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SEMINAR PRESENTATION
The 5th in the series of the HR individual seminar presentation
Leadership Influence In Goal Achievement:
IITA In Focus
By:
Mr. Sam Ayebameru, Executive Assistant
Human Resources Unit
IITA, Ibadan
Discussion will be on:
• Leadership and Leaders
• Some Attributes of Leaders
• Delegation and its importance in leadership
• IITA – Background
• IITA – Achievements
Leadership Influence In Goal Achievement: IITA In Focus
What is leadership?
• The ability to affect human behaviour so as to accomplish a mission
• The process of directing the behaviour of others toward the
accomplishment of some common objectives
• Leadership is influencing people to get things done to a standard and
quality above their norm, and doing it willingly
Leadership Influence In Goal Achievement: IITA In Focus
contd
Who are leaders?
• Leaders are those who are able to think and act creatively in non-routine
situations – and who set out to influence the actions, beliefs and feelings of
others
• Leaders are people who know what they want and why they want it, and
how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain their
cooperation and support
• Leaders are people who influence groups toward obtaining particular
results
Three things stand out in leadership:
- First, to lead involves influencing others
- Second, where there are leaders there are followers
- Third, leaders are people who have clear idea of what
to achieve and why
Fundamental Question:
Why are some leaders/managers effective/successful while others
are not?
Effective Leadership
Is the ability to successfully integrate and utilize available resources
within the internal and external environment for the attainment of
organizational or societal goals
An effective leader therefore is an individual with the capacity to
consistently succeed in any given conditions and be recognized as
meeting the expectations of an organization or society
Determining what makes “effective leadership”
Effective leaders generate results, attain goals, realize vision, and
other objectives more quickly and at a higher level but with lower
costs than ineffective leaders
Attributes of leaders/managers
• A clear sense of purpose – clear goals
– focus – commitment
• Charismatic inspiration –
attractiveness to others and the ability
to leverage this esteem to motivate
others
• Task competence – good knowledge
of the task; a deep understanding of
the business
• Will power and self-discipline
• Self-confidence – belief in one’s ability
to “make a difference”
• Capacity to motivate people
• Role models – lead by example. The
ability to “lead” one’s own self prior to
lead others
• Keep informed always. Open to new
ideas, insights and revelation
• Empathy – Understanding of followers
and their needs. Be willing to discuss and
solve problems; support and help
• Sense of Humour – people work better
when they’re happy
• Delegation – Ability to encourage and
nurture those that report to you. Delegate
in such a way as people will
grow/develop. Avoid close supervision;
do not overboss; have faith in the
creativity of others.
Leadership attributes are the inner or personal qualities that constitute effective
leadership
These attributes include a large array of characteristics such as values, character,
motives, habits, traits, competencies, styles, behaviors and skills
John Adair’s Action-centred Leadership Model
• achieving the task
• managing the team or group
• managing individuals
Your Responsibilities for achieving task are:
Identify aims and vision for the group, purpose and direction
Identify resources, people, processes, systems and tools
Create plans to achieve the task
Establish responsibilities, objectives and accountabilities by agreement and delegation
Set standards, quality, time and reporting parameters
Monitor and maintain overall performance against plan
Review, re-assess, adjust plan, methods and targets as necessary
Your Responsibilities for the group are:
Establish, agree and communicate standards of performance and
behaviour
Identify and meet group training needs
Give feedback to the group on overall progress; consult with, and
seek feedback and input from the group
Your Responsibilities for each individual are:
Understand the team members as individuals - personality, skills,
strengths, needs, aims and fears
Assist and support individuals - plans, problems, challenges
Identify and agree appropriate individual responsibilities and
objectives
Give recognition and praise to individuals
Where appropriate reward individuals with extra responsibilities,
advancement and status
Train and develop individual team members
Delegation
Delegation is an act of transferring responsibility with corresponding authority to another
person(s) for the purpose of achieving a goal.
