3. Types of Leaders
„ Leader by the position achieved
„ Leader by personality, charisma
„ Leader by moral example
„ Leader by power held
„ Intellectual leader
„ Leader because of ability to
accomplish things
4. Managers vs.
Leaders
Managers Leaders
„ Focus on things „ Focus on people
„ Do things right „ Do the right things
„ Plan „ Inspire
„ Organize „ Influence
„ Direct „ Motivate
„ Control „ Build
„ Follows the rules „ Shape entities
7. Organizing
Manager Leader
„ Creates „ Gets people on
structure board for strategy
„ Job descriptions „ Communication
„ Staffing „ Networks
„ Hierarchy
„ Delegates
„ Training
8. Directing Work
Manager Leader
„ Solves problems „ Empowers
people
„ Negotiates
„ Cheerleader
„ Brings to
consensus
9. Controlling
Manager Leader
„ Implements „ Motivate
control systems „ Inspire
„ Performance „ Gives sense of
measures accomplishment
„ Identifies
variances
„ Fixes variances
10. Leadership Traits
„ Intelligence „ Personality
ƒ More intelligent ƒ Verbal facility
than non-leaders ƒ Honesty
ƒ Scholarship ƒ Initiative
ƒ Knowledge ƒ Aggressive
ƒ Being able to get ƒ Self-confident
things done ƒ Ambitious
„ Physical ƒ Originality
ƒ Doesn’t see to be ƒ Sociability
correlated ƒ Adaptability
11. Leadership Styles
„ Delegating „ Selling
ƒ Low relationship/ ƒ High task/high
low task relationship
ƒ Responsibility ƒ Explain decisions
ƒ Willing employees ƒ Willing but unable
„ Participating „ Telling
ƒ High relationship/ ƒ High Task/Low
low task relationship
ƒ Facilitate decisions ƒ Provide instruction
ƒ Able but unwilling ƒ Closely supervise
12. New Leaders Take
Note
„ General Advice „ Challenges
ƒ Take advantage ƒ Need knowledge
of the transition quickly
period ƒ Establish new
ƒ Get advice and relationships
counsel ƒ Expectations
ƒ Show empathy ƒ Personal
to predecessor equilibrium
ƒ Learn leadership
13. New Leader Traps
„ Not learning „ Captured by
quickly wrong people
„ Isolation „ Successor
„ Know-it-all syndrome
„ Keeping existing
team
„ Taking on too
much
14. Seven Basic
Principles
„ Have two to three years to make
measurable financial and cultural
progress
„ Come in knowing current strategy,
goals, and challenges. Form
hypothesis on operating priorities
„ Balance intense focus on priorities
with flexibility on implementation….
15. Seven Basic Principles,
con’t
„ Decide about new organization
architecture
„ Build personal credibility and
momentum
„ Earn right to transform entity
„ Remember there is no “one” way to
manage a transition
16. Core Tasks
„ Create Momentum
„ Master
technologies of
learning, visioning,
and coalition
building
„ Manage oneself
17. Create Momentum
„ Learn and know „ Foundation for
about company change
„ Securing early ƒ Vision of how
wins the organization
will look
ƒ First set short
term goals ƒ Build political
base to support
ƒ When achieved
change
make a big deal
ƒ Modify culture to
ƒ Should fit long
fit vision
term strategy
18. Create Momentum
„ Build credibility
ƒ Demanding but
can be satisfied
ƒ Accessible but
not too familiar
ƒ Focused but
flexible
ƒ Active
ƒ Can make tough
calls but humane
19. Master Technologies
„ Learn from internal and external
sources
„ Visioning - develop strategy
ƒ Push vs. pull tools
ƒ What values does the strategy embrace?
ƒ What behaviors are needed?
„ Communicate the vision
ƒ Simple text - Best channels
ƒ Clear meaning - Do it yourself!
20. Enabling Technologies,
con’t
„ Coalition building
ƒ Don’t ignore politics
ƒ Technical change not
enough
ƒ Political
management isn’t
same as being
political
ƒ Prevent blocking
coalitions
ƒ Build political capital
21. Manage Oneself
„ Be self-aware „ Types of help
„ Define your ƒ Technical
leadership style ƒ Political
„ Get advice and ƒ Personal
counsel „ Advisor traits
ƒ Advice is from ƒ Competent
expert to leader ƒ Trustworthy
ƒ Counsel is ƒ Enhance your
insight status