Leadership Styles - PowerPoint Presentation

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Leadership Styles Iron Lady and Gladiator

By: Carolann Bosch

and

Frances Calleo Slide2

What can these two figures have in common?Slide3
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Leadership Behaviors/StylesB. M. Bass & R. Bass (2008)

Autocratic style of leadership

A leader who centralizes authority, dictates work methods, makes unilateral decisions, and limits employee participation

Democratic

style of leadership

A leader who involves employees in decision making, delegates authority, encourages participation in deciding work methods and goals, and uses feedback to coach employees

A democratic-consultative leader seeks input and hears the concerns and issues of employees but makes the final decision him or herself

A democratic-participative leader often allows employees to have a say in

what’s

decidedSlide5

Personal Attributes of Leadership

(

2008)

Empowering and Developing Others

Vulnerability/Humility

Serving Others

Open, Participatory Leadership

Visionary Leadership

Courageous Leadership (Integrity/Authenticity)

Inspiring Leadership

B. M. Bass & R. Bass (2008)Slide6

Iron Lady-Serving OthersStewardship – Accountability to the Community

Holding an institution in trust for the greater good of society

Active

service in the community

Making Service-minded Decisions

Sacrifice

Living a life of giving to others

Balancing personal and professional lifeSlide7

Iron Lady-Vulnerability Vulnerability

-

risks

and rewards of an open, humble leadership

style

The bigger the job the more exposed is the leader (world leader). 

A leader may make decisions that may not be popular among the people.  

The business of leadership is not primarily about making friends. It is about challenging the status quo; helping others see what you see and changing something. 

It invites criticism and sometimes, treachery.Slide8

Iron Lady-Humility Humility

Humility is not about being soft or weak nor is it about lacking confidence. 

Humble Character

Absence

of ego, jealousy, and self-

promotion

Putting

needs of others

first

Team membership (walk and talk) “ In my day, we would resolve to do something. Now, they resolve to be someone” - Iron Lady Slide9

GLADIATOR

Plot Summary

Leadership StylesSlide10

Maximus

:

Three weeks from now, I will be harvesting my crops. Imagine where

you will be, and it will be so. Hold the line! Stay with me! If you find yourself

alone, riding in the green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled.

For you are in Elysium, and you're already dead!

[cavalry laughs]

Maximus

:

Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity. Slide11

Marcus Aurelius:

I want you to become the protector of Rome after I die. I will empower

you to one end alone, to give power back to the people of Rome and end the corruption

that has crippled it.

[

Maximus

looks amazed and sad]

Marcus Aurelius:

Commodus is not a moral man. You have known that since you were young. Commodus cannot rule. He must not rule.

[looking at

Maximus] Slide12

Commodus:

You wrote to me once, listing the four chief virtues: Wisdom, justice,

fortitude and temperance. As I read the list, I knew I had none of them. But I have

other virtues, father. Ambition.

Commodus:

[begins to cry]

Father. I would have butcher the whole world...if you would only love me!

[Commodus begins to asphyxiate Marcus whilst embracing him]

Commodus: Your Emperor asks for your loyalty, Maximus. Take my hand, I only offer it once. Quintus: Maximus, please be careful, that was not prudent.Maximus: Prudent! The Emperor has been slain. Slide13

Slave Trader:

Some are good for fighting, others for dying. You need both, I think.

Proximo

:

I did not pay good money for you for your company, I paid it so that I could

profit from your death…Ultimately, we're all dead men, sadly we cannot

choose how, but we can decide how we meet that end in order that we are

remembered as men.Slide14

Gracchus:

He enters Rome like a conquering hero. What has he conquered?

Gracchus:

But the Senate is the people, Sire, chosen from among the people, to speak for

the people.

Commodus:

I doubt if many of the people eat so well as you do, Gracchus. I am their

father, the people are my children and I shall hold them to my bosom and embrace them

tightly...

Gracchus:

Have you ever embraced someone dying of plague, Sire?Commodus: No. But if you interrupt me again, I assure you that you shall. Slide15

Proximo

:

The young Emperor has arranged a series of spectacles to commemorate his

father, Marcus Aurelius. I find that amusing since it was Marcus Aurelius, the wise, the all

knowing Marcus Aurelius, who closed us down.

