Module 3 Flashcards
Understand what it means to be a leader and what people what and need from leaders.
-A leader is one who influences others to attain goals
-Combine good strategic substances and effective interpersonal process to formulate and implement strategies that produce results and sustainable competitive advantage
-People want leaders to help them as they pursue their goals
-Organizations need people at all levels to be leaders.
What should a leader do?
-challenge the process,
-inspire a shared vision,
-enable others to act,
-model the way,
-encourage the heart.
Explain the importance of a good vision and how it helps you be a better leader.
-having a vision for the future and communicating it to people in a way the understand what the vision is are components of great leadership
-having a vision innovates employees and gives them a sense of purpose greater than quarterly financial performance
-Leaders should inspire people to accomplish a vision because it has proven to benefit the motivation of employees.
Identify sources of power in organizations.
-Authority
-Expertise
-Appealing personal characteristics
-Control over punishment
-Control over rewards
Authority
a leader with legitimate power has the right to tell others what to do and employees are obligated to comply with legitimate orders.
Expertise
-The leader who has expert power has certain expertise or knowledge.
-People comply because they believe in, can learn from, or can otherwise gain knowledge from this person.
Appealing personal characteristics
-The leader with referent power has personal characteristics that appeal to others.
-People comply because of admiration, personal liking, a desire for approval, or a desire to be liked by the leader.
Control over punishment
-The leader with coercive power has control over punishment.
-People comply to avoid those punishments.
Control over rewards
-The leader who has reward power influences others because they control valued rewards.
-People comply with the leader’s wishes in order to receive those rewards.
List personal characteristics that contribute to leadership effectiveness.
-Drive: reflect high effort
-Integrity: correspondence between actions and words
-Self-confidence: allows a leader to overcome obstacles, make decisions despite uncertainty, and instill confidence in others.
-Knowledge of the business: have a high level of knowledge about their industries, companies, and technical matters.
-Leadership motivation: want to lead
List personal behaviors that contribute to leadership effectiveness.
-Task performance behavior: Actions taken to ensure that teams, organizations, or individuals achieve their work goals.
-Group maintenance behavior: Actions taken to ensure the satisfaction of group members, develop and maintain harmonious work relationships, and preserve the social stability of the group.
Charismatic leader
A person who is
-dominant,
-self-confident,
-convinced of the moral righteousness of his or her beliefs,
-able to arouse a sense of excitement and adventure in followers.
Transformational leader
A leader who motivates people to transcend their personal interests for the good of the group.
What best describes a vision as it pertains to leadership?
a mental image of a future state of an organization
What accurately compares leadership and management?
Effective managers are not necessarily true leaders.
What is true of effective followers?
They are willing to tell the truth
What is true of organizational visions
Visions can be small or large and can exist throughout all organizational levels.
Mikela has been promoted to lead her department. She wants to gain support and trust; therefore she should focus on setting a shared vision and
Scoring collective quick wins
Alexa’s department likes her and admires her for her accomplishments. Many have stated that they wish they could be like her. Many of Alexa’s followers comply with her wishes based on her _______ power.
Referent
A personal skill that is very important in the situational approach to leadership is the ability to
perceive the needs and goals of others and adjust your leadership approach accordingly.
As a leadership trait, self-confidence is most likely to
allow a leader to make decisions despite uncertainty.
A laissez-faire decision style, in which a leader essentially makes no decisions, leads to
More negative attitudes and lower performance
According to leader behavior research conducted at Ohio State and Michigan, the ideal leader
is both performance- and maintenance-oriented.
