Leadership Workshop

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A practical understanding-to-action workshop!

Presented by Nachum Katz

Icebreaking games

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What’s On my back?

Leadership Workshop

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Hopes and Expectations

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The Influencer

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Think about someone who influenced your life meaningfully

• Not Parents• Paint it in live colors• How did they look, dress?• How did they talk, behave?• What influenced you?

Born or Learned?

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Can leadership be taught or learned?

Are leaders born as such?

Born or Learned?

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A leader is born, developed, skilled in communications, and cultivated through life experiences.

The best estimate offered by research is that leadership is about one-third born and two-thirds made.

Power in Leadership

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Where does it come from?

The Sources of Power in Leadership

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Personal power:• Expert• Referent• Information• Connection

Positional power:

• Legitimate• Reward• Coercive• Process

John French and Bertram Raven (1959)

Leadership characteristics

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List the good characteristics

Top 10 Leadership Characteristics

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of a Good Leader• Shares a common Vision, Goals & Objectives• Intelligent/Expert/Knowledgeable• Good Listener and Empathetic• Communicates well• Motivates others, Involves & Empowers others• Brave/Bold/Courageous• Honest• Optimistic/Positive• Makes good decisions, can admit failure and knows

when to change direction

Leadership characteristics

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List characteristics for Bad Leaders

Characteristics of bad/lousy Leadership

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• Negative/Pessimistic (Always)• Not supportive of staff• Dishonest• Finger pointing• Inability to motivate• Incompetent (not an expert)• Does not delegate tasks evenly• Unable to take risks• Cannot make decisions• Cannot admit failure

The Top 10

Some Leadership Theories

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Old Leadership Models

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The Situational Leadership Theory

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Ken Blanchard and Paul Hersey

The Three Steps of the Model:

1. Identify the Most Important Tasks or Priorities

2. Diagnose the Readiness Level of the Followers

3. Decide the Matching Leadership Style

Managerial Grid Model

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Blake, R.; Mouton, J. (1964)

Servant Leadership

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Servant Leadership

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Transactional Leadership

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James MacGregor Burns, 1978

Transformational Leadership

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Transformational leadership occurs when one ormore persons engage with others in such a waythat leaders and followers raise one another tohigher levels of motivation and morality.

James MacGregor Burns, 1978 Bernard M. Bass, 1985

Idealized

Influence

Inspirational

Motivation

Intellectual

Stimulation

Individualized Consideration

The Additive Effect of Transformational Leadership

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James MacGregor Burns, 1978 Bernard M. Bass, 1985

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Bernard M. Bass, 1985

Where DoesTransformational Leadership Fit?

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Three Levels of Leadership

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Scouller, J., 2011

Four Dimensions (for Public and Private):

• Shared, motivating group purpose or vision.• Action, progress and results.• Collective unity or team spirit.• Individual selection and motivation.

Three Aspects (for Personal):

• Developing one’s technical knowhow and skill.• Cultivating the right attitude toward other people.• Working on psychological self-mastery.

Holistic Management

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Mission Vision

Long term Goals Basic Assumptions

Objectives Values

Standards And Rituals, Language

Criterion Behaviors

Annual Working Implementation

Plan Plan

Managerial Role Leadership Role

Production Meaning & Commitment

High Performance

Leadership Mind Map

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Mind maps – Tony Buzan, 1974

My Preferred Definition

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• When a person motivates people (internal) to perform by using minimal authority or coercive power. (Bass, 1985)

• Managerial leadership – the motivational process that is created in management, where the manager influences his people through his behavior and personality and the emotion he creates amongst them.

My Preferred Leadership Model

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Demanding

Yielding

People NOK People OK

S.O.B

TraitorNobody

How to give a proper feedback?

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How to give a proper feedback?

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Be KindBe SpecificBe Helpful

PrepareComplimentCoachEncourageFollow up

Create Safety Be PositiveBe SpecificBe immediate Be Tough, not Mean

Some Leadership Exercises

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Leadership Exercises

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The Magic Carpet

The roles:• One time keeper• 3 Groups:• One Leader• Two Observers• Players

The rules:• Turn the carpet over with all team on it.• No touching the ground surrounding carpet• First, plan and brief

Debriefing:• Using the “Preferred Model”

Feedback

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Be KindBe SpecificBe Helpful

PrepareComplimentCoachEncourageFollow up

Create Safety Be PositiveBe SpecificBe immediate Be Tough, not Mean

Who will be the “Feedback Observer?”

My Preferred Leadership Model

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Demanding

Yielding

People NOK People OK

S.O.B

TraitorNobody

Leadership Exercises

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Room Crossing Strategy

Leadership Exercises

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Room Crossing Strategy

The rules:• Touch all numbers by order, with foot only• First, plan and brief• After first briefing, no talking near the rectangle• Only one person inside rectangle at any one time

The roles:• One time keeper• 3 Groups:• One Leader• Two Observers• Players

Debriefing:• Using the “Preferred Model”

Feedback

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Be KindBe SpecificBe Helpful

PrepareComplimentCoachEncourageFollow up

Create Safety Be PositiveBe SpecificBe immediate Be Tough, not Mean

Who will be the “Feedback Observer?”

My Preferred Leadership Model

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Demanding

Yielding

People NOK People OK

S.O.B

TraitorNobody

Back to “Hopes and Expectations”

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Remember them?

So, what do we “Take Home?”

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Great leaders don’t tell you what to do, they show you how it’s done

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