Leadership Flashcards
(19 cards)
What are the characteristics of an effective leader?
- effectve communication
- charismatic
- knowledgeable about the sport
- empathetic
- confident
- flexible
What is a prescribed leader?
- chosen from outside the group
- taken on for new ideas or to learn new methods of training
- can cause initial disagreements and disruption
Eg/ NGBs appoint national team managers
What is an emergent leader?
- selected from within the existing group
- nominated by other group members
- already high level of respect
- have had same experiences as other team mambers, so might not be able to bring in new strategies
What are the styles of leadership?
- autocratic / task oriented
- democratic / person oriented
- laissez faire
What is an autocratic style of leadership?
- leader makes all the decisions and dictates instructions
- interested in ensuring the task is fulfilled
- sole decision maker
- dictator style
- task oriented
When should an autocratic leadership style be used?
- dangerous situations
- large groups
- limited time
- hostile groups
- cognitive performers
- complex tasks
- quick decision making
What is a democratic style of leadership?
- decisions are made by group consultation
- interested in ensuring that relationships are developed within the group
- concerned with interpersonal relationships
- person oriented
- encourages creativity
- shows empathy and sympathy
- leader remains in charge by having final say
When should a democratic leadership style be used?
- small groups
- plenty of time
- friendly groups
- advanced performers
What is a laissez-faire style of leadership?
- leader provides very little support and takes on a less active approach
- leader does very little and leaves the group to it
- often only gives training focus
- group members make all the decisions
- promotes creativity
- others will lose motivation with this approach
- useful for problem solving
- only effective with autonomous learners
What is Fiedler’s contingency model?
- suggests an interactionist approach in which an effective leader will match their style to the situation
- one of two leadership styles should be adopted: task / person oriented leader
- how favourable the situation is depends on the task, the leader, group relationship and the leaders position in authority
- the favourableness of the situation dictates which leadership style should be adopted
What is a task oriented leader?
(Fiedler’s contingency model)
- concerened with achieving goals that are set
- direct and authoritarian
- used in most and least favourable situations
What is a person oriented leader?
(Fiedler’s contingency model)
- focus on developing harmony and good relationships within the group
- open to suggestions
- take democratic approach
- used in moderately fvourable situations
What is a most favourable situation and what approach would work best?
(Fiedler’s contingency model)
- leader has respect
- good support within the group/ good relationships
- high ability group
- high levels of motivation
- task is clear
- harmony between leader and group
- task oriented approach
What is a moderately favourable situation and what approach works best?
(Fiedler’s contingency model)
- leader has some respect
- limited support between team members
- group has reasonable ability
- motivation is moderate
- need for consultation within group
- some harmony between group and leader
- person oriented approach
What is a least favourable situation and what approach works best?
(Fiedler’s contingency model)
- leader is weak and has no respect
- no support between group members
- low ability
- low motivation
- task is unclear
- hostility between group members
- task oriented
What is Chelladurai’s multidimensional model of leadership?
- in order to ensure group satisfaction and high levels of performance leaders must adapt their leadership styles
- leaders get the best for their team if their leadership style fits the situation and what the team needs
- the more the leaders actual behaviour matches what the group wants and what the situation needs the better performance will be
What are the three stages to Chelladurai’s multidimensional model?
- characteristics affecting leader situation, leader, group
- leader behaviour required behaviour, actual behaviour, preffered behaviour
- consequences group performance, group satisfaction
What are the three factors that affect the leader to consider before adopting a specific leadership style?
Chelladurai’s multidimensional model
- situation strength of opponent or any danger involved
- leaders their ability, personality and preffered leadership style
- group ability levels, relationships with leader
What are the factors that affect leader behaviour and leadership style?
Chelladurai’s multidimensional model
- required behaviour what the situation demands
- actual behaviour what style the leader decides to take
- preferred behaviour the style of leadership the group would like best based on own experiences and characteristics