It is a dynamic tool for motivating and training team members to realize their full potential
Benefits of effective delegation
It saves you time
It motivates people
It develops people
It aids succession planning
It aids greater team flexibility
When you delegate, you must ensure that the person/persons:
- know what you want
- have the authority to achieve it
- have the knowledge and skills required
- know how to do it
Delegation can be:
1. Downward delegation
2. Sideways delegation
3. Upward delegation
Downward, Sideways, and Upward Delegation
Sideways delegation
Delegation: Dos and Don'ts
Dos
• Delegate based on a fair and objective
assessment of the skills and abilities of staff
in relation to the requirement of the task
• Delegate responsibilities to those you trust
• Give precise instructions, explain the task;
explain what should be done, but don’t tell
them how
• Show how each delegation contributes to
organizational goals
• Clarify expected results
• Develop standard of performance
• Discuss problems; answer questions; seek
employees’ ideas about how to do the job
• Be supportive
• Praise positive achievements in public
Don’ts
• Don’t delegate in an unorganized fashion
• Don’t over exercise your power; don’t try to
dominate the delegates; be rather a leader
than a mentor
• Don’t criticize employees in front of others
• Don’t bypass the chain of command
Manager
Supervisor
Worker
Upward
Downward
Advice•Avoid micro-management
•Learn to do less and manage more
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IITA IN FOCUS
• IITA is an international non-profit research organization established in 1967
• It is governed by a Board of Trustees, and supported primarily by the CGIAR
Mission
To enhance food security and improve livelihoods in Africa through research for
development
Mandate
- Cowpea
- Bananas
- Plantain
- Yams
- Soybean
- Cassava
- Maize
CGIAR Centres
• IRRI
• CIMMYT
• CIAT
• IITA• WARDA
• Bioversity International
• CIFOR
• CIP
• ICARDA
• ICRISAT
• IFPRI
• ILRI
• IWMI
• ICRAF
• WorldFish Centre
IITA DIRECTORS GENERAL
(from 1968 to date)
No. Name Duration
1. Dr. Herbert R. Albrecht 1968 – 1975
2. Dr. William K. Gamble 1975 – 1980
3. Dr. Ermond H. Hartmans 1980 – 1985
4. Dr. Lawrence D. Stifel 1985 – 1990
5. Dr. Lukas Brader 1990 – 2001
6. Hartmann 2001 – to date
Location of IITA Station
Kano,
Maiduguri,
Malawi,
Mozambique
Uganda,
Tanzania,
Kenya,
Cameroon,
DR Congo
Ibadan, Akure,
Onne, Abuja,
Liberia,
Benin,
Cote d’Ivoire
Director,
Southern Africa &
Northern Nigeria Locations
Director, East & Central Africa
Locations
Director, West Africa
Locations
Director, Project
Dev. & Management
Deputy Director General
R4D
IITA STATION LOCATION FOR SUPERVISION BY DIRECTORS
SOME IITA ACHEIVEMENTS ON RESEARCH
Cassava:
Higher yielding cassava varieties developed through genetic
improvement
Improvement in agronomic practices.
Improvement in the processing, utilization and marketing of
cassava (value-added chain)
Improved cassava varieties deployed to serve as fire-wall
against spread of a devastating cassava brown streak disease
common in East Africa
Discovery of parasitoids (organism feeding on mealy-bug, a
cassava pest). The parasitoids reduce population of mealy
bugs on cassava plants.
SOME IITA ACHEIVEMENTS ON RESEARCH CONTD
Soybean:
– Many high yielding soybean varieties developed. New varieties
with resistance to rust being tested
– Improvement in the processing, utilization and marketing of
soybean
– Development of soybean-based food products such as soy milk,
soy-ogi as baby food, soy cheese, etc.
SOME IITA ACHEIVEMENTS ON RESEARCH CONTD
• Cowpea:
– Early maturing cowpea (2 months) varieties developed.
– Cowpea pest control measures were developed at IITA
• Yams:
– Many yam varieties are now available for local farmers in Nigeria,
Ghana, & Cote d’Ivoire, etc
• Rehabilitation assistance to war-torn African countries – DR Congo,
Liberia, Sierra Leone, etc
SOME IITA ACHEIVEMENTS ON RESEARCH CONTD
Sustainable Tree Crops Program on Cocoa:
– Sustainable Tree Crops Program (STCP) emerged (the concept in 2002 and the pilot work in 2003)
– Improvement in rural economy where cocoa is grown
– Development and use of innovative training approaches such as Farmer’s Field School (FFS) to train farmers
– Development of new marketing approaches for cocoa
• IITA-STCP:
Ghana
Cameroon
Liberia
Cote d’Ivoire
Nigeria
Training:
– Many current African agric. scientists have been trained through IITA’s training program.
SOME IITA ACHEIVEMENTS ON RESEARCH CONTD
Research breakthroughs/Awards:
- 1989 - The King Bauduin Award in recognition of its development of streak resistance maize varieties
- 1990 - The King Baudouin Award was jointly won by IITA and CIAT in recognition of their outstanding achievements in classical biological control of the cassava mealybug.
- 1994 – The King Bauduin Award in recognition of outstanding achievements in breeding plaintains for black sigatoka resistance and advances in Musa genetics
- 1996 – CG Chairman’s Excellence in Science Award (Outstanding Scientific Partnership) in recognition of outstanding achievement in collaborative research on the improvement of root and tuber crops in West Africa
SOME IITA ACHEIVEMENTS (ADMINISTRATION)
• Industrial Relations Harmony: Industrial relations dichotomy
put to rest
• Improved security system especially at the headquarters
• More administrative power to the stations
• Provision of multi-purpose loan for local staff
THANK YOU