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Required Reading on Leadership

Required Reading on Leadership. Tatenda Makwiranzou. Overview. Harvard Business Review Scholarly Article attempting to find the quintessential readings required Author : Barbara Kellerman Professor of Public Leadership Harvard University. Leadership Is Contextual .

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Required Reading on Leadership

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  1. Required Reading on Leadership Tatenda Makwiranzou

  2. Overview • Harvard Business Review • Scholarly Article attempting to find the quintessential readings required • Author : Barbara Kellerman • Professor of Public Leadership • Harvard University

  3. Leadership Is Contextual • What works in one era/setting/organization does not apply to another • Business vs. Political • Steve Jobs • Technology There is no specific Literature! Can Leadership be taught ??

  4. The Pragmatist • THE PRINCE : Niccolò Machiavelli • Focuses on human character and logic • Applicable all times and places • “He should avoid those things that make him hateful or contemptible” • “He should maintain an opinion of himself such that no one thinks of deceiving him or getting around him.”

  5. The Hero • Carlyle vs. Tolstoy • 1980s &1990s era of the “Hero CEO” • Personification of organizations • No man or woman can sway the tidal forces of history (ref: Napoleon) • Thoughts of great Men sent into the world (ref: M.L. King)

  6. The Father Figure • Various Works : Sigmund Freud • Inherent need to differ to managers and leaders • Why do followers follow? • ANS: Stems from our primal need for care as an infant

  7. The Organizer • The Functions of the Executive : Barnard • People aren’t straight forward and should be treated as such • Corporations are social, as is the manner in which business is conducted • Borderline conventionalism • “Leadership is not a substitute for natural elements of cooperation”

  8. Other Leadership styles • The People’s servant • The new, energetic and powerful. • The Liberator • MLK human rights moments • The Tyrant • Functions on interdependence rather than dependence

  9. Questions?

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