Leadership
The Model Leader:
Leadership Skills and Attributes: A Descriptive Summary of popular theory 1. Warren Bennis, Professor of Business Administration, University ofSouthern California; author of “On Becoming a Leader”. (Bennis, W., 1994,On Becoming a Leader, New York: Addison Wesley).
Bennis’ Basic Ingredients to Leadership: Basic Ingredient | Interpretation | Guiding Vision | Knowing what you w ant to achieve both professionally and personally. The personalstrength to persist in the face of defeat or even failure. | Passion | A passion for life combined with a passion for a vocation, a profession or a course of action. You absolutely love what you do. | Integrity | Derived from your self-knowledge, candour and maturity. You know your strengths and weaknesses, stick to your principles and havelearned from experience how to work with and learn from others. | Trust | You earn and have earned other people’s trust. | Curiosity | You wonder about everything and want/need to learn as much as you can about as much as you can. | Daring | You are ready and willing to take risks, experiment and try new things. | | |
2. Burt Nanus, Professor Emeritus of Management at the University of Southern California’s School of Business Administration, former Director of Research at USC’s Leadership Institute and co-author with Warren Bennis of Leaders : The Strategies for Taking Charge. (Nanus, B., 1989, The Leader’s Edge : The Seven Keys to Leadership in a Turbulent World, New York : Contemporary Books).
Nanus’ Seven Megaskills of Leadership: Megaskill | Interpretation | Farsightedness | Your eyes are firmly fixed on the horizon as you take steps toward it. | Mastery of Change | You can and do regulate the pace, direction and rhythm of change in the organization to enable it’s growth and evolution to match the external pace of events. | Organisation Design | An institution builder whose legacy is an organisation capable of success in realising the
Leadership Skills and Attributes: A Descriptive Summary of popular theory 1. Warren Bennis, Professor of Business Administration, University ofSouthern California; author of “On Becoming a Leader”. (Bennis, W., 1994,On Becoming a Leader, New York: Addison Wesley).
Bennis’ Basic Ingredients to Leadership: Basic Ingredient | Interpretation | Guiding Vision | Knowing what you w ant to achieve both professionally and personally. The personalstrength to persist in the face of defeat or even failure. | Passion | A passion for life combined with a passion for a vocation, a profession or a course of action. You absolutely love what you do. | Integrity | Derived from your self-knowledge, candour and maturity. You know your strengths and weaknesses, stick to your principles and havelearned from experience how to work with and learn from others. | Trust | You earn and have earned other people’s trust. | Curiosity | You wonder about everything and want/need to learn as much as you can about as much as you can. | Daring | You are ready and willing to take risks, experiment and try new things. | | |
2. Burt Nanus, Professor Emeritus of Management at the University of Southern California’s School of Business Administration, former Director of Research at USC’s Leadership Institute and co-author with Warren Bennis of Leaders : The Strategies for Taking Charge. (Nanus, B., 1989, The Leader’s Edge : The Seven Keys to Leadership in a Turbulent World, New York : Contemporary Books).
Nanus’ Seven Megaskills of Leadership: Megaskill | Interpretation | Farsightedness | Your eyes are firmly fixed on the horizon as you take steps toward it. | Mastery of Change | You can and do regulate the pace, direction and rhythm of change in the organization to enable it’s growth and evolution to match the external pace of events. | Organisation Design | An institution builder whose legacy is an organisation capable of success in realising the