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Competencies

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capabilities or abilities that include both intent and action, and that can be directly linked to how well a person performs on a task or in a job.

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Five Components of Competencies

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Motives, Traits, Self-Concept, Knowledge, Skills

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Competency Model

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A set of competencies that are directly related to success in a job and are grouped into job-relevant categories

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Social and Emotional Intelligence

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Competencies linked to self awareness, self management, social awareness, and relationship management that enable people to understand and manage emotions in social interactions

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Resonant Organizations

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organizations characterized by a powerful and positive culture in which people have a shared sense of excitement and commitment to mutual goals

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Resonant Leaders

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Socially and Emotionally Intelligent, visionary people who lead and manage in ways that enable everyone to contribute their very best

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Self-Awareness

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the ability to notice and understand one’s emotions and their effects

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Limbic Resonance

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Refers to the fact that emotions are contagious and a powerful driver of our feelings, thoughts, and behaviors

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Power

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Influence over or through others

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Organizational Politics

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Involve many things, including internal competition and the pursuit of personal goals at the expense of others or the organization

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Legitimate Power

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The ability to influence others by right of one’s position in an organization, the office held, or formal authority

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Reward Power

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The Ability to influence others by giving or withholding rewards such as pay, promotions, time off, attractive projects, learning experiences, and the like

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Coercive Power

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The attempt to influence others through punishment

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Expert Power

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The ability to influence others through a combination of special knowledge and or skills

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Referent Power

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Power that comes from personal characteristics that people value and want to emulate and that cause people to feel respect or admiration

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Empowerment

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trusting employees to make decisions and to take responsibility for their decisions and actions

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Micromanagement

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the practice of overcontrolling others and their work, as well as paying far too much attention to details and how employees do their work

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Theory X

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a belief system that holds that the average employee is inclined to be lazy, without ambition and irresponsible

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Theory Y

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a belief system that holds that workers are inherently ambitious, responsible, and industrious, and that they will work hard to help an organization reach its goals

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Theory Z

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A belief system that holds that in organizations with strong, relational cultures, employees have discretionay freedom in local decision making and are trusted to work autonomously

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Flat Organizations

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Organizations that have few levels of hierarchy, which drives a need for more people to make decisions

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Ethics

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A set of values and principles that guides the behavior of an individual or a group

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Values

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ideas that a person or a group believes to be right or wrong, good or bad, attractive or undesirable

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Ethical Code

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A system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct

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Terminal Values

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personal commitments we make to ourselves in relation t our life’s goals

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Instrumental Values

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Preferred behaviors or ways of achieving our terminal values

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Individual Ethics

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personal code of conduct when dealing with others

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Personal Ethics

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standards that outline appropriate conduct i na given profession

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Organizational Ethics

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the values and principles that an organization has chosen to guide the behavior of people within the organization and/or what stakeholders expect of the organization

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Societal Ethics

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principles and standards that guide members of a society in day-to-day behavior with one another

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Stakeholders

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any constituent potentially impacted by an organization’s actions, either inside or outside the organization

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Ethical Dilemmas

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Situations in which it appears that acting ethically would prevent the achievement of an objective

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Traits

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Enduring and distinguishing personal characteristics that may be inherited, learned, or developed

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Trait Theories

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models that attempt to explain leadership effectiveness by articulation of physical, psychological, and social characteristics, as well as abilities, knowledge, and expertise

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Consideration

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people-oriented behaviors such as respect, openness to employees’ ideas and concern for employees’ well-being

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Initiating Structure

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Behaviors related to task and goal orientation, such as giving clear directions, monitoring employees’ performance, and planning and setting work schedules and deadlines

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Contingency approaches to leadership

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Models and theories of leadership that take into account leader behavior and various aspects of the organizational situation and/or characteristics of followers

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Fiedler’s contingency Theory

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theory stating that leadership effectiveness is dependent on the characteristics of the leader and the characteristics of the situation

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Relationship-Orientated Leaders

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leaders who emphasize good relationships and being liked by employees

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Task Oriented leaders

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Leaders who focus on accomplishments and seek to ensure that employees perform well on the job

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Situational Leadership Theory

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Contingency Model that links leader style with followers’ readiness for tasks

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Path-Goal Theory

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a contingency approach to leadership stating that the leader is responsible for motivating employees to attain goals

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Leadership Substitutes Model

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A contingency model of leadership that states that certain characteristics of people or of the situation can make direct leadership unnecessary

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Transformational Leaders

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People who have social and emotional intelligence and who can inspire others to see an extraordinary vision

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Transactional Leaders

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People who follow a traditional approach to management in which lead and follower behavior is an instrumental change

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Authenticity

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genuine presentation of one’s thoughts, feelings, and beliefs

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Integrity

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the quality of steadfastly holding to high moral principles and professional standards

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Courage

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the willingness and ability to face fear, danger, uncertainty, or pain without giving up whatever course of action one believes is necessary and right