Unit 1 Leadership and communication

What is leadership?

Leadership is the process by which an individual exerts influence over other people and inspires, motivates and directs their activities to help achieved group and organizational goals. leadership is the key ingredient in effective management. When the leaders are effective their subordinates or followers are highly motivated, committed and high performing. 

Who is leader?

Leader is an individual who is able to exert influence over other people to help achieve group or organizational goals. Performance of subordinate (follower) always depends on leader.

What is organizational leadership?

Organizational leadership (OL) a field of work that include setting goals for both individuals and groups of people. Organizational leadership is also an attitude and work ethic that empowers an individual in any role to lead from the top middle or bottom of an organization.

Leadership is human communication that modifies the attitudes and behaviours of others in order to meet shared group goals and needs. It's communication based definition of leadership.

1.1 Skills of great leader

1. Inspires and motivates others.

2. Solves problems and analysis issues.

3. Communicated powerfully.

4. Builds relationships.

5. Technical and professional exportise.

6. Creativity and honesty

7. Innovates

What is Communication?

Communication is the process of passing information, ideas from one person to others.

Communication is one of the most important basic function management. It is one of the most frequently discussed dynamics in the entire of organizational behaviour as it is one of the indicator of human behaviour in the organization.

Communication perspective leadership

1. Willingness to communicate leadership

Leadership effectiveness depends on willingness to interact with other and on developing effective communication skills. Those who act engage in skillful communication are more likely to influence others. Willingness to communicate scale is used to measure the predisposition to talk in variety of the situations. Overall scores on the willingness to communicate are directly related to communication behaviour.

2. Storytelling as leadership

One of the primary way in which leaders shape reality is through storytelling. Storytelling is a valuable supplement to these generally recognized aspect of leadership. Leadership tell their stories in a variety of informal and formal context. Leaders frame stories and events to help followers.

3. Emotional communications competencies

Forgetting the emotional side of leadership how ever would be mistake. Effective leaders are also skilled at sharing and responding to emotions. For example they know how to communicate affection liking and excitement to followers. In additional they know how to channel their emotions in order to achieve their objectives and to maintain friendly group relations.

Style of leadership communication

First model

1. Authoritarian style of leadership communication

2. Democratic style of leadership communication

3. Laissez fair style of leadership communication

Second model

1. Task leadership communication

2. Interpersonal leadership communication

First model

1. Authoritarian style of leadership communication

The authoritarian leader maintains strict control over followers by directing regulating policy procedures and behaviour. Many authoritarian leaders believes that followers would not function effectively without direct supervision. Authoritarian leadership is recommended when a leader is much more knowledge than his or her followers. When there is insufficient time vto engage in democratic decision making. Much leader expect high productivity shows unfriendly behaviour, aggression and dissatisfaction independence and creativity among the followers. Authoritarian leadership is effective in terms of output when then leader directly supervisee behaviour.

2. Democratic style of leadership communication

Democratic leader engage in supportive communication that facilitates interaction between leaders and followers. The leader adopting the democratic leadership communication style encourage follower involvement and participation in the determination of goals and procedures. Democratic leadership style of communication is best suited for tasks that requires participation and involvement creativity and commitment to decision.  

3. Laissez-faire style of leadership communication

Laissez-faire leadership style that grants followers a high level of autonomy. A primary belief of laissez-faire leadership philosophy is that with minimum guidance team members become more effective of developing their own goals strategies and solutions. This leadership is considered as appropriate if employees are more qualified and experience.  Motivate employee by providing high degree of autonomy and self rule.

Second model

1. Task oriented communication 

Has been referred to production oriented initiating structure x theory management concern for production. The leader employee to task style is primarily concerned with the successful completion of task assignments. The task oriented leader demonstrates  a much greater concern for getting work done then for the people doing a work. Such leadership pay less attention to the need wants, satisfaction of the employees they give more important to the goal achievement.

2. Interpersonal oriented communication

It has been called employee oriented relation oriented theory y management concern for people. Interpersonal leader is concerned with relationships. The relationship oriented leader provides support to all employees which is no not based on job performance or compliance which standards. Such leader provide positive feedback as a means to build the confidence of employees. In addition these leaders take steps to improve employee satisfaction and capabilities by supporting the employees personal goals.

Follower communication styles

Followers like leader, need to understand their communication styles to Carry out their roles successfuly.

There are three system for categorizing followers.

1. Engaged followers

1. Engaged followers

2. Isolates 

3. Bystanders 

4. Participants

5. Activists

2. The 4-D followership model

1. Disciple followers

2. Doer followers

3. Disengaged followers

4. Disgruntled followers

3. Examplary followership

To identify the components that make up follower style, Robert Kelly asked individuals and focus groups to describes the best forest and typical followers. Typical followers take direction and complete jobs on their own after being told what is expected of them.