Rethinking Leadership St. Edwards University MBA program Managing the organization Mgmt6305 St. Edwards University MBA program Managing the organization

Rethinking LeadershipRethinking LeadershipSt. Edwards UniversityMBA programManaging the organizationMgmt6305

St. Edwards UniversityMBA programManaging the organizationMgmt6305

By Sarah Aldridge, Tara Pehl, Matthew Lee Romero, Harley Ray Wolff

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Becoming a leader of leaders-- Warren Bennis

Cultures and coalitions -- John KotterKotter

Becoming a leader of leaders-- Warren Bennis

Cultures and coalitions -- John KotterKotter


Becoming a Leader of Leaders

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Companies must continue Companies must continue recomposing & reinventing their recomposing & reinventing their leadershipleadership

Tomorrows leaders must embrace Tomorrows leaders must embrace change as an opportunitychange as an opportunity

Leaders of federations must be Leaders of federations must be leaders of leaders when building leaders of leaders when building global marketsglobal markets

Companies must continue Companies must continue recomposing & reinventing their recomposing & reinventing their leadershipleadership

Tomorrows leaders must embrace Tomorrows leaders must embrace change as an opportunitychange as an opportunity

Leaders of federations must be Leaders of federations must be leaders of leaders when building leaders of leaders when building global marketsglobal markets

Main Ideas from the ArticleMain Ideas from the Article




A major challenge for the A major challenge for the organization will be the generation of organization will be the generation of intellectual capital/propertyintellectual capital/property

A competitive advantage for the U.S. A competitive advantage for the U.S. will be the full deployment of talent will be the full deployment of talent and leadership from womenand leadership from women

Leaders must have a “strong sense Leaders must have a “strong sense of purpose”, create a “vision with of purpose”, create a “vision with meaning” and generate trustmeaning” and generate trust

Leaders will be in touch with Leaders will be in touch with employees, customers, society and employees, customers, society and the outside worldthe outside world

A major challenge for the A major challenge for the organization will be the generation of organization will be the generation of intellectual capital/propertyintellectual capital/property

A competitive advantage for the U.S. A competitive advantage for the U.S. will be the full deployment of talent will be the full deployment of talent and leadership from womenand leadership from women

Leaders must have a “strong sense Leaders must have a “strong sense of purpose”, create a “vision with of purpose”, create a “vision with meaning” and generate trustmeaning” and generate trust

Leaders will be in touch with Leaders will be in touch with employees, customers, society and employees, customers, society and the outside worldthe outside world

Important PointsImportant Points


“Leadership Is the Capacity to Translate Vision Into Reality.” -- Warren Bennis


“Leadership Is the Capacity to Translate Vision Into Reality.” -- Warren Bennis


You cannot be the only leader. You cannot be the only leader. There needs to be people at all There needs to be people at all levels empowered to be leaders, levels empowered to be leaders, enabling effective decisions to enabling effective decisions to be made.be made.

Important to create a shared Important to create a shared sense of purpose . Power in an sense of purpose . Power in an organization will then come organization will then come from this.from this.

You cannot be the only leader. You cannot be the only leader. There needs to be people at all There needs to be people at all levels empowered to be leaders, levels empowered to be leaders, enabling effective decisions to enabling effective decisions to be made.be made.

Important to create a shared Important to create a shared sense of purpose . Power in an sense of purpose . Power in an organization will then come organization will then come from this.from this.

Authors Key PointsAuthors Key Points




Our thoughtsOur thoughts

It is important to recognize the It is important to recognize the role that women will play in the role that women will play in the future of leadership. Corporate future of leadership. Corporate cultures will need to change to cultures will need to change to support their rolesupport their role

A grasp of new technologies is A grasp of new technologies is crucial to stay a successful crucial to stay a successful leader in our fast changing leader in our fast changing workplacesworkplaces


It is important to recognize the It is important to recognize the role that women will play in the role that women will play in the future of leadership. Corporate future of leadership. Corporate cultures will need to change to cultures will need to change to support their rolesupport their role

A grasp of new technologies is A grasp of new technologies is crucial to stay a successful crucial to stay a successful leader in our fast changing leader in our fast changing workplacesworkplaces

Cultures and Coalitions


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Globalization will create a new Globalization will create a new economic era forcing organizations to economic era forcing organizations to re-think corporate culturere-think corporate culture

Leaders should develop a vision and Leaders should develop a vision and strategy while being sensitive to strategy while being sensitive to cultural influencescultural influences

Leaders must create a high sense of Leaders must create a high sense of urgency and form a guiding coalition to urgency and form a guiding coalition to lead any change effortlead any change effort

Globalization will create a new Globalization will create a new economic era forcing organizations to economic era forcing organizations to re-think corporate culturere-think corporate culture

Leaders should develop a vision and Leaders should develop a vision and strategy while being sensitive to strategy while being sensitive to cultural influencescultural influences

Leaders must create a high sense of Leaders must create a high sense of urgency and form a guiding coalition to urgency and form a guiding coalition to lead any change effortlead any change effort


