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Transcript of Leadership
Dr Joe O’Mahoney
• Education– BA Greek History (Oxford)– MA Psychology (Warwick)– PhD Change Management (Warwick)
• Senior Consultant– Xansa: Strategy– ADL: Change Management– Three: Everything
• Academia– Leadership, change, strategy, culture– Aston, Warwick, Lancaster, Cardiff
• Business– StayMobile Ltd.– Coaching for Change
What is Leadership?
• John W. Gardner :Leadership is the process of persuasion and example by which an individual (or leadership team) induces a group to take action that is in accord with the leader’s purpose, or the shared purposes of all.”
• John C Maxwell : "leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less."
• Peter Drucker : "The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers."
Classical Origins of the Hero
• Classical hero– Stoic
– Rational
– Military
• 19th / 20th century development– Machiavelli’s Prince
– Nietzsche's Superman
– Darwin
Changing Theories
• 1950 – 1990: Superman– Traits
– Personality
– Reflected Darwinian ‘survival of the fittest’
• 1990 – 2000: Fluff– Leadership from the back
– Democratic
– No best way to manage
• 2000+ : Authenticity– Authentic & self-reflexive leadership
– Contingent on stage
– Psychology of followers
The Competition Are Always After
You
A Different World….
"Where all think
alike, no one thinks
very much."
—Walter Lippman
Needs
Different
Leaders
Time
Gro
wth
Emergent Growth Maturity Declining
Revenues
Lu, J., & Beamish, P. (2004). International diversification and firm performance: The S-Curve hypothesis. Academy of Management Journal, 47, 598-609.
Profits
Fir
m G
row
th
Time
Start-up
New opportunities
Experimental
Strong demand
Brand building
Large Profits Dominance
Saturation
Bureaucracy
Competition
Price Pressures
Time
Gro
wth
Leadership
Emergent Growth Maturity Declining
Fir
m G
row
th
Time
What Leadership Skills Are Needed?
Creative
Flexible
Inspirational
Process-driven
Controlling
Detailed
Ambitious
Market-focused
Aggressive
Creative
Flexible
Inspirational
Process-driven
Controlling
Detailed
Creative
Flexible
Inspirational
Process-driven
Controlling
Detailed
What Type Are
You?
21st Century Leadership
Makes everyone a leader……
“The job of a leader today is not to create followers but to create more leaders”
- Ralph Nader
