Leadership in Human resource management

Leadership in Human resource management

1. Leadership In HRM Prepared by: Neelam Suwal BPH 8 th batch

2. Content: Introduction Qualities of leadership Importance of leadership in HRM

3. Introduction: the action of leading a group of people or the organization Leadership is a process by which an executive can direct, guide and influence the behavior and work of others towards accomplishment of specific goals in a given situation. Leadership is the ability of a manager to induce the subordinates to work with confidence and zeal. Leadership is the potential to influence behavior of others. It is also defined as the capacity to influence a group towards the realization of a goal. Leaders are required to develop future visions, and to motivate the organizational members to want to achieve the visions.

4. Contd. According to Keith Davis, “Leadership is the ability to persuade others to seek defined objectives enthusiastically. It is the human factor which binds a group together and motivates it towards goals .” ‘’Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do they never thought they could.’’

5. Qualities of Leadership : Communication: being able to express yourself openly and build empathy with people is the foundation of effective leadership. Most important part of communication: listening Good leaders listen and pay attention to all of their followers, employees, and every single person they are leading. ( They’ll become inspired, feel heard, and begin to know, like, and trust you .)

6. 2. Integrity: great leaders succeed when they stick to their word, live by their core values, lead by example, and follow-through . Apologizing for mistakes Highlighting the work of their employees and downplaying their own contributions Giving the benefit of the doubt when circumstances are unclear Being appreciative of people’s time

7. 3. Accountability: “A good leader takes little more than his share of the blame and little less than his share of the credit.” Strong and good leaders are accountable for the team’s results, good or bad. They hold themselves and their employees accountable for their actions, which creates a sense of responsibility among the team.

8. 4. Empathy: Truly great leaders have enough open-mindedness to understand their followers’ motivations, hopes, dreams, and problems so that they can build a deep personal connection with them . This  enables leaders to: - Improve work strategies - Inspire loyalty among their teams

9. 5. Resilience: Resilience leaders are capable of retaining their energy level under strain and responding to disruptive changes. Resilient leaders are capable of retaining their energy level under strain and responding to disruptive changes.

10. 6. Visionary: A leader should be Visionary and have more foresight than an employee. A visionary leader is far-sighted and driven and inspired by what a company can become.  Visionary leaders work hard for the greater good and keep themselves updated with time and change.

11. 7. Delegation: Delegation is crucial for maximizing productivity and team performance. knowing when and how to delegate gives them more time for their most important work.

12. 8. Innovative: Innovative leaders are always open to new ideas and discussions. They listen to everyone actively and also motivate others to think out of the box .

13. Importance of leadership in HRM: At certain times, when the employees are not well trained autocratic leadership allows a leaders to have control over the employee and get the work done. 2. L aissez faire leadership practice , allow the empl oyees to make a decision without restrictions, solving any problems. Such practices builds confidence, job satisfaction, organizational commitment and performance among the employee.

14. 3. In democratic leadership practice , the leader allows the participation of their subordinates efforts while planning, designing, execution , decision making. This enables the staff to effectively deal with any problems during the execution allowing for their professional growth and encouragement in career growth . 4. Effective leadership gives direction to the efforts of all workers in accomplishing the goals of the organization. It is the human factor that binds a group together and motivates it towards goal achievement.

15. 5. Leadership transform potential into reality. 6. It provides an overarching/ comprehensive sense of direction and vision, an alignment with environment, a healthy mechanism for innovation and creativity and a resource for strengthening organizational culture. 7. Effective leadership make use of the skill and capabilities of team members and is able to assign them tasks that take advantage of their strengths.

16. 8. Effective leadership provides focus to the team by clearly defining goals and explaining objectives so that every member on the team understands the end goal they are working to achieve. 9. Good leadership keep the team on track and moving forward by setting and enforcing deadlines. One way that an effective leader does this is by checking on each team member’s progress and helping them resolve any issues before they become big problems.

17. Leadership is situation bound. There is no best style of leadership. It all depends upon tackling with the situations .

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