Cultures and CoalitionsCultures and Coalitions


Only leadership can truly develop Only leadership can truly develop and nurture a culture that is and nurture a culture that is adaptive to changeadaptive to change

Leadership must care about Leadership must care about employees empowering them to employees empowering them to change systems and structures change systems and structures that stand in the way of achieving that stand in the way of achieving visionvision

Only leadership can truly develop Only leadership can truly develop and nurture a culture that is and nurture a culture that is adaptive to changeadaptive to change

Leadership must care about Leadership must care about employees empowering them to employees empowering them to change systems and structures change systems and structures that stand in the way of achieving that stand in the way of achieving visionvision



“I Can Also Imagine a Day When Big Egos and Snakes Are Eliminated From Promotion Lists, No Matter How Smart, Clever, Hard Working, or Well Educated They Are …” -- John Kotter


“I Can Also Imagine a Day When Big Egos and Snakes Are Eliminated From Promotion Lists, No Matter How Smart, Clever, Hard Working, or Well Educated They Are …” -- John Kotter


Culture should be created so that it is Culture should be created so that it is adaptive and automatically aligns an adaptive and automatically aligns an organization's interests with those of organization's interests with those of employees, investors, patrons, and employees, investors, patrons, and

other key constituenciesother key constituencies

The high complexity and high rates of The high complexity and high rates of change due to globalization make change due to globalization make leadership increasingly important leadership increasingly important with that role being concerned with with that role being concerned with building vision, providing inspiration building vision, providing inspiration and building networks of and building networks of relationshipsrelationships

Culture should be created so that it is Culture should be created so that it is adaptive and automatically aligns an adaptive and automatically aligns an organization's interests with those of organization's interests with those of employees, investors, patrons, and employees, investors, patrons, and

other key constituenciesother key constituencies

The high complexity and high rates of The high complexity and high rates of change due to globalization make change due to globalization make leadership increasingly important leadership increasingly important with that role being concerned with with that role being concerned with building vision, providing inspiration building vision, providing inspiration and building networks of and building networks of relationshipsrelationships

Authors Key PointsAuthors Key Points

Cultures and CoalitionsCultures and Coalitions



Organizations of today seem to be Organizations of today seem to be lacking a culture producing lacking a culture producing leadership that will be required for leadership that will be required for the fast pace change of the 21st the fast pace change of the 21st CenturyCentury

Leadership will need to continuously Leadership will need to continuously perform comprehensive analysis perform comprehensive analysis determining how organizational determining how organizational performance has been effected, both performance has been effected, both positively and negatively, by culturepositively and negatively, by culture


Organizations of today seem to be Organizations of today seem to be lacking a culture producing lacking a culture producing leadership that will be required for leadership that will be required for the fast pace change of the 21st the fast pace change of the 21st CenturyCentury

Leadership will need to continuously Leadership will need to continuously perform comprehensive analysis perform comprehensive analysis determining how organizational determining how organizational performance has been effected, both performance has been effected, both positively and negatively, by culturepositively and negatively, by culture

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Globalization in the 21st Century will Globalization in the 21st Century will create a confusing and chaotic culture create a confusing and chaotic culture requiring adaptation to change by requiring adaptation to change by leadershipleadership

Leaders will be required to develop and Leaders will be required to develop and clearly articulate a vision with a clearly articulate a vision with a strategy for achieving itstrategy for achieving it

Currently, organizations are over-Currently, organizations are over-managed working through formal managed working through formal structures, policies, procedures and structures, policies, procedures and rules attempting to create efficiencyrules attempting to create efficiency

Leaders are communicators generating Leaders are communicators generating trust and demonstrating competence trust and demonstrating competence and constancyand constancy

Globalization in the 21st Century will Globalization in the 21st Century will create a confusing and chaotic culture create a confusing and chaotic culture requiring adaptation to change by requiring adaptation to change by leadershipleadership

Leaders will be required to develop and Leaders will be required to develop and clearly articulate a vision with a clearly articulate a vision with a strategy for achieving itstrategy for achieving it

Currently, organizations are over-Currently, organizations are over-managed working through formal managed working through formal structures, policies, procedures and structures, policies, procedures and rules attempting to create efficiencyrules attempting to create efficiency

Leaders are communicators generating Leaders are communicators generating trust and demonstrating competence trust and demonstrating competence and constancyand constancy

Consistent IdeasConsistent Ideas


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Successful leadership will understand Successful leadership will understand cultural influencescultural influences

Leadership must value the various Leadership must value the various players in the corporate drama players in the corporate drama including employees, customers, including employees, customers, society and the outside worldsociety and the outside world

Bureaucracy created problems in the Bureaucracy created problems in the 19th and 20th centuries19th and 20th centuries

Companies are becoming “boundary Companies are becoming “boundary less” by pooling, allying and linking in less” by pooling, allying and linking in an effort to gain the power of bignessan effort to gain the power of bigness

Successful leadership will understand Successful leadership will understand cultural influencescultural influences

