Leadership at various levels

Dear Students,

Leadership activities vary at different levels of the organisation. At a relatively junior level, performance leadership is important, at a middle level, people leadership is vital, while at a senior level, visionary and strategic leadership is crucial.

Now, let us examine each of the above types of leadership in terms of its components:

PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP:

• Ensures the organisation is strongly goal, performance and achievement focused.
• Demonstrates the ability and attitude to lead the achievement of challenging goals and change, while managing risk and breaking new ground.
• Balances risk with achievement, not risk avoidance-is not risk averse.
• The organisation consistently meets its performance goals. The organisation has a performance track record of growth and of continually improving performance.
• The organisation's performance is consistently better than its competitors or other comparable organisations.

PEOPLE LEADERSHIP:

• Attracts, retains, develops, motivates and leads an effective team capable of achieving company objectives.
• Human resource planning is an integral part of the annual business planning process.
• Provides enhanced leadership-acts as a role model, committed to developing subordinates and leading people.
• Strong on empowerment-allows scope for people to grow.
• Maintains a culture support of GEN-X & Y values, not stifled by stucture and hierarchy.
• Grows people (Grows their CV).
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with and achieve results through a diverse range of people.
• Creates a stimulating culture

VISIONARY AND STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP:

• Articulates a clear and inspiring vision, actively fosters and encourages ownership of the vision by staff and ensures the vision is well understood and motivates the employees to work towards achieving goals.
• The vision and supporting goals underpin and guide decisions and behaviours.
• Contributes effectively with the board to establishing strategies, objectives and plans with a view to growing the business, while meeting the needs of shareholders, taking account of employee supplier, customer and other stakeholder interests.
• Demonstrating an international perspective and a good understanding of global markets and global thinking.

The above will help you place leadership in proper perspective in an organisational canvas.

With best wishes,
Prof.D.P.Chattopadhyay
(Globsyn Business School)