Leadership

Question 1

Leader

Answer 1

A leader is someone who influences you towards achieving your goals

Question 2

Two types of leaders

Answer 2

Prescribed leader
Emergent leader

Question 3

Prescribed leader

Answer 3

Appointed from outside of the groups, from another group or a higher authority

Question 4

Emergent leader

Answer 4

Appointed from within the existing group

Question 5

Qualities of a good leader (3)

Answer 5

• confident
• inspirational
• charismatic
• empathetic

Question 6

3 styles of leadership

Answer 6

Autocratic and task-orientated style
Democratic and person-orientated style
Laissez-faire style

Question 7

Autocratic and task-orientated style

Answer 7

• leader makes all the decisions
• dictates instructions to the group
• concerns getting results and reaching targets
• but coach will need to stay with group as they tend to ‘switch off’ with this style

Question 8

Democratic and person-orientated style

Answer 8

• coach adopts a more sympathetic approach
• seeks opinion before making decisions
• group tends to continue working when coach is not present

Question 9

Laissez-faire style

Answer 9

• leader does very little and leaves group to it
• less motivated players will stop working = issues of authority
• good if team has plenty of experience and senior players

Question 10

Fiddlers contingency model of leadership

Answer 10

autocratic or task-orientated are best used in two opposite situations: when everything is good AND
when everything is bad

• Task orientated = setting targets and reaching quickly, results based and best achieved with autocratic style
• Person-orientated = best achieved with democratic approach, concerned with developing interpersonal relationships
• How favourable a situation is, good or bad, depends on the task, the leader-group relationship and the leader’s position of authority

Question 11

Chelladurai’s multi-dimensional model of leadership

Answer 11

you must you an interactive approach that balances out the situation, the group and the leader

Situation
Group
Leader

Question 12

Chelladurai’s multi-dimensional model of leadership - situation

Answer 12

Type of task (difficult/complex)
Time available
Size of group
Dangerous situation

Question 13

Chelladurai’s multi-dimensional model of leadership - group

Answer 13

Features of group :

Individuals may suit more empathy whilst others may want more autocratic style
Age - older can input, younger are new
Beginner and elite

Question 14

Chelladurai’s multi-dimensional model of leadership - leader

Answer 14

3 leader behaviours
The required behaviour- result of the assessment of the situation and may involved being autocratic during a quick break in play when giving out instructions

The actual behavior of the leader - may be chosen to match both the situation and the group demands

The preferred behavior - is the result of what the group want or prefer. A group of novice players may want instruction on new tactics and strategies