Leadership Flashcards
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Qualities of effective leaders
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- Good communication skills
- High motivation
- Enthusiasm
- Clear goal/vision
- Empathy
- Good at sport
- Charisma
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Emergent leader
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- Come from within group
- Skillful / team select them
- Supported by team as seen as one of them
- May lack objectivity (friendships may influence judgement)
- E.g. captain helping pick team
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Prescribed leader
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- Appointed to team from external source
- More objective
- Bring ‘fresh pair of eyes’
- Carry more power/authority
- May not share/be unaware of team culture/ways of working/friendships –> could delay effective decision making
- Need to build relationships with team (takes time)
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Leadership styles
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- Autocratic
- Democratic
- Laissez-faire
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Autocratic traits
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- Task orientated
- Dictatorial style
- Concerned only with task in hand
- Make most decisions
- Commanding & direct
- Little/no interest in individuals that make up group/team
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When to use Autocratic
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- When discipline and control needed
- Hostile groups
- Lack of time
- Early stages of learning
- Dangerous situ
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Traits of Democratic
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- Person orientated
- Value views of group members
- Share decision making & process
- Invites contribution
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When to use democratic
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- Advanced performers (who have knowledge to contribute)
- Social/friendly matches
- When task requires greater interpersonal communication
- Low risk situs
- Smaller teams / individual sports
- Prefered by females
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traits of Laissez-faire
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- Individuals in group mostly do as they wish –> members make own decisions
- Leader makes few decisions and give little feedback
- Takes a sit back approach
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When to use Laissez-faire
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- High level / elite performers
- Helps develop creativity in members
- Leader has full trust in members
- When leader incompetent
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Theories of leadership
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- Trait perspective
- Social learning
- Interactionist
