NSTP: LEADERSHIP

CHAPTER 3
WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?

• Leadership is a process of influencing and directing activities of

members toward goal accomplishment.
WHAT IS A LEADER?

• A leader is someone that who has commanding influence to a

group, organization, or country.

• A leader is an individual that leads, motivates, influences, and

inspires people that is under his/her command to take action.
 FUNCTIONS OF LEADERSHIP

•Organizing
•Planning
•Mobilization
•Controlling Internal Relationships
•Direction and Guidance
•Problem-solver
•Role Model
•Motivation
•Group Representation
•Facilitation
ORGANIZING

• A leader brings individual together to

handle task efficiently using their
collective abilities
PLANNING

• A leader understands the importance

of setting goals, strategies and
creating a roadmap or guide on how
and when to utilize resources for the
activities.
MOBILIZATION

• A leader encourages members to be

engaged in work to be able to
accomplish the set goals of the team
• To gather people for a specific
purpose.
CONTROLLING INTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS

• A leader acts as a mediator to help

resolve conflicts within the group.
DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE

• A leader offers guidance to the

members and keeps them moving
forward in the right path as they
make their best efforts
PROBLEM SOLVER

• A leader is ready to face both

expected and unexpected problems
that the group might or might not
encounter with alternative strategy
plans for certain situations.
ROLE MODEL

• A leader serves as a source of

inspiration for his/her members as
he/she is expected to possess all the
qualities and capabilities required for
conquering various challenges.
MOTIVATION

• A leader inspires and motivates

members and uplifts or keeps their
spirits up to keep them moving and
to make them do the best that they
could.
GROUP REPRESENTATION

• A leader acts as a representative of

the group.
FACILITATION

• A leader facilitates members towards

accomplishment of planned tasks by
influencing and shaping their
behaviors.
LEADERSHIP STYLES

• Autocratic

• Democratic

• Laissez-faire
AUTOCRATIC

• A leader that always tells people

how and what to do things without
the advice of others

• Has high confidence and dependency

on himself/herself

• Strong-willed, domineering and

aggressive to some extent

Queen Elizabeth I of England

DEMOCRATIC

• Encourages its people or

constituents to express their ideas
and feelings

• His/her action depends on the

majority of the population under
him/her

Nelson Mandela (Former President of South Africa)

LAISSEZ-FAIRE or DELEGATE

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• Uses hands-off approach which
allows the members to make
decisions

• Shares the responsibility of leading

and directing to its members

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

TYPES OF LEADERSHIP

CONSULTATIVE
- Consults members before making final decision

PERSUASIVE
- Makes a decision and persuade members that his/her decision is
correct
QUALITIES OF A LEADER

• Character
• Charisma
• Commitment
• Competence
• Courage
• Passion
• Problem solver
• Team player
• Visionary
QUALITIES OF A LEADER
• CHARACTER
- Action indicates character and
character is a choice that
defines who you are
• CHARISMA
- The ability to draw people to
himself/herself
• COMMITMENT
- The desire to become better and
more capable today than yesterday
• COMPETENCE
- Ability to do things with
confidence
- Ready to face anything despite of
its difficultness
QUALITIES OF A LEADER

• COURAGE • PROBLEM SOLVER

- Discovering new things - Always finds a solution to
- Letting go of the familiar for every problem no matter how
something that is new difficult it is

• PASSION • TEAM PLAYER

- One’s burning desire to do - Being able to work with others
great things for other people and develop relationships
QUALITIES OF A LEADER

• VISIONARY
- Acts to take his/her vision to a reality
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