1 Pertemuan 24 Developing Leadership Skills Matakuliah: MPG / Leadership and Organisation Tahun: 2005 Versi: versi/revisi 0

2 Learning Outcomes After studying this chapter students should be able to: Understand the importance of leadership training and development in organisations. Understand how to use coaching, mentoring, action learning, special assignments, simulations, and 360-degree feedback. Understand the benefits and limitations of the primary methods for leadership training and development. Understand the findings in research conducted to evaluate the methods. Understand the organisational conditions that facilitate leadership training and development. Understand what leaders can do to encourage and facilitate the leadership development of their subordinates. Understand what leaders can do to develop their own skills. Understand why leader development should be integrated with human resource management and strategic planning.

3 Outline Materi Leadership Training Programs Designing Effective Training Special Techniques for Leadership Training Learning from Experience Developmental Activities Self-Help Activities Facilitating Conditions for Leadership Development A System Perspective on Leadership Development Summary Review and Discussion Questions Cases

4 Developing Leadership Skills

5 Leadership Development Three different forms of leadership development have been identified: –Formal training –Developmental activities –Self-help activities

6 Leadership Training Programs To improve leadership in organizations Usually designed more for lower- and middle- level managers than for top management –Short workshops –Comprehensive programs

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8 Tom Stevens’ leadership development processes help leaders accelerate five dimensions of leadership : The role of being in charge The role of expert or professional The act of leading The art of managing Personality, personal strength, and character

9 Designing effective training Clear learning objectives Clear, meaningful content Appropriate sequencing of content Appropriate mix of training methods Opportunity for active practice Relevant, timely feedback Enhancement of trainee self-confidence Appropriate follow-up activities

10 Special techniques for leadership training Behavior role modeling –Demonstration –Role playing Case discussion –Description of events in an organization Business games and simulations –Analyzing complex problems and make decisions –Receiving feedback about what happened as a result of their decisions

11 Learning from experience Amount of challenge –Unusual problems to solve –Difficult obstacles to overcome –Risky decisions to make Variety of tasks or assignment –Diverse job experiences require managers to adapt to new situations and deal with new types of problems Relevant feedback

12 Developmental Activities Multisource feedback Leader Self-Ratings Ratings by bosses Ratings by peers Ratings by outsiders Ratings by subordinates

13 Developmental assessment centers Developmental assignments Job rotation programs Action learning Mentoring Executive coaching Outdoor challenge programs Personal growth programs

14 Self-Help Activities –Guidelines for self-development of Leadership Skills Facilitating conditions for leadership development –Support by the boss Before the training After the training –Learning climate –Developmental criteria for placement decisions

15 A systems perspective on leadership development Relationship among approaches –Learning acquired from one approach can facilitate or enhance learning from the other approaches Integrating developmental activities –In most organization there is little integration of leadership training and development activities with each other or with related human resources practices such as performance appraisal, career counseling, and succession planning

16 Self-help activities Formal training Developmental activities Three ways to acquire Leadership Competencies

17 Closing Summary –Training of leadership skills –Learning from experience –Developmental techniques –Developmental activities –Leadership development should be consistent with an organization’s strategic objectives

18 Review and Discussion Questions Cases –Federated Industries Companion Website : Exercises and Reading