Leadership Flashcards
What is the difference between a supervisor and a leader?
A supervisor is a position you are given. A leader is more about the personality traits you possess.
What is leadership?
Leadership is inspiring and guiding others to work according to a plan.
Leaders act in a way that encourages others to willingly follow their orders and examples
What are 7 traits of Leaders?
- Strong desire to succeed
- Education
- Good Judgement
- Empathy
- Self-Confidence
- Creativity and Drive
- Enthusiasm and Optimism
How can you aquire leadership traits?
- Take good care of your body and mind
- Think before you speak
- Consider the feelings of those who work for you
- Set goals
- Be positive not negative
- Make your employees feel important
- Keep cool even under pressure
What 2 types of power might leaders have?
Personal Power
Power from your position
What is personal power and where does it come from?
Personal power is the ability to get people to act because they want to not because they have to becuase you have gained their respect and admire your skills, knowledge and ability. This power comes from your co-workers and employees
What is positional power and where does it come from?
Positional Power is the ability to get people to act because of the position you hold because they recognize your ability to promote or demote and acknowledge your connections that could benefit them.
What are the 4 types of leadership styles?
- Autocratic - “Do it my way”
- Bureaucratic - “By the book”
- Laissez-Faire - “Hands off”
- Democratic - “Let’s vote on it!”
When should Autocratic leadership be used?
~ durning training
~ employees respond to nothing else
~ your power is challenged
When should Autocratic leadership not be used?
~employees expect to be heard
~ employees will become resentful, fearful or tense
~ employees start to depend on you for decision making
~ employee moral is low
When should Bureaucratic leadership be used?
~ employees are working with dangerous equipment
~ employees are performing routine tasks
~ you want employees to maintain certain standards
~ Safety is a critical concern
When should Bureaucratic leadership not be used?
~ this style results in hard to break habits that are no longer effective
~ employees lose interest in their work
~ supervisors turns into a police officer not a leader
~ workers will only do what is expected of them and nothing more
When should Lassez-Faire leadership be used?
~ employees are highly skilled, experinenced and educated
~ employees take pride in their work and do it successfully on their own
~ you are using outside experts
When should Lassez-Faire leadership not be used?
~ your employees feel insecure because you are hardly available
~ you are unable to provide regular feedback
~ you are unable to thank your employees often
~ you don’t understand your responsibilities and hope your employees will cover for you
~ you are disconnected from your employees
When should Democratic leadership be used?
~ you want to keep your employees informed about matter that affect them
~ you want employees the share in the decision making and problem solving process
~ employees are highly skilled and experieced
~ you want to provide opportunities for personal growth and job satisfation in your employees
~ you want to encourage team building and participation
