PROFESSIONAL

COMMUNICATION
PRESENTATION

LEADERSHIP
CONTENT

 Definition
 Characteristics of Leadership
 Significance
 Leadership Styles
 Leadership vs Management
 Leadership Theories
 Conclusion
 INTRODUCTION

 Leadership is a theme that has been in

discussion and also in people's interest
from the ancient days itself, ancient
philosophers of Greek like Socrates and
Plato are superabundance gurus of
leadership and management.
 It is said that, in this transforming world,
leadership not only has solutions for firms
and individual people but also furnish
solutions to nations, sectors, and regions.
DEFINITION

The ability to positively influence people and

systems to have a meaningful impact and
achieve results.

 Leading People

 Influencing People
 Commanding People
 Guiding People
CHARACTERISTIC OF LEADERSHIP

1. Leader must have followers

2. It is working relationship between leader
and followers
3. Purpose is to achieve some common goal or
goals
4. A leader influences his followers willingly
not by force
5. Leadership is exercised in a given situation
6. Leadership is a power relationship
7. It is a continuous process
 SIGNIFICANCE

1. Setting Goals

2. Motivating Employees

3. Building morale

4. Creating Confidence

5. Discipline

6. Developing Team-work

7. Facilitates Change

8. Representing the group

LEADERSHIP STYLES

•Leader by the position achieved

• Leader by personality, charisma

• Leader by moral example

• Leader by power held

• Intellectual leader

• Leader because of ability to accomplish things

LEADERSHIP VS MANAGEMENT
LEADERSHIP TRAITS
LEADERSHIP THEORY

TRAIT THEORY
BEHAVIORAL THEORY
ROLE THEORY
MANAGERIAL THEORY
PARTICIPATIVE THEORY
LEWIS LEADERSHIP THEORY
CONCLUSION

According to Rensis Likert, the nearer the

behavioral characteristics of an
organization approaches leadership, the
more likely this will lead to long-term
improvement in staff turnover and high
productivity, low scrap, low costs, and
high earnings. If an organization wants to
achieve optimum effectiveness, then this
is the ideal system by having good
leaders in the organisation.