Leadership Flashcards
What is the definition?
The ability to motivate others and create goals
What are the characteristics of a good leader?
Able to communicate well
Respectful
Flexible
What is a prescribed leader?
One that is appointed to be the leader
What is an emergent leader?
One that naturally evolves into the role from an existing group
What is a autocratic leader?
One that makes all the decisions, strict
What is another name for an autocratic leader?
Task-orientated
What groups/ situations are autocratic leaders good for?
Large groups, cognitive learners, dangerous situations
Why are autocratic leaders good?
Group may get easily distracted
May not understand task set and need demo
What is a democratic leader?
One that allows their group to formulate ideas
What is another name for a democratic leader?
Person-orientated
What groups are democratic/person-orientated leaders good for?
Associative stage. Good for adapting to how they learn
What is a laissez-faire leader?
One that completely leaves the group to it
What is bad about a laissez-faire leader?
Not good with dangerous tasks, unhelpful for cognitive as need a demo
Performers may give up
What are the positives to laissez-faire leaders?
Allows players to solve tasks/problem solve
Allows them to train in their own style
Who founded the contingency model?
Fiedler