Leadership must value the various Leadership must value the various players in the corporate drama players in the corporate drama including employees, customers, including employees, customers, society and the outside worldsociety and the outside world

Bureaucracy created problems in the Bureaucracy created problems in the 19th and 20th centuries19th and 20th centuries

Companies are becoming “boundary Companies are becoming “boundary less” by pooling, allying and linking in less” by pooling, allying and linking in an effort to gain the power of bignessan effort to gain the power of bigness

Consistent IdeasConsistent Ideas

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2121stst Century economies will be Century economies will be drastically more developed, drastically more developed, competitive and chaotic creating competitive and chaotic creating greater opportunities for organizations greater opportunities for organizations keeping up with fast paced changekeeping up with fast paced change

Organizational culture must be created Organizational culture must be created through leadership with a focus on through leadership with a focus on innovation and adaptation for changeinnovation and adaptation for change

Organizations will become more Organizations will become more dispersed through globalization, dispersed through globalization, creating sub-organizations or creating sub-organizations or federations. Each of these elements federations. Each of these elements must also have leadership and vision in must also have leadership and vision in tune with the larger organizationtune with the larger organization

2121stst Century economies will be Century economies will be drastically more developed, drastically more developed, competitive and chaotic creating competitive and chaotic creating greater opportunities for organizations greater opportunities for organizations keeping up with fast paced changekeeping up with fast paced change

Organizational culture must be created Organizational culture must be created through leadership with a focus on through leadership with a focus on innovation and adaptation for changeinnovation and adaptation for change

Organizations will become more Organizations will become more dispersed through globalization, dispersed through globalization, creating sub-organizations or creating sub-organizations or federations. Each of these elements federations. Each of these elements must also have leadership and vision in must also have leadership and vision in tune with the larger organizationtune with the larger organization

Key ConceptsKey Concepts



The great leaders of the 21The great leaders of the 21stst century century will be externally focused. They will will be externally focused. They will truly care about customers, employees truly care about customers, employees and stockholders. They will not be the and stockholders. They will not be the arrogant bureaucratic managers that arrogant bureaucratic managers that were successful the past 200 yearswere successful the past 200 years

Leaders must create clear and Leaders must create clear and motivating visions based on the reality motivating visions based on the reality of the organization. They must of the organization. They must communicate the vision constantly, communicate the vision constantly, and delegate the authority to act on the and delegate the authority to act on the vision to leaders at every level of the vision to leaders at every level of the organizationorganization

The great leaders of the 21The great leaders of the 21stst century century will be externally focused. They will will be externally focused. They will truly care about customers, employees truly care about customers, employees and stockholders. They will not be the and stockholders. They will not be the arrogant bureaucratic managers that arrogant bureaucratic managers that were successful the past 200 yearswere successful the past 200 years

Leaders must create clear and Leaders must create clear and motivating visions based on the reality motivating visions based on the reality of the organization. They must of the organization. They must communicate the vision constantly, communicate the vision constantly, and delegate the authority to act on the and delegate the authority to act on the vision to leaders at every level of the vision to leaders at every level of the organizationorganization

Key ConceptsKey Concepts



Our thoughts

The principles of leadership described in the two articles will apply outside the business world. Leaders of non-profit, government , church and civic organizations will all have to adapt to the new environment and technologies in the 21st century to be successful.

Our thoughts

The principles of leadership described in the two articles will apply outside the business world. Leaders of non-profit, government , church and civic organizations will all have to adapt to the new environment and technologies in the 21st century to be successful.



Our thoughts

We feel that achieving an outward focus will be the greatest transformation that leaders of the future will bring to organizations.

We feel that minorities as well as woman will be important leaders in the 21st century.

Our thoughts

We feel that achieving an outward focus will be the greatest transformation that leaders of the future will bring to organizations.

We feel that minorities as well as woman will be important leaders in the 21st century.



Our thoughts

The principles outlined by Bennis and Kotter: vision, communication, external focus and delegation are tools in the process of leadership. For leadership to be effective they must be modified and deployed in a way that fits the organization. Leaders must lead according to needs of the organization

Our thoughts

The principles outlined by Bennis and Kotter: vision, communication, external focus and delegation are tools in the process of leadership. For leadership to be effective they must be modified and deployed in a way that fits the organization. Leaders must lead according to needs of the organization



Our thoughts

Leaders of the future will have to manage change by putting the people who work for them in difficult chaotic and stressful situations. It will no longer be the leaders role to make the job performer feel comfortable in the job. The leader of the future will stimulate adaptation and creativity in the face of change by exposing the organization to the discomfort of reality.

Our thoughts

Leaders of the future will have to manage change by putting the people who work for them in difficult chaotic and stressful situations. It will no longer be the leaders role to make the job performer feel comfortable in the job. The leader of the future will stimulate adaptation and creativity in the face of change by exposing the organization to the discomfort of reality.



Our thoughts

Strong leadership is only effective with strong management to back it up. The leaders of the future must also be solid managers

Our thoughts

Strong leadership is only effective with strong management to back it up. The leaders of the future must also be solid managers

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