Then listen to me. Learn from me. I wasn't the best because I killed quickly. I

was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd and you'll win your freedom.Slide16

Commodus:

How dare you show your back to me! Slave, you will remove your helmet and tell me your name.

Maximus

:

My name is Maximus Decimus

Meridius

. Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.Slide17

[the senators are gathering for the upcoming fight at the

Colosseum

]

Gracchus:

I do not pretend to be a man of the people, Senator. But I do try to be a man for the people.Proximo

:

He [Commodus] knows too well how to manipulate the mob.

Maximus

:

Marcus Aurelius had a dream that was Rome,

Proximo. This is not it. This is not it!Commodus: And now they love Maximus for his mercy. So I can't just kill him, or it makes me even more unmerciful! The whole thing's like some crazed nightmare.Falco: He is defying you. His every victory is an act of defiance. The mob sees this, and so do the Senate. Every day he lives, they grow bolder. Kill him.Commodus: No. I will not make a martyr of him.Slide18

Lucilla: But the legion all have new commanders, Loyal to Commodus.Maximus

:

Let my men see me alive and you shall see where their loyalties lie.

Gracchus:

This is madness. No Roman army has entered the capital in a 100 years. I will not trade one dictatorship for another.

Gracchus:

And after your glorious coup, what then? You'll take your 5,000 warriors and leave?

Maximus

:

I will leave. The soldiers will stay for your protection, under the command of the

Senate.Gracchus: So, once all of Rome is yours, you'll just give it back to the people. Tell me why?Maximus: Because that was the last wish of a dying man.[He turns back to Gracchus]Maximus: I will kill Commodus, the fate of Rome, I leave to you.Gracchus: Marcus Aurelius trusted you. His daughter trusts you. I will trust you. But we have little time. Give me two days and I will buy your freedom. And you, you stay alive. Or I will be dead. Now I must go. Slide19

Commodus:

Maximus

.

Maximus. Maximus. They call for you. The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. A

striking story. Now the people want to know how the story ends. Only a famous death

will do. And what could be more glorious than to challenge the emperor himself in

the great arena.

[Commodus embraces

Maximus

and with one fierce thrust, stabs him with his knife, kissing him on the neck]Commodus: [to Quintus] Strap on his armor. Conceal the wound.Slide20

Maximus

:

Quintus, free my men. Senator Gracchus is to be reinstated. There was a

dream that was Rome, it shall be realized. These are the wishes of Marcus Aurelius.

Lucilla

:

Is Rome worth one good man's life? We believed it once. Make us believe it

again. He was a soldier of Rome. Honor him.

Gracchus:

Who will help me carry him?Slide21

The Gladiator: Leadership Styles

Visionary

leadership anticipates the need for change and acts in advance trying to bring the vision into focus.

Emperor Marcus Aurelius’ Vision for Roman:

“My powers will pass to the Senate which represents the people of Rome.” The Emperor grants temporary leadership of Rome to Maximus. Slide22

The Gladiator’s Strengths as a Leader: Models by Actions

-Courageous: General, Defiant /Commodus, Emperor

-Integrity: Responsible, honest, reliable

-Inspiring

Autocratic Leadership: Emperor Commodus

-Self-centered: Aspires to be popular, not interested in

state matters

-Not equal: UnfairSlide23

Democratic Leadership v.Autocratic Leadership

Democratic Leadership

Autocratic

Leadership

“

Together we will make the decisions

”

“I make the decisions”“Together, we do our best thinking” “I know best”“I operate based on others’ needs” “My needs are most important” Cooperative and trusting Employ fear and intimidation“I will listen to you” “Listen to me” “We create the vision” “I have the vision” Cooperative decision-making “Do it my way or leave” Share information Keep information a secret Proactive Reactive Focus on listening Focus on speaking/tellingSlide24

Core Leadership Elements

The road to success is paved with intention.  Know your purpose and know, too, why it’s important

No matter what you do, the decisions you make will not please everyone.  Don’t waste your time trying.  Some will love you.  Some will not.  In the end, it rarely matters. In times of doubt, be guided by your purpose.

Be brave.  Make change.  Put strength behind your convictions.  Challenge complacency. Invite participation, discussion and involvement.

Know that rarely is

anything

about you.