Leadership Flashcards
Characteristics of leadership
Confident persona
Motivated, persistent, ambitious, enthusiastic
Clear goals
Empathetic
Excellent technical knowledge
Charisma, presence
Flexible adaptable
Good communication
Where do leaders come?
Emergent
Prescribed
Emergent leader
Appointed from within the group
Experienced performer becomes a coach
Prescribed leader
Appointed from outside
Non native coach of a national team
Autocratic style
And where it’s applied
Get job done
Task orientated
Leader makes all decisions
Good for dangerous situations, where someone has more knowledge, time bound
Common if males are involved, for beginners, large groups
Democratic style
And where it’s applied
Person oriented, relationships with people so that the job gets done
Leader or group is female. Group is friendly to eachother, shared goal all have knowledge and time so available
Laissez-faire style
And where it’s applied
Don’t take action, allow actions to develop. Leader stands aside. Useful in team building and in OAA- outdoor adventure activities, discover what to do
Lack of guidance, direction, people may give up
Trait theory of leadership
“Great man theory” - sons inherit from fathers
Leadership is stable and enduring, biological
SLT
Leadership is learned from others
Copy high status models, model on successful leadership
Social environment
Learned if reinforced
Ignores traits
Interactionist approach
Trait and environment
People born with leadership
Innate leadership when situation demands
Leader in sport not elsewhere
Chelladurais MD M of learning
Leaders must…
Leaders must be adaptable
Situation
Size of the group
Danger of the environment
Training history of the performers
Recent results
Required behaviour
Situation demands either autocracy or democracy
Members
Nature of the performer, age, gender, experience
Preferred behaviour
Members prefer either autocracy or democracy
