Leadership Flashcards
Situational Leadership: What is it?
A model for developing individuals over time, so they can reach their highest level of performance on a specific goal or task.
Situational Leadership: Purpose
- Open up communication
- Help others develop competence and commitment
- Teach others how to provide their own direction and support
- Value and honor differences
Situational Leadership: Goal
Helping individuals become self-motivated and self-directed
Situational Leadership: 3 skills of a situational leader:
- Diagnosis of development level:
Assessing an individuals need for direction and support - Flexibility:
Using a variety of leadership styles comfortably - Partner for performance - Reaching agreements on what the leader and the individual need from each other as they work together
Situational Leadership: Diagnosis of development level -> Competence and Commitment
Competence: The individuals demonstrated task-specific and transferable knowledge and skills on a goal or task.
Commitment: The individuals motivation and confidence on a goal or task
Situational Leadership: Diagnosis of development level -> 5 key diagnosis questions:
- What is the specific goal or task?
- How good are the individuals demonstrated task knowledge and skills on the goal or task?
- How strong or good are the individuals transferable skills?
- How motivated, interested, or enthusiastic is the individual?
- How confident or self-assured is the individual?
Situational Leadership: Flexibility -> 4 leadership styles for situational leadership:
- Directing – specific direction about goals, provide frequent feedback
- Coaching – leader explains why, gives suggestions
- Supporting – leader and individual make decisions together; support and encourage
- Delegating – leader empowers the individual to act independently
Situational Leadership: Partnering for performance -> steps in partnering for performance:
- Get agreement on SMART goals
- Get agreement on diagnosis of development
- Get agreement on current and future leadership style
- Get agreement on appropriate leadership behaviors for each goal
- Get agreement on how and how often you will stay in touch
Situational Leadership: The 4 Ds
- D1 - Enthusiastic Beginner
Low competence - high commitment - D2 - Disillusioned Learner
Low to some competence - low commitment - D3 - Capable but Cautious, Performer
Moderate to high competence - variable commitment - D4 - Self-Reliant Achiever
High Competence - high commitment
Situational Leadership: The 4 Ss
Style 1 - Directing
High directive behaviour and low supportive behaviour
specific direction about goals, provide frequent feedback
Style 2 - Coaching
High directive behaviour and high supportive behaviour
leader explains why, gives suggestions
Style 3 - Supporting
Low directive behaviour and high supportive behaviour
leader and individual make decisions together; support and encourage
Style 4 - Delegating
Low directive behaviour and low supportive behaviour
leader empowers the individual to act independently
If the individuals development level is D1, leadership style should be S1
Positive Leadership: What is it?
To show leaders positive leadership strategies that can be used to create positively deviant performance in their organizations. Create a positive environment.
Positive Leadership: encourages leaders to:
- Enable positively deviant performance
- Create affirmative emphasis in the organization
- Create a virtous focus
Positive Leadership: considers the following:
- What uplifts organizations and what challenges them
- What works well, and not well
- What is rewarding, what disappointing
- What is effective, what not
- What is inspirational
Positive Leadership: 4 strategies within positive leadership
- Positive Climate
- Positive Relationships
- Positive Communication
- Positive Meaning
Positive Leadership: 4 strategies within positive leadership -> Positive Climate
We need a positive environment => positive performance. Communicate, engage, become aware of what is happening.