Leadership Flashcards
How can leadership affective performance OR lifestyle behaviour?
A leader is in a position of responsibility and is often seen as a role model.
Effective leadership can motivate and drive people forwards.
Effective leadership can help create and set goals for achievement
Effective leadership can communicate good messages to team members
What are the characteristics of a good leader?
Good communicator Knowledgeable Experienced Charismatic Has a vision of what they want to achieve Driven Good people skills Friendly / approachable
All of these characteristics are dependent on the situation eg. A manager of a professional sports team doesn’t need to be as ‘friendly’ as an under 6 team manager.
Can you identify the basic characteristics of different leadership ‘styles’ ?
Autocratic / task oriented leader - top down leadership, “my way or the high way”, leader makes all the decisions, members are ‘expected’ to follow, strict, demanding. Best used in situation where danger or pressure on performance in terms of time is relevant. or with complete beginners whose thoughts are not going to contribute to decision making.
Democratic / social oriented - ‘Shared’ leadership where members make decisions and ‘have a say’, leader work ‘with’ members. Best used with experienced members who can contribute or when the leader is trying to develop teamwork or responsibility with members.
Laissez-faire - relaxed approach. leaders make most of the decisions and the leader sits back. Best used with trusted and able followers that can make decisions and require little guidance.
What is an ‘emerged’ leader? Can you identify an example of each and suggest advantages the disadvantages and disadvantages of being this type of leader?
Emerged leader - comes from within the group. eg. Ryan Giggs being installed as a temporary manager at Manchester United.
Advantages - you know the players, the people in the club, you know people’s strengths and weaknesses, you are a trusted member of the group, strong social bonds
Disadvantages - the strong social bonds may make it difficult to step back from the group, punishing the group is more difficult, your performance in a different role does not always ‘translate’ to leadership
What is an ‘prescribed’ leader? Can you identify an example of each and suggest advantages the disadvantages and disadvantages of being this type of leader?
Prescribed leader - comes from outside of the group to lead. eg. Louis van Gaal being appointed as Manchester United manager.
Advantages - fresh start, people maybe a little afraid of you. New energy with players trying to impress. You can install your own ideas and ways of working. No history in the club so you can create your own ‘identity’ as a leader.
Disadvantages - it is a new place with new people, building trust is hard, people will be quick to criticise, there are no social bonds to fall back on.
What are the three approaches to / types of leadership theory ? Could you critically evaluate each ?
Trait - great man theory - suggest leaders are born and not made, you either can or can’t lead, innate characteristics
Social learning theory - suggest leadership is learned and developed through experience
Inter-actionist theories - suggest that both innate characteristics and experience build a leader
Can you explain Chelladurai’s multi-dimensional model in less than 50 words? You could look at the model to help you.
The actual leadership style that a leader chooses is based on the situational demands (that ‘require’ a style), the members (who ‘prefer’ a style) and the leader themselves and ‘their’ style. If the leader chooses the ‘right’ style the team will perform well.
