If you have been struggling with the difference in transactional and transformational leadership and how Performance Management Leadership (PML) skills play into the equation, this article covers them well. The article also lists the six skill sets required with PML and covers in detail all aspects of these leadership skills. Lots of information here, so take time to head over and get the context.
The public is fascinated by charismatic CEOs. So, too, are business scholars.
Academics in the field of leadership have spent the better part of the last decade trying to understand how celebrity CEOs such as General Electric’s Jack Welch or Southwest’s Herb Kelleher used business acumen — and their powerful personalities — to make believers out of their employees and get the most out of their companies. The study of so-called “transformational leadership,” then, has dominated leadership literature since the early 1990s.
But Angelo Kinicki, a professor of management at the W. P. Carey School of Business, says it’s time for researchers to look beyond mere charisma, and beyond transformational leadership.
Effective leadership, says Kinicki, requires more than charisma. It also requires that managers execute. They must work, day in and day out, to get the most out of their employees. Execution is a fundamental component of effective leadership, and execution requires leadership behavior that goes beyond transformational leadership.
“People are really fascinated by charisma and a leader’s ability to ‘transform’ people, but less interested in the day-to-day leadership that leads to results,” Kinicki says. “I’m not so concerned about these charismatic leaders, or how they transform people. I want to understand the day-to-day leadership that leads to results.”
The six dimensions of PML, and their definitions, are:
* Support and coaching:
* Communication:
* Providing consequences:
* Feedback:
* Process of goal setting:
* Establishing/monitoring performance expectations:
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1 Josie (1 comments.) // Jan 12, 2006 at 5:51 pm
Jack Welch will definitely make a mark in the history of CEOs. It is because of his great management skills , which helped build his reputation. Herb Kelleher is also one of those people admired by people.
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