Vision and Articulation: Personal Risk: Sensitivity To Follower Needs: Unconventional Behavior

Q 1). Critically evaluate the applicability of Charismatic theories of Leadership.
Ans. It is trait-based leadership theory which states that followers make attributions of heroic or
extraordinary leadership abilities when they see certain behaviors. The key characteristics are:
 Vision and articulation: Change the status quo with inspirational articulation of vision
 Personal risk: Engage in self-sacrifice
 Sensitivity to follower needs: Perceptive & responsive to other’s needs and feelings
 Unconventional behavior: Engage in counter to norms behaviors
Leader sets up an environment of desired values, traits & behaviors. Leader also sets up a high-
performance expectation and displays confidence and the collective ability to realize the vision.
Effects on followers:
 Increased identification with the leader and collective interest with members
 Increased cohesion among workgroup
 Increased intrinsic motivation in goal accomplishment
Outcomes:
 Induces a self-sacrificial behavior
 Task meaningfulness and satisfaction
 Organizational commitment
 Increased individual, group, and organization performance
Situations:
High degree of uncertainty: Charisma appears most successful when the follower’s task has
an ideological part or the environment includes uncertainty
In times of Crisis: Charismatic leaders can reduce stress as they make work seem more
meaningful
Some downside includes overestimating their importance and high degree of obedience which
may sometimes leads to arrogance and which might turn their behavior working for their own
best interest.
Q 2). Refer to the reading, “Four Leaders who are Five Leadership Dimensions”. What are your
key learnings from this article?
Ans. Learnings from the article:
 I4H and BoP: It is important for the leader to prove the quality of Innovation for
Humanity and Bottom of Pyramid strategy for an active engagement and problem
solving. Ex A leader coming from political turmoil and poor economy
 Ideas and Vision: When leading in tough times, leading people through change becomes
difficult as their daily habits, what they hold and ways of thinking are challenged. At
such times an unobstructed vision, aspirations and motivations of the leader are important
as this would affect lives of many people
 Demonstrating a purpose: The decisions that are taken determined by demonstrating a

commitment to purpose, present ideas, vision and navigate complexity, consistency in
paths and being persuasive while having a future view
 Government Institutions: As a leader the influence is connective of aspirations, goals,

and possibility for engaging people. This requires leaders to engage structures and
institutions of governance and government, that can be a tough task as fighting the
system is always difficult and requires strong will and purpose to do it
The five leadership dimensions are:

• Demonstrate Purpose
• Ideas and Vision
• Navigates Complexity
• Consistency of Path
• Future view for managing change
Q 3). Refer to the reading, “Challenges of leading Inherited teams”. What learnings do you think
you can apply for your own Leadership effectiveness and what could be certain challenges you
think you may encounter in applying the suggested interventions by the author(s). Back your
answer with appropriate theoretical framework.
Ans. Learnings from the case:
Assess:
 Right mix: Important to have the right people doing the right thing in the right way
 Urgency: Critical positions to be assessed with greater urgency and higher standards
 Communication: Mix of one-on-one and team meetings with inputs from stakeholders
 Shaping Attributes: How leadership can help shape attributes
Reshaping the team:

 Composition: Replacement of underperformers and capabilities mismatches and
developing the talent according to suitability and required behavior
 Alignment: Sense of purpose and direction on “What, Why, How and Who”
 Operating model: Strategic, operations, learning meetings to cater to business needs
 Integration: Express confidence & set up ground rules for desired behaviors
Accelerating team development:

 Early wins: Building on assessment and reshaping the team with early wins
 Confidence: Increasing confidence in people’s capabilities
Challenges:
 Changes depend on the agility of the team
 Bringing changes too quickly may affect mindset of the team
 It might be difficult to assess strengths and weaknesses of team members in such short
span of time
 Situation dependent leadership style (Fiedler’s contingency model). If situation is such
that people are unwilling to make a change, enforcing structural changes can become
difficult and people might end up losing trust in the leadership

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Q 1). Critically evaluate the applicability of Charismatic theories of Leadership.

 Demonstrating a purpose: The decisions that are taken determined by demonstrating a

 Government Institutions: As a leader the influence is connective of aspirations, goals,

The five leadership dimensions are:

Reshaping the team:

Accelerating team development:

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