Leadership OST 289

1. CHAPTER 6
SLIDE 1
CHAPTER
6 Leadership
1 What Is Leadership?
2 Leadership Theories
3 Leadership Styles
4 Leadership Traits
5 The Administrative Professional as a
Successful Leader
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2. CHAPTER 6
SLIDE 2
Leadership Skills
 Important to develop for your career
 Help you earn promotions and responsibility
 Even if you do not become a manager or
supervisor, you will still have opportunities to
lead teams, special projects, committees, and
other groups.
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3. CHAPTER 6
SLIDE 3
Leadership and Management
 Leadership is the act of inspiring and
motivating people to achieve organizational
goals.
 Management is the act of organizing and
directing people to achieve organizational
goals.
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4. CHAPTER 6
SLIDE 4
Leadership Examples
Howard Schultz
Condoleezza Rice
Jack Welch
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Photo courtesy of the U.S.
Department of State
ROBERT PITTS/Landov
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5. CHAPTER 6
SLIDE 5
Leadership Theories
 Robert Greenleaf
● Servant leadership concept
● Helping employees grow and succeed makes
them better employees.
● Improves the employee’s value to the company
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6. CHAPTER 6
SLIDE 6
Leadership Theories
 Peter Senge
● Learning organizations concept
● Three leadership roles
 Designer
 Teacher
 Steward
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7. CHAPTER 6
SLIDE 7
Leadership Theories
 Stephen Covey
● Four leadership roles
 Modeling
 Pathfinding
 Aligning
 Empowering
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8. CHAPTER 6
SLIDE 8
Leadership Theories
 Jim Collins
Good to Great. Copyright © 2001 by Jim Collins. Reprinted with permission from Jim Collins.
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9. CHAPTER 6
SLIDE 9
Leadership Styles
 Autocratic
 Democratic
 Laissez-faire
Situational leadership The
changing of leadership styles
for different situations
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10. CHAPTER 6
SLIDE 10
Leadership Traits
 Integrity
 Responsibility
 Lifelong learner
 Vision
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11. CHAPTER 6
SLIDE 11
Other Traits
 Self-understanding
● What do I value?
● What are my life goals?
● How do I define success?
 Self-management
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 Confidence
 Vision
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12. CHAPTER 6
SLIDE 12
The AP as Successful Leader
 Leadership opportunities
● Teaching new employees
● Leading teams
 Make plans now for success.
 Small successes will give you confidence for
more challenging opportunities.
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13. CHAPTER 6
SLIDE 13
The AP as Successful Leader
 Plan well.
● Develop strategies.
● Take ownership.
 Communicate effectively.
 Set a good example.
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14. CHAPTER 6
SLIDE 14
The AP as Successful Leader
 Invest in people.
● Build relationships.
● Motivate.
● Manage conflict.
 Delegate tasks. Orange Line Media/Shutterstock.com
 Ask questions.
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