ch 1 Flashcards
Mann Gultch Fire
listen to your leader, don’t second guess them
leadership
influence based relationships among leaders and followers who attend real change and outcomes that reflect shared vision ex. Obamas GM bailout
what leadership involves:
influence, intention, followers, shard purpose, creating change, personal responsibility and integrity (recirpricol in nature), noncoercive
effective leaders are
self-thinkers who do assignments with integrity and enthusiasm
new paradigm leader; 6 fundamental transformations?
change manager (stabilizer), facilitator/empowerment- effective leaders share power (controller), collaborator (competitor), diversity encourager (diversity avoider), humble (v hero)
*differences between leaderships and amangemnt: management
attainment of an organizations goals in an effective and efficient manner through planning and organizing through: planning/organizing, staffing/direction, controlling organizational resources
vision
picture of an ambitious desirable future
management
plan & budget, focus on bottom line, minimize risk, align: staff & organization, relationship: invest in goods
leadership
creat vision and strategize, create shared culture and values, invest in people, emotional connections
influence theories
examine influence process btw leaders and followers
relational theories
focused on how leaders and followers interact and influence one another
leadership eval: stable environment, individual scope
behavioral/contingency theories, vertical heiarchy functional management
stable envionrment, organizational scope
great man theories, trait theories, pre bueracruatic principles, administrative principles
turbulent environment, individual scope
influence theories, horizontal organization ,cross-functional teams
turbulent environment, organization scope
relational theories, level 5 leadership, high performance culture, shared vision/allignment
*leadership derailment: performance problems
failing to meet business objectives because of too much time spent promoting themselves and playing politics
*leadership derailment: problems w relationship
being insensitive, manipulative, critical and not trustworthy in relationships w peers, direct reports or customers
*leadership derailment: difficulty changing
not learning from feedback
*leadreship derailment: difficulty building and leading a team
poor management of direct reports
*leadership derailment: too narrow management experience
inability to work effectively or collaborate outside of given functions
*paradigm skills that help avoid it:
look at new paradigm skills, have a higher ethical purpose
Management vs. Leadership: direction,
management:
how leadership has evolved (historical- theory behind approach)
courage, humility, historical: trait (traits identified leaders could be predicted), behavior (what leaders do on the job- how they differ in the behavior), contingency theory (contextual and situational variables, can not be understood separately), influence (examine process between leaders and followers inspire vision of the future, shape culture and values), relational theory (hows they interact and influence one another- engages all people)
levels of leadership - era
- great person leadership 2. rational management 3. team of laderal leadership 4. learning leadership
hows it evolved from era 1 to era 4:
small business, heiarchy but not globalized, tremendous shock no longer stable, digital age working together to solve problems
