Irwin/McGraw-Hill The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. © 1999 Slide 1-1 Chapter 1 Leadership Is Everyone’s Business

Irwin/McGraw-Hill The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. © 1999 Slide 1-2 The goals of this book are to:  Help you become more effective in leadership situations by helping you better understand the complex challenges of leadership  Serve as a guide for you to interpret leadership theory and research

Irwin/McGraw-Hill The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. © 1999 Slide 1-3 The goals of this book are to:  Integrate summaries of leadership with advice on how you can become a better leader Cont.

Irwin/McGraw-Hill The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. © 1999 Slide 1-4 Defining Leadership  Leadership is “the process of influencing an organized group toward accomplishing its goals.” (Roach and Behling)

Irwin/McGraw-Hill The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. © 1999 Slide 1-5 What does leadership involve?  Research to determine when, where, and how to accomplish something.  Skills of understanding leadership situations and influencing others to accomplish group goals.

Irwin/McGraw-Hill The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. © 1999 Slide 1-6 What does leadership involve?  Rational, explicit, rule-based methods of assessing situations and determining actions.  Emotions that will inspire action. Cont.

Irwin/McGraw-Hill The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. © 1999 Slide 1-7 Leadership and management are closely related but distinguishable functions Leadership Management

Irwin/McGraw-Hill The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. © 1999 Slide 1-8 Leadership and Management  Distinctions between managers and leaders (Bennis, 1989):  Managers administer; leaders innovate.  Managers maintain; leaders develop.  Managers control, leaders inspire.  Managers imitate; leaders originate

Irwin/McGraw-Hill The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. © 1999 Slide 1-9 Leadership and Management  Distinctions between managers and leaders (Bennis, 1989):  Managers have a short-term view, leaders, a long-term view.  Managers ask how and when; leaders ask what and why.  Managers accept the status quo; leaders challenge it. Cont.

Irwin/McGraw-Hill The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. © 1999 Slide 1-10 Leadership  The idea of “one-man leadership” is a contradiction in terms -- leadership and followership are indeed related. There is no simple line dividing them; they merge.

Irwin/McGraw-Hill The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. © 1999 Slide 1-11 Myths That Hinder Leadership Development  Good Leadership Is All Common Sense  Leaders Are Born, Not Made  The Only School You Learn Leadership from is the School of Hard Knocks

Irwin/McGraw-Hill The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. © 1999 Slide 1-12 Focusing on Three Leaders  Colin Powell - former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest ranking officer in the U.S. armed forces, and the first African American ever to hold the position.

Irwin/McGraw-Hill The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. © 1999 Slide 1-13 Focusing on Three Leaders  Madeleine Albright - U.S. Secretary of state, the highest-ranking woman official in the nation’s history.  Konosuke Matsushita - founded Matsushita Electric, a company with revenue of nearly $50 billion. Cont.