Leadership Flashcards
What is a leader?
- Someone who has influence in helping others to achieve their goals
- They can maintain effort and motivation by inspiring the team or setting targets.
What are the characteristics of a leader?
- Confidence
- Insiprational
- Experience
- Charisma
- Empathy
- Communication
- Interpersonnel
- Organisational skills
What are the 2 types of leaders?
- Emergent = appointed from within the group
- Prescribed = appointed from outside the group
What is the autocratic leadership style like?
- Leader makes all the decisions.
- They dictate instructions
- Task orientated (set target, achieve quickly), concerned with results
What is the democratic leadership style like?
- Leader listens to the group before makign a decision.
- Person orientated: concerned with inidvidual success/wellbeing. Concerned with interpersonnel relationships
What is the laissez faire style like?
- Leader has little input
- Led by senior players, less motivated players can stop working.
What does the choice of leadership depend on?
- how good the situation is
- Autocratic = the leader is best in a positive (most favourable) or negative (least favourable) situation.
- Democratic = leader is best in a moderately favourable situation
What does Fielders Contingency Model suggest about the aspects of Autoctratic leadership in the MOST FAVOURABLE SITUATION?
- Clear task
- Group get on/support
- Strong leader
- Respect for leader
- High ability
- High levels of motivation
What does Fielders Contingency Model suggest about the aspects of Democratic leadership in the MODERATELY FAVOURABLE SITUATION?
- Need for consultation
- Some support
- Some harmony
- Some clarity
- Time to disucuss
- Motivation is moderate
- Group has reasonable ability
What does Fielders Contingency Model suggest about the aspects of Autoctratic leadership in the LEAST FAVOURABLE SITUATION?
- Unclear task
- Hostile group
- Weak leader
- Little respect for leader
- Low ability
- Low motivation
- Little support for group members
What is Chelladurais Multi Dimensional Model of Leadership?
- Leader should use an interactive approach to balance the situation, the leader and the group
- Situation: individual sports need a more democratic, laissez faire style
- A complex task may need a more autocratic style
- Group: lots of numbers may dictate a different style of leadership.
What are the three factors that Chelladurai suggests affects leadership?
- Situation is affected by time available, type of task, danger
- Leader is afefcted by leader characteristics, experience, preference
- Group can be affected by size, ability, age and gender
What are the 3 types of leadership behaviour?
- Required behaviour: what the situation demands
- Preferred behaviour: what the group wants
- Actual behaviour: what the leader decides to do in relation to leadership style.
