leadership

1. EDUC 239 - Problem Solving and Decision Making for Education Management
By Ms. Cherry Ann D. Bulata

2. PURPOSE OF LEADERSHIP
• Leaders and their leadership skills play an
important role in the growth of any organization.
Leadership refers to the process of influencing the
behaviour of people in a manner that they strive
willingly and enthusiastically towards the
achievement of group objectives.
• A leader should have the ability to maintain good
interpersonal relations with the followers or
subordinates and motivate them to help in
achieving the organizational objectives.

3. Features of Leadership
• Influence the behaviour of others:
Leadership is an ability of an individual to
influence the behaviour of other
employees in the organization to achieve
a common purpose or goal so that they
are willingly co-operating with each other
for the fulfillment of the same.
• Inter-personal process: It is an
interpersonal process between the leader
and the followers. The relationship
between the leader and the followers
decides how efficiently and effectively the
targets of the organization would be met.

4. Features of Leadership
• Attainment of common organizational
goals: The purpose of leadership is to
guide the people in an organization to
work towards the attainment of common
organizational goals. The leader brings
the people and their efforts together to
achieve common goals.
• Continuous process: Leadership is a
continuous process. A leader has to
guide his employees every time and also
monitor them in order to make sure that
their efforts are going in the same
direction and that they are not deviating
from their goals.

5. Features of Leadership
• Group process: It is a group
process that involves two or more
people together interacting with
each other. A leader cannot lead
without the followers.
• Dependent on the situation: It is
situation bound as it all depends
upon tackling the situations
present. Thus, there is no single
best style of leadership.

6. LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK
• The Leadership Framework is a set of principles defining
what managers must know and must do. It incorporates
practices essential for managers at all levels, from frontline
managers to middle management and executives. It
addresses leadership in a holistic manner at the individual,
team and organisational levels.
• The framework clearly defines the requirements for
leadership and sets practical and consistent standards
expected of managers. It provides a toolkit of principles that
managers and teams can quickly use to address day-to-day
challenges. It simplifies leadership as something everyone
can understand and contribute towards.

7. The Framework

8. Leading People
The day-to-day requirements of leading and
managing people
1. Provide a safe working environment
2. Create effective roles & fill them with
good people
3. Effectively assign & assess work
4. Develop team capability
5. Recognise & reward work
6. Build teamwork
7. Enable continuous improvement & lead
change

9. Leading Yourself
The role as a manager in an organisation
1. Understand your role
2. Understand & respect the role of others
3. Manage relationships
4. Develop important managerial leadership
skills & behaviours
5. Apply the framework

10. Leading the Organization
The additional requirements of designing
and implementing workplace conditions
1. Implement business strategy
2. Design the organisation
3. Design & maintain productive systems of
work
4. Enable systemic trust & fairness
5. Build workforce capability
6. Manage strategic relationships

11. Manager - Employee
Relationship
A two-way, trusting, productive,
working relationship focused
on achieving the business
goals with each person working
to their full potential.

12. PUTTING YOUR LEADERSHIP
SKILLS IN PERSPECTIVE
Leadership skills are the abilities that you use to
guide coworkers toward successful outcomes
with workplace objectives. Whether you are
overseeing a company or managing a project,
your leadership skills can inspire others to reach
their shared goals. Some of the most common
leadership skills include:
 Communication  Motivation
 Creativity  Positivity

13. How to demonstrate leadership
skills in the workplace
1. Listen and learn
As a leader, you spend a lot of time communicating with your
team. Part of this communication will include listening closely
to those around you. Aim to remain receptive to others’ ideas
and to learn from their approaches. Take all ideas into
consideration as you make important decisions. You are more
likely to earn the respect of others when you listen to and
learn from them, which benefits everyone on the team.
2. Communicate clearly
When you adopt a leadership role, clarity becomes essential.
Whether you are delegating tasks, exchanging ideas or
reporting on results, convey your message as precisely as
possible. Nonverbal communication can also help. Use eye
contact, hand gestures and body language to emphasize key
statements and give your message a greater impact.

14. 3. Do your best work
As a leader, you should continually seek out ways to
improve your skills and expand your experience. With
this approach, you can showcase your ever-increasing
capacity to grow. Striving to do your best in every
situation also allows you to highlight your strong work
ethic and your focus on excellence.
4. Take responsibility
Taking responsibility for both successful outcomes and
mistakes is a strong sign of leadership. To show
leadership, be accountable for your contributions, even
when they lead to poor results. Identify which systems
could use improvement and spend time revising them.
By demonstrating that you can accept praise and
criticism equally, you demonstrate stability as a leader.

