What is Leadership? and Why do We Need Leaders?

Описание: In this video, I answer two questions, to kick off our series on Leadership: what is leadership, and why do we need it?

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Introduction to Leadership
Program 3: Managing and Leading Individuals
Course 11: Leadership
Section 1: Introduction to Leadership


Other videos in our Introduction to Leadership:
🎬 The Leadership Skillset: What Every Leader Needs to be Able to Do
   • The Leadership Skill Set: What Every Leade...  
🎬 Leadership Attitudes: How to Approach Things Like a Leader
   • Leadership Attitudes: How to Approach Thin...  
🎬 10-Step Leadership Process: A Simple Model for How to Lead
   • 10-Step Leadership Process: A Simple Model...  
🎬 What is Leadership-Member Exchange Theory? And Should You Use LMX Theory?
   • What is Leader-Member Exchange Theory? And...  
🎬 Leadership Traits, Roles, and Styles: Three Types of Leadership Model
   • Leadership Traits, Roles, and Styles: Thre...  


LESSON NOTES
Leadership is the process of influencing one or more people, so they will achieve a goal.

Themes and Components of Leadership
These include:
• The social context
• interpersonal processes
• setting and achieving goals
• building confidence, optimism, and hope
• influencing, inspiring, and motivating
• empowering, delegating, and developing
• making decisions that affect others

Levels of Leadership
1. Organizational
2. Functional
3. Team

Models of Leadership
We see leadership in terms of:
• Traits and qualities
…how leaders are
• Attitudes
…how leaders think
• Behaviors
…what leaders do
• Styles and approaches
…how leaders do it
• Roles and functions
…what they need to achieve


RECOMMENDED EXERCISE
1. What is your own definition of leadership? Start with aspects of and then try to craft your own defining statement. (3 MC CPD Points)
2. What levels of leadership do you see around you at work? How does each operate, and what are its particular challenges? (4 MC CPD Points)
3. Why do we need leaders? What is your answer to this, in your context? (2 MC CPD Points)


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RECOMMENDED READING
There are a vast number of Leadership books - perhaps more than on any other management-related topic. And there is also a huge range represented in different lists of the best. This no-doubt reflects the different contexts for leadership.

So, any recommended reading list of leadership books must be particularly subjective. I have chosen those that made me think, and which are of particular value to managerial leaders: not sportspeople, military leaders, or CEOs. In no particular order:

📖 Leaders Eat Last
https://geni.us/ZIawP8Y
📖 Start with Why
https://geni.us/D8ZSs
📖 Humble Leadership
https://geni.us/KMuCl
📖 The Leadership Challenge
https://geni.us/nyQ3
📖 The New Leaders
https://geni.us/5ziIw
📖 Shackleton's Way
https://geni.us/Oicsj
📖 Why should Anyone be Led by You
https://geni.us/xugbBk1
📖 The Habit of Excellence
https://geni.us/VIz8Z

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CHAPTER MARKERS
00:00 - What is Leadership and why do we need leaders
00:18 - Defining Leadership
00:58 - The study of leadership
01:23 - Themes and Components of Leadership
02:21 - Levels of Leadership
03:56 - Models of Leadership
05:46 - The Leadership Course that follows…


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