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Leadership & Followership Flashcards

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Define leadership and followership.

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Leadership:
- “The art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal”
Followership:
Follower is an individual who takes another as a role model and who acts in accordance with, who initiates, and who supports and advocates the ideas and opinions of another. (Brown, 1950 in Grossman and Valiga, p. 48)

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Leadership Characteristics:

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  • Knowing yourself
  • Having a vision
  • Confident, competence
  • Focus on relationships
  • Emphasis on maturity
  • Risk taker
  • Effective communication styles
  • Commitment to change
  • Able to set goals, prioritize
  • Challenge others to grow
  • Self-regulation
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Compare and contrast leadership and management.

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  • Often these two words are used interchangeable
  • Management: “involves the activities to plan, organize, motivate, and control the human and material resources required to achieve outcomes consistent with the org. mission and purpose” (Yoder-wise, 2015 p. 38)
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Management functions

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 1. planning
 2.organizing
 3.leading/directing
 4.controlling

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Describe leadership approaches and identify the differences of each leadership style

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    1. Transformational- one or more persons engage with others in such a way that the leader and followers raise each other to new levels of motivation
    1. Transactional – the boss makes the decisions with little or no input from workers. The service provided results in compensation or punishment.
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Transactional Leader

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Transactional Leader
Focus on management skills
Caretaker
Trade-offs to meet objectives
Shared values not identified
Looks at causes
Uses contingency reward
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Transformational Leader

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Transformational Leader
Identifies common values
Is committed
Inspires with a vision
Long-term vision
Looks at effects
Empowers followers
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Relate the concepts of leadership and followership.

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 Authoritarian Leader – hold power, unique knowledge
 Follower: dependent, passive, submissive, less knowledgeable.
 Democratic Leader – limited power, shared knowledge
 Follower: involved, different knowledge
 Laissez-Faire Leader – no power, same or less knowledge,
 Follower: independent, more knowledge
 Transformational Leader – shares power, sees ahead
 Follower: involved, interdependent, valued, knowledgeable

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Identify factors influencing leadership and followership #1

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1.	Leader:
	skills/knowledge – competency
	communication ability
	confidence in self, sense of security
	commitment to ideas, goals, world view
	energy
	insight into the needs of others, support and recognize
	values – your view of people
	leadership inclination
	charisma
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Identify factors influencing leadership and followership #2

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2.	Follower
	skills/knowledge/abilities – competency
	commitment to goals
	need for dependence/independence
	task capability and interest
	readiness for responsibility
	maturity
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Identify factors influencing leadership and followership #3

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  1. Task (meeting the goals and objectives – tasks of leading, managing and following)
    - How is it determined, defined and by whom.
    - Nature of the task- what resources are needed.
    - There must be a congruency between the task and the ability of the leader and followers
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Identify factors influencing leadership and followership #4

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  1. Context: (situation itself)
     Relationship between the leaders and followers
     Cohesion
     Size larger groups require greater coordination
     Communication networks- degree of stress
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Describe characteristics of effective leaders

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Covey’s 8 characteristics of effective leaders (1992):
1. Engage in lifelong learning
2. Service oriented
3. Are concerned with the common good
4. Radiate positive energy
5. Believe in other people
6. Lead balanced lives and see life as an adventure
7. Synergistic, see things as greater than the sum of the parts
8. Engage themselves in self-renewal
“every stupid arrogant racist believes leprechauns shit emeralds”

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Describe characteristics of followership

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  • Strength and independence
  • Critical thinking, ability to think for yourself
  • Ability to give feedback, constructive criticism
  • Cooperativeness and collaboration
  • Self-starter
  • Go beyond the standard and what is strictly required
  • Tendency to take initiative
  • Willing to assume ownership, invest
  • Positive sense of self-worth
  • ‘can do’ sense
  • Awareness of what is happening around self
  • Hold up your end of the bargain – accountability
  • Energized by your work
  • Actively engaged
  • Creative
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Outline styles of leadership and followership.

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AUTHORITARIAN LEADERSHIP STYLE
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP STYLE
LAISSEZ-FAIRE LEADERSHIP STYLE

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Authoritarian Leadership

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 Strong control is maintained over the group
 Others are motivated by coercion
 Others are directed with commands
 Communication flows downward
 Decision making does not involve others
 Emphasis is on difference in status (“I” and ‘you”)
 Criticism is punitive

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Democratic Leadership

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  • Less control is maintained
  • Economic and ego awards are used to motivate
  • Others are directed through suggestions and guidance
  • Communications flows upwards and downwards
  • Decision making involves others
  • Emphasis is on we rather than I or you
  • Criticism is constructive.
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Laissez-faire Leadership

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  • Is permissive, with little or no control
  • Motivates by support when requested by the group or individuals
  • Provides little or no direction
  • Uses upward and downward communication between members of the group
  • Disperses decision making throughout the group
  • Places emphasis on the group
  • Does not criticize.
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Styles of Followers: Kelly

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KELLY FOLLOWERS

  • Effective or exemplary followers -function independently, critical thinkers, challenge ideas
  • Alienated followers: - passivity is common, may use critical thinking. Described as angry, complainers, unhappy and uninvolved
  • “Yes” people – will do what they are told to do with enthusiasm and support the leader. Don’t like being in a position of decision making
  • Sheep followers –passive, dependent. Others can manipulate, don’t take initiative and must be given clear concise directions.
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Styles of Followers: Pitman

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PITMAN FOLLOWERS

  • Partner: committed to high performance and building a relationship with leader
  • Contributors: does the job well, embraces change and works well with others
  • Politician: very sensitive and skilled with interpersonal relationships. May not demonstrate a high level of general work performance and may neglect the job.
  • Subordinate: -may be competent with assigned tasks and do the job well. No commitment to improving or effort to support the leader.

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