Chapter 8 – Epilogue. After completing this unit, you should be able to: Recognize and apply the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, motivate others by meeting their higher-level needs, apply needs-based theory of motivation implement individual and systemwide rewards, | Chapter 8 Epilogue leadership What we know about leadership Leader integrity and environmental checks and balances Success or failure of a leadership process Difference between leaders and leadership Temporariness and range of leadership outcomes Importance of followers and environmental contexts Goals and motivation in leadership Importance of communication Global forces affecting leadership today Wrap up 2 Personality is related to leadership in measurable ways Smart leaders who are good communicators, who recruit and develop good people, and are keen observers of their environment, tend to be associated with better results. Certain leader styles and attributes are more effective in some situations than in others. Careful selection, retention , and empowerment of employees (followers) are linked to better performance Adequate monitoring and organizational checks and balances are crucial to constructive leadership outcomes. We tend to give too much praise and too much blame to leaders. and to much Intelligent, good communicators Leadership: What we know 3 Individual integrity is a difficult thing to predict Cheating is about having the opportunity to cheat organizational controls on management help to eliminate opportunities Leadership: Environmental Checks & Balances 4 Measurement of leader success or failure depends on whether we think the leader is the most important element or our focus is on the group. If the leader is the focus, than we look at leader emergence or approval If the group is the focus, than we look at process or group outcomes Leadership: Success or Failure 5 Leadership is not a person A leader is a person Leaders don’t exist in a void Leaders can’t lead without followers Forces such as globalization and technological change limits the influence of dictators & totalitarian rulers Despite leader-centric attention in popular and academic literature, followers influence the leader much more than people imagine. Leaders who fail often do so because they cannot build, motivate, or retain strong and effective teams. Leader ability to persuade and motivate is related to the importance of the group goals to the individual followers. Leadership outcomes are temporary and they can vary from constructive to destructive. Leadership: What it is & what it is not 6 Globalization Technology Communication As it becomes easier and more abundant, leaders will need to ensure that important information is still getting to the necessary “listeners” Leadership: Trends 7 | Chapter 8 Epilogue leadership What we know about leadership Leader integrity and environmental checks and balances Success or failure of a leadership process Difference between leaders and leadership Temporariness and range of leadership outcomes Importance of followers and environmental contexts Goals and motivation in leadership Importance of communication Global forces affecting leadership today Wrap up 2 Personality is related to leadership in measurable ways Smart leaders who are good communicators, who recruit and develop good people, and are keen observers of their environment, tend to be associated with better results. Certain leader styles and attributes are more effective in some situations than in others. Careful selection, retention , and empowerment of employees (followers) are linked to better performance Adequate monitoring and organizational checks and balances are crucial to constructive leadership outcomes. We tend to give too much praise and too much blame to .
