Role of Leadership in Performance Management

This presentation discusses the role of leadership in performance management and how positive leadership skills can improve employee performance. It covers effective leadership theories, such as functional, behaviorist, situational/contingency, and transformational theory. The presentation also explains the performance management process and how leaders can track and analyze employee performance data to develop performance strategies. The attributes of effective leaders, such as guiding vision, honesty, dedication, passion, integrity, trust, listening, risk, and charisma, are also discussed.

Role Of Leadership In The
Performance Management
Leadership Skills For The
Improvement Of Employee
Performance

Leadership
• The ability towards the development of a
vision that motivates the employees
towards the passion toward a common
goal (Dong et al. 2017)

Positive Leadership Skills

Attributes of the leaders for effective
performance management
Guiding
vision Passion Integrity
Honesty Trust Listenin
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Dedicati
on Risk Charism
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Effective Leadership Theories
• Functional Theories
• Behaviourist Theories
• Situational/contingency Leadership
• Transformational Theory

Performance Management
Process
• The team of employees in the organization
needs positive leaders to develop and create
performance strategy (Chiniara and Bentein
2016)
• The leaders are the best people to track an
analyze the performance data of the employees
• Leaders can conduct short regular meetings for
the discussion and record of the milestone
allowing the organization to monitor the
progress and performance reviews of the
employees.

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