Leadership is the ability to influence a group towards the achievement of goals.

Leaders who guide or motivate their followers in the direction of established goals by clarifying role and task requirements

Exchange

Seizes opportunities through bargaining or exchange of favours

Works with a reward-oriented approach while dealing with followers

Works within the existing system and negotiates to attain set goals

Tends to think ‘inside the box’ in order to solve problems

Leaders who provide individualized consideration, intellectual stimulation and who possess charisma

Individualized consideration: Gives personal attention, treats each employee individually, coaches and advises

Intellectual stimulation: Promotes intelligence, rationality and careful problem solving

Inspiration: Communicates high expectations, uses symbols to focus on efforts, expresses important purposes in simple ways

Charisma: Provides vision and a sense of mission, instills pride, commands respect and trust

Proactive, sensitive and responsible about the community and its needs

Knowledgeable about the overall context of the community and other related issues

Ability to identify and build capacities of people in the community

Ability to stay calm in challenging situations to enable effective problem solving

Clarity about the goal of the CBO and processes that need to be put in place for the same

The PM should identify community members who:

are committed to the cause of the CBO

have clarity about the context of the community and other related issues

are able to maintain cordial relationships with all the community members

are able to influence community members

have clear communication and effective problem-solving skills

are visionary - can take the CBO to the next level

The PM should:

find out the capacity-building needs

ensure that those needs are fulfilled

involve the CBO leaders in planning, implementation and monitoring of the programme

continuously provide the leaders with feedback

mentor the CBO leaders

The PM should:

identify the capacity-building needs of staff members

build their capacities

put a regular performance-review system in place

allow them to take independent decisions

give productive feedback

conduct training programmes to improve the competencies of staff members

encourage and support them to strive for better quality interventions

For a successful implementation of TI, the PM should be an effective leader

S/he should be proactive and sensitive

S/he should try to develop leadership qualities among other staff members

S/he should be able to empathize with others