Leader & Leadership

Leader &
Leadership
Author: Dr. Humayun Syed, Director HR Strategies

Leader & Leadership
Leaders are individuals who help create a vision, attract & get others interested to take up the
challenge to handle the vision.
To be a LEADER, one has to have the ability to be a MENTOR & the ability & willingness to help inspire
people around. They build a vision, mentor the process, create enthusiasm and then let the
participants achieve it. They hardly take credit for any achievement but do like to give credit &
recognition to others. Because leaders help themselves and others to do the right things. They set
direction, build an inspiring vision, and create something new. Leadership is about mapping out where
you need to go to "win" as a team or an organization; and
it is dynamic, exciting, and inspiring.

Jack Welch
For a good leader – one with integrity and
intelligence, charisma makes the whole job a
lot easier.
No matter the size of the team, leaders must
energize their people.
Leaders have to persuade their people to take
them as leaders.

Leader & Leadership
According to the idea of transformational leadership, an effective leader is a person who does the
following:
1. Creates an inspiring vision of the future.
2. Motivates and inspires people to engage with that vision.
3. Manages delivery of the vision.
4. Coaches and builds a team, so that it is more effective at achieving the vision.
Leadership brings together the skills needed to do these things. We'll look at each element in more
detail. Here the most important thing among 4 segments are, Creates vision, Motivates & inspires
the people/ coaches & builds a team.

Leader & Leadership
According to Daniel Goleman’s research of over 3,000 executives, he came up with six
different styles of leadership.
1. Coercive leaders demand immediate obedience.
In a single phrase, this style is ‘Do what I tell you’.
These leaders show initiative, self-control, and drive to succeed. There is, of course, a time and a
place for such leadership: a battlefield is the classic example, but any crisis will need clear, calm,
commanding leadership. This style does not, however, encourage anyone else to take the initiative,
and often has a negative effect on how people feel.

Leader & Leadership
2. Pace-setting leaders expect excellence and self-direction.
This style can be summed up as ‘Do as I do, now’.
The Pace-setter very much leads by example, but this type of leadership only works with a highlycompetent
and well-motivated team. It can only be sustained for a while without team members
flagging. Like the Coercive leader, Pace-setters also show drive to succeed and initiative, but
instead of self-control, these are coupled with conscientiousness.

Leader & Leadership
3. Authoritative leaders move people towards a vision
This style is probably best summed up as ‘Come with me’.
These leaders are visionary and it's the most useful style when a new vision or clear direction is
needed, and is most strongly positive. Authoritative leaders are high in self-confidence and
empathy, acting as a change catalyst by drawing people into the vision and engaging them with the
future.

Leader & Leadership
4. An Affiliative leader values and creates emotional bonds and
harmony.
Affiliative leaders believe that ‘People come first’.
Such leaders demonstrate empathy, and strong communication skills, and are very good at building
relationships. This style is most useful when a team has been through a difficult experience, and
needs to heal rifts, or develop motivation. It is not a very goal-oriented style, so anyone using it will
need to make sure others understand that the goal is team harmony, and not specific tasks. It is
probably obvious from this that it cannot be used on its own for any length of time if you need to
‘get the job done’.

Leader & Leadership
5. The Democratic leader builds consensus through participation.
Democratic leaders are constantly asking ‘What do you think?’.
Such leaders show high levels of collaboration, team leadership and strong communication skills.
This style of leadership works well in developing ownership for a project, but it can make for slow
progress towards goals, until a certain amount of momentum has built up. Anyone wishing to use
this style will need to make sure that senior managers are signed up to the process, and
understand that it may take time to develop the consensus.

Leader & Leadership
6. A Coaching leader will develop people.
The phrase that sums up this leadership style is ‘Try it’.
Coaching leaders allow people to try different approaches to problem solving and achieving a goal
in an open way. The coaching leader shows high levels of empathy, self-awareness and skills in
developing others. A coaching style is especially useful when an organization values long-term staff
development.

Research has
shown that
having a bad
boss can make
you physically as
well as mentally
ill.

Now take a moment and analyze yourself;
Are you a leader?
if you are, then what is your style of leadership? because if you don’t have or display any of the given
leader and leadership ability; you are just a boss or a manager. This primarily means that you are seated
in a wrong direction.
Take a step and sit with each of your employee, colleague or people around you and
let them have the room to speak.
I've personally tried it and my question to all the people I talk to is; what is that thing I do, that does not
flare your ability to higher level? and tell me my weakness/ my negative aspects. And every time it gives
me a chance to improve more and more.
I still haven't stopped!!! I still review myself from the perspective of others. Mirrorimage
myself. Do that because that is only going to help you improve.

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