MODULE 1 Flashcards
Effective Leadership Meaning
Brings together diverse people and helps them find common purpose and work towards to achieve purposeful common goals
Effective Leadership
Inspires and empowers people to realize their fullest potential and harness their potentials to achieve common goals
Leadership
Art of motivating a group of people to act toward achieving a common goal
Leadership involves
Involves
making sound, and sometimes difficult decisions
creating and articulating a clear vision
establishing achievable goals
providing followers with the knowledge and tools necessary to achieve those goals
Leader
- Is the inspiration for and director of the action
- Person in the group that possess the combination of personality and leadership skills to make others want to follow their direction
Importance of Leadership (LWWW)
- Leadership is an important factor for making an organization successful
Leadership is the art or process of influencing people to perform assigned tasks willingly, efficiently and competently - Without leadership, a line manager simply cannot be effective. Leadership of the line managers transforms potential into reality
- When good leadership is in place in the organization, it can be felt throughout the entire organization
- With good leadership, organizational culture is not forced but developed
Shared Leadership
Involves maximizing all of the human resources in an organization by empowering individuals and giving them an opportunity to take leadership positions in their areas of expertise (Marshall Goldsmith)
Shared Leadership
“serial emergence” of multiple leaders over the life of a team, stemming from interactions among team members in which at least one team member tries to influence other members or the team in general
- Is adapted because of more complex markets increasing the demands on leadership, the job in many cases is simply too large for one individual
- Is not easy, but it’s definitely possible, and in many cases, highly successful
Shared Leadership
- In shared leadership, all team members act as leaders and followers at different times
- Each team member has a diverse set of skills, abilities, and expertise. When leadership is shared among the team members, the team can leverage the expertise of each individual at different times and in different ways.
Shared Leadership Increases Team Performance
4 Ways to Share Leadership Responsibilities
- Be a cheerleader rather than the boss
- Create a culture of empowerment
- Trust their expertise
- Appreciate their effort, energy and guts
Six Emotional Intelligence Competencies (EEAEOC)
Emotional Self-Awareness
Emotional Self-Control
Adaptability
Empathy
Organizational Awareness
Conflict Management
Advantages of Shared Leadership (GRSAPCGEP- Great Rats Sneak Around Playful Cats, Gobbling Every Peanut)
- It gives the company more options.
- It retains elements of the traditional chain-of-command.
- It shares the bigger picture with everyone.
- It allows people to take ownership over their work.
- It provides upward movement opportunities.
- It creates the potential for a substantive change in the organization.
- It gives everyone a chance to serve.
- It emphasizes honesty.
- It provides opportunities for mutual learning.
Disadvantages of Shared Leadership (Clever Squirrels Climb Gracefully, Reaching for Carrots)
- It can be a struggle to maintain accountability.
- It slows down the decision-making process.
- It creates an expectation of importance.
- It generates a certain level of uncertainty.
- It requires leaders to have specified experience.
- It can foster arguments.
Team Leader
is someone who provides direction, instructions, and guidance to a group of individuals (team) for the purpose of achieving a goal
An effective team leader must know its team members’ strengths, weaknesses, and motivations
