Exam 1: 9/30 (100/400 pts) Flashcards
What is Leadership?
Influencing and facilitating individual and collective efforts to accomplish shared objectives
Managers have subordinates, leaders have____
Followers
4 categories of what leaders do
Task-oriented
Relations-oriented
Change-oriented
External
4 things involved in Task-oriented leadership
Clarifying
Planning
Monitoring operations
Problem solving
4 things involved in Relations-oriented leadership
Supporting
Developing
Recognizing
Empowering
4 things involved in Change-oriented leadership
Advocating change
Envisioning change
Encouraging innovation
Facilitating collective learning
4 things involved in External leadership
Networking
External monitoring
Representing
Leadership Styles (7)
Authentic Servant Transformational Transactional Autocratic Ethical Laissez faire
What 3 things determine which Leadership Style is used?
The situation
What the leader is capable of
Who the leader is
What 4 things do organizations need to consider, regarding ensuring a pipeline of future leaders?
The quantities of leaders needed & from where they will be obtained
The qualities desired in those leaders
Skills and behaviors necessary to implement the business strategy (and also skills and behaviors to create or maintain culture)
Capabilities of multiple leaders to function together (i.e., complementary skills)
Complementary Skills
Capabilities of multiple leaders to function together
List 3 dimensions of Leadership, and tell where they come from
Skills (can be taught and learned)
Perspective (can be gained and developed)
Dispositions (qualities of mind and character- can come inherently within or developed)
Implicit Leadership Theory
An assumption of what a leader is like, a mental model
Why is it important to understand the Implicit Leadership Theory?
Because acceptance of someone as a leader is only possible when there is a match between our leader prototype and our perceptions of the person aspiring to lead
We have “expectations” of what a leader worthy of influence will be like and so….
To the extent that these expectations are met, individuals are afforded influence
5 Cultural Dimensions
Power Distance Individualism vs. Collectivism Masculinity vs. Femininity Uncertainty Avoidance Long-term vs. Short-term Orientation
6 GLOBE dimensions of culturally endorsed implicit leadership (CLT)
Charismatic/value based Team oriented Self-protective Participative Humane orientation Autonomous
6 steps in the Evolution of Leadership
Trait Approach Behavior Approach Situational Approach Relational Approach “New Leadership” Approach Emerging Leadership Approaches
6 things leadership can be explained as
Trait Ability Skill Behavior Relationship Influence Process
Leadership as a Trait
Each of us has unique leadership traits
We all born with certain traits that we can modify and change
Successful leaders often possess high degrees of these traits
Drive, Honesty and integrity, Leadership motivation,
Self-confidence, Cognitive ability, Knowledge of the business, Creativity, Flexibility
Leadership as an Ability
It means you are able, you have the capacity. It is a natural capacity but can also be learned.
We can develop our abilities through hard work and practice
Leadership as a Skill
It means you know how to do something, that you are competent. If we can learn from experience, we can acquire leadership
Leadership as a Behavior
It is about the actions of leaders. Leadership requires task and process behaviors. Effective leaders combine these two behaviors in the optimum way
Leadership as a Relationship
Centered on communication between leaders and followers. Not linear but an interactive process
Leadership as an Influence Process
A process whereby an individual influences a group to achieve a common goal. Interactive event. Leaders affect followers. Stressing common goals gives an ethical dimension to leadership
Global Leadership Attributes
Different views of leadership exist in other parts of the world, however, there are some universally accepted positive and negative leadership characteristic.
List some positive and negative Universal Leadership Attributes
Positive: Trustworthy, positive, intelligent, dynamic, plans ahead, motivated, decisive, honest, encouraging
Negative: Loner, irritable, ruthless, non-cooperative, egocentric, asocial
Leadership vs. Management
Managers: doing things right
Leaders: doing the right things
Effective Leadership
Intentional and creates change for the common good