Exam 1 Flashcards
What are the benefits of 3-4 way coaching sessions with stakeholders?
- higher and regular involvement with HR, L&D and/or manager
- goals can be more focused on business outcomes
- higher degree of reporting & feedback
- change support benefits
- coaching evaluation support
- contextually relevant info gathering
- ongoing development support
- higher risk of goal disconnection
What are the 5 areas if Lenhardt’s early engagement model?
- Reality - what is the situation, who, what where, when, how much for what?
- Gap - real situation vs desired situation
- Needs - diagnosis. what should be done given the situation?
- Request - what results do you expect? what do you want from me?
- Contract - agreement on the result, and on coach’s role
What are the 5 major types of leadership theory?
FOCUS ON THE LEADER:
- Trait
- Behavioural
- Contingency/situational
FOCUS ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN LEADER & FOLLOWER:
4. Relational
FOCUS ON THE SYSTEM:
5. Emergent
Describe the TRAIT BASED theory of leadership
Contends effective leaders have certain personality traits
The traits can be process related (intra or interpersonal) or task (outcomes) related.
Examples of traits according to Kirkpatrick and Locke include: Drive, Honesty, Integrity, Self-confidence, intelligence and knowledge of the business
What are the 6 most common limits to confidentiality?
- Process issues
- Assessing progress
- Legal limits to confidentiality
- Ensuring safety of clients and others
- Professional supervision
- With the coachee’s permission
What are 5 key questions a coach should as in designing evaluation?
- What are the purposes for which evaluations are to be used?
- Are the proposed evaluation procedures and instruments appropriate to those purposes?
- Are those involved in the design, administration and interpretation of assessment and evaluation procedures appropriately qualified?
- What are the potential impacts of evaluation on other important purposes in coaching?
- How are the assessment processes able to respond flexibly to changes in goals, and emphasis?
Describe the CONTINGENCY model of leadership
- situations have three levels of control - high, moderate, low
- The more control the more favourable the situation
- each situation has three levels of influence - leader/member relations, task structure, position power.
- leaders have 3 preferences - task- motivated, socio-independent, relationship motivated.
Describe the PATH-GOAL theory of leadership
Leader clarifies the path to achieving a goal for a team member
Key factors - characteristics of group members, demands of task, leadership style (directive, supportive, participative, achievement oriented)
Describe the 4 Domain approaches to leadership
Relationship
Leader
Follower
System/organisation
Describe authentic leadership
- draws from positive psychological capacities and organisational context
- Results in greater self awareness, self regulation of leaders and associates
- Positive other-directed emotions like gratitude motivate leaders to be transparent, honest, loyal etc
What are the 4 processes of authentic leadership?
- Balanced processing (objective decision making)
- Internalised moral perspective (for self regulation)
- Relational transparency - self and others
- self awareness
Describe cognitive psychology and leadership
- Concerned with how leaders and followers thing and process.
- Schemas are important and related to transformational cognitions and behaviours in leaders.
What are three topics of cognitive psychology and leadership?
- Self-concept
- Metacognition
- Implicit Leadership Theory
Describe 3 areas of working self concept (WSC) according to Lord & Brown.
- Self views
- Current goals
- Possible selves
What are the 5 I’s of Transformational leaders?
- Ideal attributes (builds trust)
- Idealised behaviours (acts with integrity)
- Inspirational motivation (inspires others)
- Intellectual stimulation (encourages innovative thinking)
- Individualised consideration (coaches people)
