Basic Approaches to Leadership or being a Good Leader. Leadership Theories. Trait theory. Behaviural Theory.

1. GROUP NO. 3 & 4
Name
• Muhammad Abdullah
• Sarmad Ali
• Hashaam Altaf
• Syed Hanif Shah
• Fahad Altaf
• Imran Iqbal
• Usama Ahmed
• Noman Rasool
Roll No.
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45
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25

2. Topic:
Basic Approaches to Leadership

3. • What is Leadership:
Leadership is the action of leading
people in an organization towards achieving goals.
Leaders do this by influencing employee behaviors in
several ways. A leader sets a clear vision for the
organization, motivates employees, guides employees
through the work process and builds morale.

4. Characteristics of Leadership:
• characteristics of great leader are as follows:
Empathy:
When your team knows that you are empathetic to their
concerns, they will be more likely to work with you and share in your
vision, rather than foster negative feelings.
Consistency:
Being a consistent leader will gain you respect and
credibility, which is essential to getting buy-in from the group. By
setting an example of fairness and credibility, the team will want to act
the same way.

5. Characteristics of Leadership:
Honesty:
Those who are honest, especially about concerns, make it
far more likely that obstacles will be addressed rather than avoided.
Honesty also allows for better assessment and growth.
Direction:
Having the vision to break out of the norm and aim for
great things done and to set the steps necessary to get there.
Managing the goals on how to get there.

6. Characteristics of Leadership:
Communication:
If you communicate effectively about expectations,
issues and advice, your staff will be more likely to react and meet your
goals. It helps keep he team working on the right projects with the right
attitude.
Flexibility:
By being flexible to new ideas and open-minded enough
to consider them, you increase the likelihood that you will find the best
possible answer for your team and reward good ideas.

7. Roles of Leadership:
• Following are the main roles of a leader in an organization :
Required at all levels:
Leadership is a function which is important at
all levels. Leadership can be exercised through guidance and counseling
of the subordinates at the time of execution of plans at any level.
Representative of Organization:
A leader is said to be the
representative of the enterprise. He has to represent the concern at
seminars, conferences, general meetings, etc.

8. Integrating and reconciling:
A Leader tries to co-ordinate the efforts
of people towards a common purpose and thereby achieves objectives.
Solicits support:
A leader has to invite suggestions and if possible
implement them into plans and programmes of enterprise.
A friend, philosopher and guider:
Leader can be a friend by sharing
the feelings, opinions and desires with the employees. Can be a
philosopher by utilizing his intelligence and experience. He can be a
guide by supervising and communicating the employees.

9. Types of Leadership:
Laissez-Faire:
Such leader lacks direct supervision of employees
and fails to provide regular feedback to those under his
supervision. Such leaders produces no leadership or supervision
efforts and lead to poor production.
Autocratic:
Such leaders allows managers to make decisions
alone without the input of others. Managers possess total
authority and impose their will on employees. This leadership
style benefits employees who require close supervision

10. Participative:
Such leadership values the input of team members
but the responsibility of making the final decision rests with the
participative leader. This style meets challenges when companies
need to make a decision in a short period.
Transactional:
Such leadership receive certain tasks to perform and
provide rewards or punishments to team members based on
performance results. Employees receive rewards, such as bonuses,
when they accomplish goals.
Transformational:
Such Leaders motivate employees and enhance
productivity and efficiency through communication and high
visibility. Leaders focus on the big picture and delegate smaller tasks
to the team to accomplish goals.

11. Trait Theory of Leadership:
• The trait model of leadership is based on the
characteristics of many leaders - both successful and
unsuccessful - and is used to predict leadership
effectiveness.
• Successful leaders definitely have interests, abilities, and
personality traits that are different from those of the less
effective leaders.

12. Among the core traits identified are:
• Leadership motivation: an intense desire to lead others to reach
shared goals
• Honesty and integrity: trustworthy, reliable, and open
• Self-confidence: Belief in one’s self, ideas, and ability
• Knowledge of business: Knowledge of industry and other technical
matters
• Emotional Maturity: well adjusted, does not suffer from severe
psychological disorders.

13. Strengths/Advantages of Trait Theory:
• It is naturally pleasing theory.
• It gives a detailed knowledge and understanding of the
leader element in the leadership process.
• It is valid as lot of research has validated the foundation
and basis of the theory.
• It can be applied by people at all levels in all types of
organizations.

14. Limitations of The Trait Theory:
• The theory is very complex.
• There is also a disagreement over which traits are the most
important for an effective leader.
• The list of possible traits tends to be very long.
• The model attempts to relate physical traits such as, height
and weight, most of these factors relate to situational factors.
For Example a minimum weight and height might be
necessary in a military leadership position not in business
organizations.

15. Behavioural Theory
• Theories that attempt to isolate behaviors that
differentiate effective leaders from ineffective leaders
• Behavioral studies focus on identifying critical
behavioral determinants of leadership that, in turn,
could be used to train people to become leaders

16. Advantages/ Disadvantages of Behavioral
Theory:
Advantages
• Behavior Theories changes
Behaviors.
• It Increases Self Belief .
• It Builds Confidence .
Disadvantages
• It ignores the mental processes
that are involved in learning.
• It rejects the possible role of
biological factors in human
behavior.