Leadership Shenship Ky 09 January 2008
Characteristics Western World Ancient China
1. Western World
Leadership Style Autocratic ( Authoritarian Leaders ) Democratic ( Participative Leaders )
Leader's Roles Supporting Coaching Delegating Directing Supporting
Authoritarain Leaders Egocentric No one knows what he/she is doing Always in the Highest Status Bold and Decisive Act Act quickly and Speak Loudly Everyone is just his followers His words are always the final
Participative Leaders Get folks to work together Combine processes as appropriate Effectively shepherd cultural changes within a group Get folks to write down (document) problems and then help propose solutions to those issues
2. Ancient China
《莊子·胠篋》。“盜跖之徒問于跖曰:‘盜亦有盜乎?’跖曰:‘何適而無道邪?
五者不備而能成大盜者,天下未之有也 夫妄意室中之藏, 聖也 先入, 勇也 出後, 義也 知可否, 智也 分均, 仁也
Roles Model of Shenship Divisional Heads 夫妄意室中之藏, 聖也 Directing - Know what we should do 先入, 勇也 Coaching - Demonstrate our skills 出後, 義也 Supporting - Take responsibility 知可否, 智也 Delegating - Do right things 分均, 仁也 Sharing - Play fair as agreed
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