leadership Flashcards
What is leadership
The action of leading a group of people or an organization.
Difference between a manager and a leader
Leaders have people follow them while managers have people who work for them.Leadership is about getting people to understand and believe in your vision and to work with you to achieve your goals while managing is more about administering and making sure the day-to-day things are happening as they should.
What is the Management by Objectives approach
Determine the business’s long-term strategic objectives
Establish operational plans and targets
Agree individual objectives and targets
Monitor regularly and provide support to the individual
Reward achievements
Supporting leadership
Low directive and high supportive Leadership behaviours: Praises employees Listens carefully to employee feedback Facilitates employees
Coaching leadership
High directive and high supportive Leadership behaviours: Explains why and shows employees how Encourages employees Listens carefully to employee feedback
Delegating leadership
Low directive and low supportive Leadership behaviours: Values employee contribution Allows employees to make decisions Facilitates employees
Directing leadership
High directive and low supportive Leadership behaviours: Shows and tells how Provides specific instruction Closely tracks employee performance
What is functional management
A structural approach based on the different management specialisms within a business.
What is action centred leadership
Taking action and leading by example. An action-oriented leader has a strong sense of immediacy, focusing on the task in hand and seeing it through to fruition.
What is a transformational leader
Leaders focused on and prioritises the needs of their team over their own personal needs.
What is a transactional leader
A leader who focused on maintaining the status quo by dictating and assigning tasks to their team of employees.
Functions of management
Planning Organising Co-ordinating Controlling Monitoring Delegating
Planning
Achieving the objectives of the organisation.
Organising
Ensure the right people, are in the right place, at the right time, with the right resources, to execute their job and achieve the organisations objectives.
Co-ordinating
Managing individuals and teams in the moment, which is usually executed through a process of prioritisation.
