Leadership development is a career – long interactive process that involves professional experience, formal training, education, self-study, assessment and reflection. It forms an important hub in the armed forces, in organisations, social and community, educational and political context, to achieve success. The traditional theories, styles and principles have been retained in view of their time-tested applicability. The Armed Forces have to ensure a total quality and value-based leadership to successfully face the future security challenges to fulfil the national aspirations.
Motivation is one of the driving forces behind human behaviour. It encourages and urges the employees to perform to the best of their capabilities so as to achieve the desired goals of any organisation.

• What is leadership and what is the process of leadership?
• Qualities of a good leader.
• Familiarise with the traditional types of leadership, which over the years have transformed.
• Leadership traits are distinguishing personality qualities which, if demonstrated in daily activities, help the leader to earn the respect, confidence, willing obedience and loyal cooperation of his team.
• The Armed Forces in combat are always mission oriented.
• This goal, however is fully compatible with a leadership approach that includes reasonable consideration of the soldiers being led.
• Leadership principles, have in varying degree affected the actions of every successful leader.
• Understand the implications of “Fog of War”! The most important act of courage for a leader is to make decisions. Nothing happens without a decision. That is why it is said that “a bad decision is better than no decision at all”.
• Motivation of the soldiers/employees is a human behaviour which needs to be sustained and their sense of purpose retained through varying situations.
• Personal example and leading from the front is the best act of Motivation.

LEADERSHIP & MOTIVATION FOR SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATIONS
Module 1 – LEADERSHIP
• Part 1 – Definition of Leadership & Importance of Leadership.
• Part 2 – Qualities of Leadership.
• Part 3 – Theories of Leadership.
• Part 4 – Leading with Emotional Intelligence.

Module 2 – STYLES OF LEADERSHIP & LEADERSHIP TRAITS
• Part 1 – Most common Styles of Leadership.
• Part 2 – Leadership Traits & Nuances of well known Traits.

Module 3 – LEADERSHIP IN COMBAT
• Part 1 – Definition of Leadership in Combat.
• Part 2 – Values of a Soldier.
• Part 3 – Qualities of a Good Leader in Combat.
• Part 4 – Leadership Principles in Combat.
• Part 5 – Fog of War.

Module 4 – MOTIVATION
• Part 1 – Types of Motivation & Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
• Part 2 – Aspects of Motivation.
• Part 3 – Leading by Example & Leading from the Front.

Summary : WHAT MAKES A GOOD LEADER !

The course is conducted online.

The modules cater for leadership and motivation explanation and its implications. The various facets can be effectively interpreted in any Corporate or a Military environment. The examples incorporated have brought out lessons of various aspects.

Readings

The slides and reading material will be shared.

There will not be any formal assessment; but a quiz is attached after every module.