7 Responses

1. Reading
   Hi

   There’s some non-academic perspectives on leadership here:

   http://www.structuredtraining.com/pages/management_focus.html
   http://www.structuredtraining.com/pages/management_articles.html

   and an approach to introducing leadership into your organisation here:

   http://www.structuredtraining.com/pages/leadership_development.html

   I hope these help. It pays in these types of presentations to have read around leadership as much as possible as many of your employees will likely have differnt views on what leadership is and isn’t and you will feel far more confident and authoritative if you are clear about what leadership means in your organisation.

   Good luck

   Claudine

2. which model are you using?
   Jayne
   your question was brief but as I read it the presentation to STAFF is all about the expectation on the LEADERS.
   I found that one of the most thought provoking points was the definition oif leadership developed by the Industrial Society some years ago…”Leadership is the relationship between those who choose to lead and those who choose to follow”
   This reminds staff that not all failures of leadership are the responsibility of the leaders…it also remind leaders that not all their successes are down solely to them.

3. management vs leadership
   I found a paper written by John Kotter really useful – called ‘what leaders really do’ (first appeared in HBR 1990) – in whcih he discusses the difference between management and leadership.
   You could also look at an HBR article called ‘what makes a leader’ by Daniel Goleman

   Of course if you do any kind of websearch or search on Amazon you will get overloaded with stuff – everyone has an opinion on leadership!

4. Leadership Training “Gurus”
   I speak from my experience as a regular army officer (therefore formally trained in leadersrhip) and also as a manager, engineer and consultant in the Oil Industry.
   I agree that Kotter’s work is great. He focusses on “Leading Change” in a Harvard Busines Review article Mar-Apr 95. Worth reading. Logical and clear.

   I think John Adair is clear and simple too. His book “The Action Centred Leader” could be a text book on hte subject. Many good models are described.

   I believe that people can be taught to lead. But it takes much practice and many hard lessons before one can be a brilliant leader.

   Glad to help further if needed.

5. Leadership Gurus A to Z
   Jayne,

   What leadership model are you briefing?

   What resources have you consulted so far?

   A keyword search at any online bookstore or search engine will reveal a wealth of resources.

   But as consultant Joseph Coates said, ‘…so much that is simply awful has been written…that one could surely fertilise the San Joaquin Valley with the past 10 years of material’ on the subject. A recent Amazon.com ‘leadership’ search yielded over 20,000 hits. My ‘Leadership A to Z’ selection of titles culled from this search may be downloaded at:

   http://trainerbase.co.uk/

   Similarly, a ‘guru’ brainstorm yielded an A-Z selection of people who’ve contributed to what we know about various leadership concepts, principles and practices. It includes (but is certainly not limited to):

   Abrashoff, Mike
   Adair, John
   Adams, Scott
   Argyris, Chris
   Bass, Bernard
   Bardwick, Judith
   Bennis, Warren
   Blanchard, Ken
   Collins, Jim
   Covey, Stephen
   DePree, Max
   Drucker, Peter
   Eden, D.
   Farson, Richard
   Fielder, F.E.
   Gardner, Howard
   Goleman, Daniel
   Handy, Charles
   Hesselbein, Frances
   Iacocca, Lee
   Jago, A.G.
   Kanter, Rosabeth
   Kotter,John
   Kouzes, Jim
   Lawler, E.E.
   Mintzberg, Henry
   McCall, M.W.
   Noe, R.A.
   O’Rourke, P.J.
   O’Toole, James
   Patton, George S.
   Peters, Tom
   Pozner, Barry
   Quinn, J.B.
   Rothwell, William J.
   Schein, Edgar H.
   Senge, Peter M.
   Sun Tzu
   Tichy, Noel
   Tannenbaum, R. & Schmidt, W.H.
   Ulrich, Dave
   Vroom, V.H. & Yetton, P.W.
   Wheatley, Margaret
   X, Malcolm
   Yukl, Gary
   Zander, Ben and Rosemund

   As mentioned in earlier threads, Yukl’s ‘Leadership in Organizations’ is a good overview, as is ‘What Works: Training and Development Practices (Leadership Development)’ published by ASTD Press.

   Sincere best wishes for a successful presentation.

   Regards,

   Scott G. Welch

6. Here are some simple notes I have produced in my work on present
   Jayne
   Here are some simple notes produced by me – you are welcome to use them as long as you maintain our copyright.

   These can be located at the following web address – click on leadership attributes.

   http://www.mentorltd.co.uk/leadership/what%20is%20leadership.htm

   Most of my work is around presentation and leadership and I consider it a crucial that businesses ensure that management at all levels get coaching/training in presentation and leadership to ensure effective internal and external communications – the stuff that affects your staff morale and how your customers see you.

   Best wishes,
   Tina
   Tina Coulsting, Director, Mentor Consultancy, http://www.mentorltd.co.uk

7. Why a 2 hr presentation?
   Speaking as great believer in Leadership I would ask why, why, oh why, do a 2 hr presentation? It would be relatively simple to come up with 2 simple exercises, one un-led the other led so that the delegates will be able to identify what is leadership, and why we need it for themselves. This would then give you the opportunity to use the models to hang their experiences off of. Leadership is a dynamic and experiential activity – it won’t work as a single presentation. I make a plea for creativity – please.