Chapter 2 Flashcards
Law enforcement is a fluid working environment that is conditioned and reconditioned by situational factors that influence our perspective of what constituted Viable leadership?
Through the years, it has become readily apparent that if there is a singular purpose of leadership it is to?
Mobilize others to serve a purpose
Empirical evidence and commonsense suggest that an organizations performance is closely related to the quality of its leader ship. Many note that the fundamental basis for success in any police enterprise is found in the?
Energy, effort, expertise of the leader
Common leader ship qualities include transparency, empathy, integrity, participation, proficiency, relationships, dedication, reliability, and accountability.
Transparency is about being open and honest and communicating effectively. What is the most important component to effective communication?
Listening
Relationships is one of the common leadership qualities listed. Relationships are derived by authentic bonds. Leaders should show sincerity and interest when conversing with others. In building relationships, where do gifted leaders meet people?
In building relationships, gifted leaders meet people where they are in their level of development.
This not only refers to the career level, but also considers level of maturity, emotion, confidence, and commitment.
Leaders who utilize the attributes of transparency, empathy, integrity, participation, proficiency, relationships, dedication, reliability, and accountability, can attain success and allow those with a lead to excel. These attributes are not mutually exclusive, they work collectively to build trust.
Mistakes will occur, however, but they can be overcome by?
Mistakes will occur but they can be overcome by a straightforward, transparent, and caring approach
Leadership means different things to different people. The authors definition evolved from a chain or series of related definitions.
What are the five related definitions listed?
Influence, power, authority, reciprocal response, and zone of acceptance
The authors definition of leader ship evolved from a series of related definitions including influence. What is a major consequence of leader behavior?
A major consequence of leader behavior is predictable follower.
Follower behavior tends to reinforce diminish or extinguish leadership
With regards to the related definitions of leadership, which is defined as mutual influence between parties to a behavioral transaction?
Reciprocal response
A stimulus is always influenced to some degree by the resulting response. Each party to the transaction reacts not just to the other person but to the total situation that he helped create. The result is a situation that neither person could have produced alone….Synergistic relationships
Emphasis has shifted away from charismatic and auto Craddick leader ship models to a new form of leader ship based on function. Functional leadership. Peoples zones of acceptance are getting smaller. But evidence is also clear that it is?
A subordinate’s zone of acceptance is flexible.
It expands and contracts based on the police administrators formal authority, real power, managerial know how, confidence, credibility, leadership style, and interpersonal skills.
According to Sam Soryal, The essence of Management leader ship is for administrators to?
The essence of management leadership is for administrators to identify the needs of people in work groups in to meet work related deeds in ways designed to produce optimal productivity
Human skills involve those aspects of behavior and or personality that influence the individuals ability to interact in a positive way with other persons in the organization. They include, but are not limited to, what three things?
Ambiguity, empathetic understanding, and interpersonal communication skills.
Tolerance for ambiguity refers to the managerial leaders capacity to deal effectively with Problems, even though the lack of information might preclude making a totally informed choice. What is a prerequisite of understanding human behavior.?
Empathy.
Empathy is the ability to position oneself to see a situation or a series of situations from the perspective of others.
What are the six overrated skills of leaders?
- being a team player
- Hands-on coaching
- Operational proficiency
- Dynamic public speaking
- Raw ambition
- Similarity in familiarity
Why is being a team player and overrated skill
Consensus managers usually cannot make decisions on their own. The groups they assemble a much like themselves. Most exceptional leaders are independent thinkers in most often assemble diverse teams.
Why is hands-on coaching an overrated skill?
For gone are the days of close mentoring. Excellent leaders to sound, effective people in delegate to them completely. Great leaders influence of thoughts and beliefs of others instead of prescribing their proposals.
