- Leadership is an enabling role that creates the conditions in which people are supported and influenced so they achieve a common goal. - It is about letting people know they [[Matter]] . - It [[Motivation|motivates]] people to engage in an action for a common purpose and mutual benefits. - It requires responsiveness to the changing external environment (see [[PESTLE]]). - It's about creating a narrative that overcomes barriers - [[leadership is narrative]] ### Academic debate on the characteristics of leaders - Gary Yukl. Personal Power + Positional Power = performance power - Grint - influence for a common purpose and mutual benefits. Argues that Yukl is doing the impossible. Leadership is the outcome and difficult to connect traits and skills and behaviour to outcomes. Better to focus on distinctive perspectives. ## Different perspectives on leadership - [[Traits perspective on leadership]]. - [[Motivational Behaviour Purpose perspectives]] - [[Social identity perspectives on leadership is about embodying the typical member of the group|Social Identity Perspectives]] - [[Functional roles- Adair]] ## Definitions of leadership - Individual or group of individuals that influences the behaviour or actions of other people - Influence Group of people to achieve a common goal - Influence activities of an organised group in its efforts onwards goal setting and goal achievement. - Leadership is getting the group members to achieve the group's goals. Language needs to move away from "followers" to "group members". Don't want a dependency relationship. [[The first follower makes a group]] Managers influence depending on their authority, leaders influence independently of their authority. ## What is leadership for? - Create an agenda - Develop people - Execution - Outcomes - Wellbeing of their team- Sinek # What are the traits of a good leader? - Not personality. More about ability- 20 of the 35 characteristics are about ability. ## Applying this to USSU - It requires leadership for us to run against the prevailing culture of the country (see [essay](x-devonthink-item://738B75BE-C558-4AE2-929F-E3B1BDBC079B?page=1)). This also provides engagement and ethical benefits. - [[Ed's leadership style and beliefs]] - [[What great leaders do]] - [["There's no such things as bad teams, only bad leaders"]] - [[leadership is basically about establishing and maintaining group wellbeing]] - [[Simon Sinek on the Stephen Bartlett podcast]] Links - [[Empowerment]] -