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Who Is A Leader

This document discusses leadership traits and ethics. It begins by defining leadership and examining key leadership skills. It then analyzes different leadership theories including trait theory, behavioral theory, and contingency theory. The document also explores the Big Five personality traits and how traits like dominance, extroversion and conscientiousness relate to effective leadership. It discusses the importance of leaders having the right attitudes, specifically participative attitudes rather than autocratic attitudes. Finally, the document emphasizes that integrity and ethics are vital for leadership, exploring concepts like moral development and how personality traits and attitudes can influence unethical behavior.

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Who Is A Leader

This document discusses leadership traits and ethics. It begins by defining leadership and examining key leadership skills. It then analyzes different leadership theories including trait theory, behavioral theory, and contingency theory. The document also explores the Big Five personality traits and how traits like dominance, extroversion and conscientiousness relate to effective leadership. It discusses the importance of leaders having the right attitudes, specifically participative attitudes rather than autocratic attitudes. Finally, the document emphasizes that integrity and ethics are vital for leadership, exploring concepts like moral development and how personality traits and attitudes can influence unethical behavior.

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Part 1: Who is a Leader?

Part 2: Leadership Ethics and Traits


WHO IS A LEADER?
Prepared by: Amelynn B. Corpuz
Who is a Leader?
• Leadership is Everyone’s Business
• Defining Leadership
• Leadership Skills
• Managerial Leadership Roles
• Levels of Analysis of Leadership Theory
• Leadership Theory Paradigms
Leadership is Everyone’s Business
• Managerial leadership = Individual/
Organizational Performance
• Leadership is debated
• Vital for competitive advantage*
• Effective leadership = Positive differences
– Employees satisfaction with job, motivation at
work, task performance
• Leaders can make or break a company
CEO Mike Duke of Walmart
• His

“His biggest challenge


is to develop the
leadership talent to
grow the company
around the world.”

Mr. Duke's business unit saw no problems with bribing foreign officials to grow its
Just on the basis of knowing about illegal activity, not
business.
doing anything about it (and probably condoning and recommending more,)
and then trying to change U.S. law to diminish the legal
repercussions, Mr. Duke should have long ago been fired.
Stephen Elop of Carol Bartz of
Nokia Yahoo!

He is best known for his ill-fated tenure Bartz s was hired in 2009 but was fired in 2011
as Nokia CEO from 2010 to 2014, he was Though she slashed costs and improved profit
margins, she failed to improve revenue
criticized for some of his decisions,
which resulted in the company making growth at a critical time when Yahoo has
lost eyeballs and ad dollars to Google and
massive financial losses
Facebook.
Who is a Leader?
Leadership is Everyone’s Business
• Defining Leadership
• Leadership Skills
• Managerial Leadership Roles
• Levels of Analysis of Leadership Theory
• Leadership Theory Paradigms
Defining Leadership
There is no universal definition because it is complex and is
studied in different ways.
Leadership is the influencing process of leaders and followers to
achieve organizational objectives through change
• Influencing- the process of a leader communicating ideas,
gaining acceptance of them, and motivating followers to
support and implement the ideas through change.
What can you say about these
statements?
1. We’ve always done it this way;
2. We’ve never done it that way before;
3. It can’t be done;
4. No one else has done it; and
5. It’s not in the budget.

Statements like these are not in a


successful leader’s vocabulary
People
Who is a Leader?
Leadership is Everyone’s Business
Defining Leadership
• Leadership Skills
• Managerial Leadership Roles
• Levels of Analysis of Leadership Theory
• Leadership Theory Paradigms
Who is a Leader?
Leadership is Everyone’s Business
Defining Leadership
Leadership Skills
• Managerial Leadership Roles
• Levels of Analysis of Leadership Theory
• Leadership Theory Paradigms
Who is a Leader?
Leadership is Everyone’s Business
Defining Leadership
Leadership Skills
Managerial Leadership Roles
• Levels of Analysis of Leadership Theory
• Leadership Theory Paradigms
Who is a Leader?
Leadership is Everyone’s Business
Defining Leadership
Leadership Skills
Managerial Leadership Roles
Levels of Analysis of Leadership Theory
• Leadership Theory Paradigms
Leadership Trait Theories
Attempt to explain distinctive
characteristics accounting
for leadership effectiveness
to identify a set of traits
that all successful leaders
possess
Behavioral Leadership Theories

Attempt to explain
distinctive styles used by
effective leaders, or to
define the nature of their
work
Contingency Leadership Theories
Attempt to explain the
appropriate
leadership style
based on the leader,
followers,
and situation
Integrative Leadership Theories
Attempt to combine the
trait, behavioral, and
contingency theories to
explain successful,
influencing
leader-follower
relationships
Leaders vs. Managers
Managers Leaders
• Administer • Innovate
• Maintain • Develop
• Control • Inspire
• Long-term view
• Short-term view
• Ask “what & why”
• Ask “how & when” • Originate
• Imitate • Challenge status quo
• Accept status quo • Do the right things
• Do things right

