MGM101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Skills, Strategic Thinking, Appropriate Behavior
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Leaders focus on vision, mission and goals. Effective leadership means ability of leader to get high performance form workers and subordinates. An effective ceo would be the one responsible for performance for entire company. Explain leadership effectiveness in terms of amount of power possessed and how that power is used to influence others within the organization. Identify the traits and competencies of effective leaders. Asserts that certain behaviour are related to effective leadership. Appropriate behaviour for leaders to adopt depend upon context and what works in some situations will not work in others. Effective leaders transform organizations through their vision, communication and ability to build commitment to that vision among employees. Refers to cognitive ability to analyze a complex situation , abstract form it , and draw conclusions about the best strategy for the firm to follow. It requires a combination of intelligence and reasoning skills. Example of a leader who demonstrated strategic thinking is bill gates.
