Leadership Flashcards
Leader vs. Manager
The difference between a leader and a manager is having a vision.
Power
Power is the ability to influence others.
Two Types of Leaders
Formal Leaders and Informal Leaders
Formal Leaders
These are leaders that hold a position of authority. They have both Legitimate Power and Reward/Coercive Power in their respective organization.
Leadership
The act of influencing others to work towards a goal
Legitimate Power
Legitimate power is the ability to influence others that comes along with a specific position in an organization. For example if your boss asks you to do something urgently, you need to comply as your boss is your senior in the organization and you report to him. So your boss has higher legitimate power.
Reward/Coercive Power
Reward power is the ability to influence that accrues to someone as a result of control over other peoples’ rewards. So your boss may have control over your performance evaluation.
Coercive power is the ability to influence others as a result of control over their negative outcomes e.g. Firing decisions or poor performance evaluation, or holding back the recommendation for promotion or raise
Informal Leaders
These are leaders without a formal position of power. Instead they demonstrate leadership by influencing others through personal forms of power. This includes Referent Power and Expert Power.
Referent Power
This is the power that results from being likable and relatable in the workplace.
Expert Power
The power that comes from being an expert in your field. Ex: If someone has a lot of knowledge regarding Java or C++, then you will listen and be influenced by them.
Power
Power is the ability to influence others.
Vision
Mental image of a possible and desirable future state
Approaches to Leadership
- Trait
- Behaviors
- Contingecies
Trait Approach
If you take the trait approach, you believe that people are born leaders or not born leaders based on there personal traits.
They believe a leaders are people born with:
Extroversion Conscientious Open to Experience Intelligent High Self Esteem Integrity (ECOSII - You can come back to this if you need to)
Class discussion: If this was true, Hitler and Gandhi would never have been leaders.
Behavioral Approach
This states that leaders can be either Task Oriented or People Oriented. The limitation is that this divide might not always be necessary and it might not even be always true.
