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Providing Effective Leadership The ability to influence a group toward the achievement of goals. Leadership Leaders inspire - Motivate - others to take on challenges and to achieve goals that they don’t believe they’re capable of or motivated to achieve. Leadership Are all supervisors good leaders? Are all leaders good supervisors? Are Leaders always needed? Leadership Traits Qualities such as intelligence, charm, decisiveness, enthusiasm, strength, bravery, integrity, and self-confidence. Are they genetic or learned? Traditional Traits of Successful Leaders Self-confidence Intelligence Enthusiasm Honesty and Integrity Job-relevant Knowledge High Self-monitoring Charismatic Traits of Successful Leaders Idealized goal (A Vision) Ability to articulate the goal Strong convictions Unconventional behavior Assertive and self-confident High self-monitoring Perceived as a change agent What Skills are Required of Effective Leaders? Technical Conceptual Human relations (interpersonal) Networking (political) Leadership Behaviors and Styles Task-Centered Leaders An individual with a strong tendency to emphasize the technical or task aspects of a job. Leadership Behaviors and Styles People-Centered Leaders An individual who emphasizes interpersonal relations with those he or she leads. Leadership Behaviors and Styles Autocratic Leaders A task master who leaves not doubt as to who’s in charge, and who has the authority and power in the group People Centered Behaviors Participative: the leadership style of an individual who actively seeks input from followers for many of the activities in the organization. People Centered Behaviors Consultative: the leadership style of an individual who seeks input, hears the concerns and issues of the followers, but makes the final decision him or herself, using input as an information-seeking exercise. People Centered Behaviors Democratic: a leadership style that allows followers to have a say