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Part 1: Who is a Leader?
Part 2: Leadership Ethics and Traits
Leadership Ethics and Traits
• Personality Traits and Leadership
• The Big Five Including Traits of Effective
Leaders
• The Personality Profile of Effective Leaders
• Leaders Attitudes
• Ethical Leadership
Traits and Personality

• Traits: Distinguishing personal


characteristics
• Personality: A combination of traits
that classifies an individual’s behavior
Leadership Ethics and Traits
Personality Traits and Leadership
• The Big Five Including Traits of Effective
Leaders
• The Personality Profile of Effective Leaders
• Leaders Attitudes
• Ethical Leadership
The Big Five Model of Leadership Traits within the Big
Personality Five
Surgency Dominance
Extroversion
Energy/Determination
Agreeableness Sociability/ Sensitivity
Emotional Intelligence
Adjustment Emotional Stability and Narcissism
Self-Confidence
Conscientiousness Dependability
Integrity
Openness Flexibility
Intelligence
Locus of Control
Leadership Ethics and Traits
Personality Traits and Leadership
The Big Five Including Traits of Effective
Leaders
• The Personality Profile of Effective Leaders
• Leaders Attitudes
• Ethical Leadership
The Big Five Model Leadership Traits Achievement
of Personality within the Big Five Motivation Theory
and Leader Motive
Profile (LMP)
Surgency Dominance Need for Power
Extroversion
Energy/Determination
Agreeableness Sociability/ Sensitivity Need for Affiliation
Emotional Intelligence
Adjustment Emotional Stability and Socialized power
Narcissism
Self-Confidence
Conscientiousness Dependability Need for Achievement
Integrity
Openness Flexibility No separate need, it is
Intelligence included in the other
Locus of Control needs.
Leadership Ethics and Traits
Personality Traits and Leadership
The Big Five Including Traits of Effective
Leaders
The Personality Profile of Effective Leaders
• Leaders Attitudes
• Ethical Leadership
Leadership Attitudes:
Theory X vs. Theory Y
• People are lazy • People are motivated
• Dislike work • Get satisfaction from
work
• Do as little as possible
• Will do what is right
• Must be closely for organization
supervised • Participative
• Carrot & stick management
management
Theory X .....…......Theory Y
(Autocratic) (Participative)
Pygmalion Effect

Managers’ attitudes, expectations, and


treatment of employees explain and
predict behavior and performance.

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Leadership Ethics and Traits
Personality Traits and Leadership
The Big Five Including Traits of Effective
Leaders
The Personality Profile of Effective Leaders
Leaders Attitudes
• Ethical Leadership
Ethics
• Ethics are the standards of right and wrong
that influence behavior
– There are moral absolutes
– Business ethics are always suspected
– People set the ethical standards, not organizations
– Integrity is essential in leadership
Ethics and Integrity

• Integrity is an important leadership


trait
• Ethics and trust are part of
integrity
• Must start within the organization
Traits, Attitudes, and Ethics
• Ethics related to need and traits
• Unethical behavior more likely
– Emotionally unstable
– External locus of control
Moral Development and Ethics

• Understanding right from wrong


• Three levels
– Preconventional: Based on self-interests
– Conventional: Based on expectations of others
– Postconventional: Based on moral principles
regardless of leader or group ethics

Source: Adapted from Lawrence Kohlberg, “Moral Stages and Moralization: The Cognitive-Development Approach.” In Thomas Likona
(ed.), Moral Development and Behavior: Theory, Research, and Social Issues (Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston , 1976), 31-53.
The Situation and Ethics
• People are more likely to act
unethically
–Highly competitive situations
–Unsupervised situations
Justifications for Unethical Behavior

• Moral justification:
– In terms of a higher purpose
• Displacement of responsibility:
– Blaming your behavior on others
• Diffusion of responsibility:
– A group is responsible, no one person
Justifications for Unethical Behavior

• Advantageous comparison:
– Others are worse
• Disregarding or distorting consequences:
– Minimizing the harm caused
• Attribution of blame:
– Caused by someone else’s behavior
• Euphemistic labeling
– Covering it with cosmetic words
Guides to Ethical Behavior
Guides to Ethical Behavior
Four-Way Test of Ethical Behavior

• Is it true?
• If it fair?
• Will it build good will?
• Will it benefit all concerned?
Stakeholder Approach

“Am I proud to tell the relevant


stakeholders my decision?”
Stakeholder’s Approach
to Ethics

Creates a win-win Win-Win


situation for
relevant parties
affected by the
decision.

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