Leadership Flashcards
What is self leadership
Understanding who you are, what you want to achieve and how you plan on achieving it.
How can you build self leadership
- intention: why you want to achieve something
- self awareness: acknowledging and understand yourself and your needs
- self confidence: aware of strengths and weaknesses
- self efficacy: confidence in your ability that even if you face challenges it doesn’t not derail you.
What is the SOAR model
A framework for managing one’s self by understanding one’s outlook, knowing what actions need to be taken and reflecting and learning from the results
What is SOAR and acronym for
Self, outlook, action, reflection.
What does self represent in SOAR
Understanding yourself, your personality, strengths, weaknesses, interest and values
What does outlook represent in SOAR
Understanding how you view the world and how this influences everything you do
What does action represent in SOAR
Taking steps towards achieving the objectives you have set out for yourself.
What does reflection represent in SOAR
Learning from your outcomes. What went right? what went wrong ? What can I change ?
What are examples of leadership traits
Integrity, self confidence, openness and effective communication
What is ethical leadership
Leadership centred around appropriate conduct through respect for ethics and values, as well as the rights and dignity of others
What behaviours do ethical leaders display
- Lead by example
- put others first
- hold themselves accountable
- guided by their own values
How can you demonstrate integrity as a leader
- keeping to your commitments
- being fair
- admitting when you have made a mistake
- giving credit when someone deserves it
What is Ubuntu leadership
A type of leadership where people are but first
What are the different leadership styles
Democratic, autocratic, laissez faire, transformational and servant leadership
What is a democratic leadership style
These leaders focus on results but also concentrate on the people involved in achieving those results
What is an autocratic leader
An autocratic leader focused on results without much consideration for those involved in achieving these results.
What is a laissez faire leader
This is the opposite of an autocratic leader where followers are left to complete their tasks on their own using their initiative. This works well when followers are highly experienced and confident in their roles
What is a transformational leader
A leader who works with people to identify and inspire change. The leader is responsible for creating a vision and executing any changes needed
What is a servant leader
These leaders put other peoples needs above their own. They build morale within their teams
What is leadership
A skill that involves guiding a person or group of people to a unified goal
What are practical ways to develop leadership capacity
- Delaying gratification
- Failing forward
- Different forms of intelligence fence
Why does delayed gratification employ your willpower
It gives you the ability to do what matters most even when it is difficult. Goal achievement of any kind involves employing our willpower to avoid instant gratification, and being able to work towards delayed gratification.
What is willpower
A skill that is essential in order to lead a successful life
What is willpower affected by
Use: the more we use it the more depleted it becomes
Our environment: when temptations are around us require more willpower
Poor sleep
Stress: diverts our energy into the instinctive fight or flight response taking away from rational decision making
What is failing forward
Realising that failure is a prerequisite for innovation and thus viewing it as a necessary part of learning.
What is the iceberg illusion
It Is a term used to describe how we often forget about the hard work and delayed gratification that goes into achieving success
What is the pleasure principle
When we are young our unconscious mind drives out behaviour, making us want instant gratification
What is the reality principle
As we get older and more mature, our unconscious mind stops being so dominant. We develop the ability to asses out experiences in the real world and make decisions based on those experiences rather than on instant gratification
What are the different forms of intelligence
EQ, SQ, IQ, AQ, MQ and BQ
What is EQ
The ability to identify, asses and manage our own emotions as well as to understand those of others
What is SQ
Social intelligence is related to social maturity. It is an evaluation of how an individual interprets and interacts with social situations
What is IQ
Intelligence quotient refers to our intellectual intelligence and cognitive abilities
What is AQ
Adversity quotient is a measure of our resilience.
What is MQ
Our moral quotient refers to how you treat yourself and how you treat others
What is BQ
Body quotient refers to your relationship with your body and how well you take care of it. It involves exercising, eating well, positive self esteem, managing stress levels and getting enough sleep
What are morals
The standard of good or bad behaviour, fairness, honesty and so on in which a person believes
What are ethics
Moral principles that govern behaviour. There are four key principles that serve as a useful guide for our behaviour
What are the four key ethics principles
- Respect for autonomy principle: respect others and the decisions they make about their lives
- Nonmaleficence principle: do not harm others and where harm cannot be avoided it should be minimised
- Justice principle: do not discriminate
- Beneficence principle: our actions should bring about good
