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The behaviours of leaders who get things done
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23782 The behaviours of leaders who get things done Cook, Jonathan ichelp@gibs.co.za Deppe, Paul UCTD Leadership attributes Leadership Getting results Leadership behaviours Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2011. This research was undertaken to establish the behaviours of leaders who get things done. Leadership attributes can be divided into three broad categories, namely, personal traits of leaders (who leaders are), their knowledge and skills (what leaders know) and their behaviours and styles (what leaders do). This research was part of a collaborative study undertaken with two other MBA students at the Gordon Institute of Business Science. Qualitative research methods were used. The research was exploratory in nature and was conducted by holding in-depth, semi-structured interviews with fifteen successful business leaders in South Africa. Fifteen behavioural themes were identified as relevant to the behaviours of leaders who get things done, i.e. engaging and being approachable, having and articulating a vision, managing emotions, inspiring and motivating, communicating, choosing the right teams, displaying energy and passion, showing you care, listening, being visible, focusing on results, empowering staff, expressing trust and confidence in one’s people, responding to situations in a flexible manner and building strong teams. In addition, the research found that these behaviours are associated with the transformational leadership style. Another finding is that personal traits and leadership behaviour are important factors influencing how leaders get things done, more so than knowledge and skills are. Copyright Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T15:53:44Z 2011-05-11 2013-09-06T15:53:44Z 2011-04-20 2011-05-11 2011-04-04 Dissertation Deppe, P 2010, The behaviours of leaders who get things done, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23782 > F11/126/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23782 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04042011-193756/ © 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Leadership attributes Leadership Getting results Leadership behaviours The behaviours of leaders who get things done |
| title | The behaviours of leaders who get things done |
| title_full | The behaviours of leaders who get things done |
| title_fullStr | The behaviours of leaders who get things done |
| title_full_unstemmed | The behaviours of leaders who get things done |
| title_short | The behaviours of leaders who get things done |
| title_sort | behaviours of leaders who get things done |
| topic | UCTD Leadership attributes Leadership Getting results Leadership behaviours |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23782 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04042011-193756/ |