Chapter 11

Question 1

What are

the strategic principles to leadership development?

Answer 1

+ Leadership development must be driven from the top
+ Leadership development supports and drives the business
+ A leadership model must be culturally attuned

Question 2

What is the difference between leader and leadership development?

Answer 2

Leadership development involves a number of differing stakeholders; leaders, followers and peers.

Question 3

What is leader development?

Answer 3

Leader development involves the development of individual leader.

Question 4

What are the categories of leadership development?

Answer 4

+ Intrapersonal
+ Interpersonal
+ Process
+ Longitudinal

Question 5

What is the traditional view of leadership development?

Answer 5

As leader development and largely around self-development.

Question 6

Why does Edward and Gill say contextual issues are important for leadership development?

Answer 6

At different levels transactional leadership i needed, rather than transformational.

Question 7

What can be said of the link between experience and leadership development?

Answer 7

Not much empirical evidence, but there are factors proven to be important.

Question 8

What are some of the factors of experience that are important?

Answer 8

\+ Leadership at early age
\+ Role models
\+ International/multicultural experiencer
\+ Team sports
\+ Level of experience
\+ Willingness to learn

Question 9

What are some elements of a positive learning environment?

Answer 9

\+ Support innovation
\+ cultural
communication competence is encouraged
\+ the facilitation of
high-quality and diverse relationships

Question 10

Give an example of a process and its relation to leadership development.

Answer 10

The 360-analysis that enable
leaders to adjust their leadership behaviour with judgement based on self-other
agreement levels.

Question 11

What does the longitudinal perspective highlight as important for leadership development?

Answer 11

\+ skill acquisition over time and into
adulthood
\+ the systematic investigation of experiences,
\+ good social skills 
\+ family support.

Question 12

What is skills transfer?

Answer 12

learning artistic skills that can be applied to an organisation setting

Question 13

What is projective technique

Answer 13

Accessing inner thoughts and feelings

Question 14

What is illustration of essence?

Answer 14

apprehending the essence of a concept, situation,

tacit knowledge

Question 15

What is making?

Answer 15

deeper experience of personal presence and connection to counteract feelings of disconnection and fragmentation among leaders

Question 16

What is the critique of leadership development?

Answer 16

+ driven too much by functionalistic assumptions

+ individually focused, westernised and gendered