15. 5. Set a strong example
When you undertake projects proactively and approach
your work positively, you can motivate others to do the
same. By setting a good example in the workplace, you
can more easily lead colleagues toward a successful
outcome. Aim to serve as a role model whether or not
you have an audience. This method can help you
improve your performance continuously so you will be
better prepared to lead when necessary.
6. Include everyone
Exercise your leadership skills by including your entire
team in projects, meetings and key decisions. Strive to
identify strengths, and embrace diversity to avoid
limiting your growth. By opening yourself to new
approaches and considering innovative viewpoints, you
can build a more capable team in the process.

16. 7. Strive for authenticity
Craft your own approach to leadership that incorporates
your unique goals and vision. Start by identifying your core
values. Consider what qualities you admire most, the type
of corporate culture you want to encourage and the
resources that help you do your best work. Think about
your professional goals, what you want to accomplish in
the workplace and how your team can contribute to
something greater. Together, all of these factors can help
you craft your own authentic leadership style.
8. Become a thought leader
Demonstrate that you have a strategic vision by
positioning yourself as a thought leader. Try reading about
the cutting-edge developments in your industry and
sharing them with colleagues or in professional settings.
Add your own commentary and critiques to showcase your
vision, and consider publishing your own forward-thinking
pieces. Seek out opportunities to speak about your
strategic vision at work to establish yourself as a thought

17. 9. Seek management training
To show your commitment to becoming a leader, seek out
management classes. Ask your supervisor about internal training
sessions, external classes or other ways you can practice your skills
in a professional setting. Try compiling a list of areas where you
want to improve so you can advance your skills effectively.
10. Make key connections
Interacting with exemplary leaders can improve your leadership
skills, too. Seek out managers you admire at work and create closer
connections with them by setting up an informational interview or an
informal meeting. Next, find professional associations in your area,
and start networking with leaders in your industry. Attend panel
discussions, educational sessions or networking events to connect
with industry figures you respect.
11. Find a role model
To find the ideal mentor, think about where you envision yourself
professionally in 10 or 20 years. Consider the challenges you will
need to overcome and the skills you will need to master. Even if your
mentor works for another company or in another industry, you can
learn critical leadership skills and gain guidance from someone you
admire professionally.

18. COMPONENTS OF
EDUCATIONAL
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS OF MANAGING
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

19. Educational Planning
According to Hagman and Schwartz,
“Planning selects among alternatives,
explores, routes before travel begins
and identifies possible or probable
outcomes or action before the executive
and his organisation is committed to
any. Educational planning has been one
of the early instruments of independent
governments. Resources have to be
used as effectively and systematically
as possible.

20. Educational Administration
It is a specialized set of organisational
functions whose primary purpose is to
ensure the efficient and effective
delivery of relevant educational
services as well as implementation of
legislative policies through planning,
decision making and leadership
behaviour. This keeps an organisation
to make focus on predetermined
objectives of the program or system.

21. Educational Organisation
An organisation be defined as
stable pattern of interaction, among
conditions or groups having a
collective identity (a name and a
location) pursuing interest and
achieving given tasks and
coordinated through a system of
authority. Organisations are social
units deliberately constructed and
reconstructed to seek specific

22. Educational Direction
It is essential that there must be an
authority or an order or a policy for
providing direction to the
management of every educational
programme and for taking
decisions in solving the problems.
For this direction is necessary for
giving leadership in order to
implement the programmes and
carrying out the entire
management.

23. Educational Coordination
For making smooth management of every
educational programme for resulting in
adequate realization of its goals or
objectives, there is need of ensuring
coordination and cooperation among the
multifarious resources. Through this
coordination all facilities will be unified,
and all services are harmonized. So
through this aspect of educational
management different kinds of resources
especially human resources have to be
interrelated or coordinated for utilizing the
resources properly in an effective manner.

24. Educational Supervision
Educational supervision is the
means to coordinate stimulate
and direct the growth of the
teachers, to stimulate and
direct the growth of every
individual pupil through the
exercise of his talents towards
the achievement of richest
goals.

25. Educational Control
Controlling is exercised through
proper technique that is the
evaluation. Controlling is not
similar to evaluation but it is meant
to fulfill the purposes of evaluation.
In order to fulfill the purposes of
evaluation, the techniques of
control are the policies, the budget,
auditing, timetable, curriculum,
personal records, etc.

26. Educational Evaluation
Being the last but not the least
aspect of educational management,
educational evaluation is an
integral part of it as it determines
the degree of realisation of
educational objectives or goals as
well as the effectiveness of it; for
this there must be evaluation short-
term or long-term, periodic or
continuous and formal or informal.