Leadership
MANAGERIAL ETHICS INSTRUCTOR: FR. OZZIE MASCARENHAS S.J
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT BY : SAURABH UPADHYAY G13043
Q1. Are you a leader, born or cultivated or both? How do you characterize your leadership traits based on the leadership profiles presented by Narayana Murthy and Rahul Khosla? Ans. For centuries there has been a debate about whether leaders must be born into their leadership capacities or whether leadership can be developed in all of us. Our beliefs about how people become leaders affect how we evaluate people’s leadership potential. Believing people are born leaders is likely to result in a focus more on selection (identify the right people) rather than on development (develop the people you get). On the other hand, believing that people are made into leaders by their experiences would be more likely to result in a greater focus on making sure people had the right opportunities to develop into leaders. I believe I am a leader in the making. The way we think about leadership affects how we perceive the leaders around us. For instance, if we expect a leader to be a hero, we are likely to see someone who takes charge to save the day as a good leader and someone who asks everyone’s opinions and lets the group make decisions as weak. Alternatively, if we think a leader should be collaborative and focused on making sure decisions arise from the group, we would view someone who is directive as aggressive or a tyrant. One cannot say with conviction whether a leader is born or cultivated. I was born with some traits of a leader, which generally others have cultivated. Similarly, I have cultivated some of the traits which others feel they were born with. My life experiences have made me what I am today. Table 1.1 Leadership Skills born with and cultivated (Self-Analysis) LEADERSHIP TRAIT/SKILL Setting goals Communication Accurate language Influencing Language of a leader Making decisions Accurate assessment of information Accelerated learning Listening skills
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT BY : SAURABH UPADHYAY G13043
Q1. Are you a leader, born or cultivated or both? How do you characterize your leadership traits based on the leadership profiles presented by Narayana Murthy and Rahul Khosla? Ans. For centuries there has been a debate about whether leaders must be born into their leadership capacities or whether leadership can be developed in all of us. Our beliefs about how people become leaders affect how we evaluate people’s leadership potential. Believing people are born leaders is likely to result in a focus more on selection (identify the right people) rather than on development (develop the people you get). On the other hand, believing that people are made into leaders by their experiences would be more likely to result in a greater focus on making sure people had the right opportunities to develop into leaders. I believe I am a leader in the making. The way we think about leadership affects how we perceive the leaders around us. For instance, if we expect a leader to be a hero, we are likely to see someone who takes charge to save the day as a good leader and someone who asks everyone’s opinions and lets the group make decisions as weak. Alternatively, if we think a leader should be collaborative and focused on making sure decisions arise from the group, we would view someone who is directive as aggressive or a tyrant. One cannot say with conviction whether a leader is born or cultivated. I was born with some traits of a leader, which generally others have cultivated. Similarly, I have cultivated some of the traits which others feel they were born with. My life experiences have made me what I am today. Table 1.1 Leadership Skills born with and cultivated (Self-Analysis) LEADERSHIP TRAIT/SKILL Setting goals Communication Accurate language Influencing Language of a leader Making decisions Accurate assessment of information Accelerated learning Listening skills
References: Greenleaf, R. K. (2002). Servant leadership: A journey into the nature of legitimate power and greatness (25th anniversary Ed.) Hackman, Richard J. (2002). Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performance. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. Nohria, Nitin and Rakesha Khurana (2010). Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium, Harvard Business School Press. http://www.roberts.edu Chapter 9: Ethical and Moral Leadership for Corporate Strategies – Ozzie Mascarenhas,S.j.,Ph.D.