Role & Responsibility of

Corporate Leader
 Why study leadership &
management?

• Who are our leaders?

 Definitions
• Leadership- the process of influencing others
• Leaders inspire through personal trustworthiness
& self-confidence
• Leaders communicate a vision that turns self-
interest into commitment to the job
• Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for
people to contribute to making something
extraordinary happen
 What are the primary tasks of a
leader?
• Effective leadership is the ability to successfully
integrate and maximize available resources within
the internal and external environment for the
attainment of organizational or societal goals
• Set direction: mission, goals, vision
• Build commitment: motivate & inspire
• Confront challenges: innovation, deal with
change, take risks
Clarifying Roles,
Responsibilities
and Support
 Role & Responsibilities
• Motivation
• Group development & team work
• Identifying problems
• Effective communication
• Critical thinking & problem solving
 What makes a person a leader?
Great Leaders
Live with integrity
develop a winning strategy or “big idea”
build a great management team
inspire employees to greatness
create a flexible, responsive organization
 Contd….
Great Leaders
passionate about what they do
love to talk about it
high energy
clarity of thinking
communicate to diverse audience
work through people (empowering)
LEADERSHIP - Empowerment
Empowerment Strategies
 Avoid competition for power, status, recognition
 Delegate
 Create and communicate a vision
 Insist that others diligently work to achieve
meaningful goals
 Help others believe in their own worth and potential
 Create a culture in which fear and intimidation are
replaced by trust
 Demonstrate a willingness to be supportive of others
 LEADERSHIP
Customer Focus
 What do customers really buy?
 Leaders focus on customers - and so does
everyone else.
 Leaders focus on partnering, not selling.
 Leaders begin with the customer’s needs
and wants.
 Solving problems spurs partnerships.
 Some Managers are More Than
Bosses - They’re Leaders, Too
• There is no one leader personality
– they do inspire others to take risks
– they do inspire others to do more than they
thought possible
– they set steep goals
– they instill in others that both failure and
success are allowed
 Leadership Styles
• Dictator
• Participative
• Laissez Faire
• Autocratic -Under the autocratic leadership
style, all decision-making powers are
centralized in the leader.

• It permits quick decision-making, as only

one person decides for the whole group
• Participative or Democratic Leaders -The
democratic leadership style favors decision-
making by the group, such as leader gives
instruction after consulting the group.

• They can win the cooperation of their group and

can motivate them effectively and positively. The
decisions of the democratic leader are not
unilateral as with the autocrat because they arise
from consultation with the group members and
participation by them.
• Laissez Faire or Free Reign Leaders -A free rein leader
does not lead, but leaves the group entirely to itself as
shown; such a leader allows maximum freedom to
subordinates.
• They are given a freehand in deciding their own policies
and methods.
• Different situations call for different leadership styles. In
an emergency when there is little time to converge on an
agreement and where a designated authority has
significantly more experience or expertise than the rest of
the team, an autocratic leadership style may be most
effective; however, in a highly motivated and aligned team
with a homogeneous level of expertise, a more democratic
or laissez faire style may be more effective. The style
adopted should be that which most effectively achieves the
objectives of the group while balancing the interests of its
individual members.
 Conclusion

• What makes a good leader?

• The answer depends on the context.
Organizations need to find people who have
what they are looking for. Individuals need
to find organizations who are looking for
what they have to offer.
Thanks