An introduction to leadership

Question 1

Have power dynamics shifted?

Answer 1

leaders have less power today than previously due to fact checking and more technology

Question 2

Leadership Definition Early v Present

Answer 2

Early: charismatic leaders and bureaucratic leaders; leaders tell subordinates what to do

Present: Leadership is a process by which a person influences a group of individuals to establish and achieve a goal

Question 3

Trait Leadership

Answer 3

Certain individuals have innate traits, qualities

ie:tall attractive, extrovert, intelligence, charisma

Question 4

Process Leadership

Answer 4

Leadership resides in interactions between leaders and followers ; it can be learned

Question 5

Assigned Leadership

Answer 5

Based on occupying a positing in an organization

Question 6

Emergent Leadership

Answer 6

Based on other people’s perception of who is the most influential
ie: participation rate or seniority

Question 7

Manager v Leader

Answer 7

Manager: day to day problem solver, task manager
Leader: influencer who develops new approaches for the future

Question 8

Autocratic Leadership

Answer 8

classic approach, maintains unilateral approach over followers

Question 9

Democratic Leadership

Answer 9

participative leadership, encourage followers to collaborate on decision making

Question 10

Laissez-Faire Leadership

Answer 10

little to no direction is provided to followers yet the leader remains responsible