on each quality. • You may share these with the group, or keep them private.

43. Personal Leadership Traits • What qualities of leadership were not on the checklist?