Leadership And Navigation Flashcards
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Coercive leadership approach
leader imposes vision or solution and demands team follows it
When is the coercive leadership approach effective
When there are crises and clear and immediate action is needed
When can coercive leadership approach be ineffective
Coercive leadership can damage employees’ sense of ownership and motivation
Authoritative leadership approach
Leader invites team to follow their vision
When is authoritative leadership effective
When there is no clear path forward, team members are invited to contribute their own ideas and take risks, leader has real expertise
Affiliative leadership approach
Leader creates strong relationships within team, encourages feedback and team members are motivated by loyalty
When is affiliative leadership most effective
When leader has inherited a dispirited or dysfunctional team
Democratic leadership approach
Invites followers to collaborate and commits to consensus
When is the democratic leadership approach most effective
When there is strong resistance to change or leader does not have clear vision
What is pace setting leadership
Leader sets the model for high performance and challenges followers to meet expectations
When is pace setting leadership effective
When teams are highly competent and motivated
When is pace setting leadership ineffective
When employees get tired and.or when leaders don’t take enough time to motivate team members
Coaching Leadership
Leader focuses on developing team members’ skills - align their goals to that of the organization
Coaching vs. Mentoring
Mentoring helps EE navigate and understand the organization - character AND skills (coaching is skills)
Trait theory of leadership
Leaders have innate characteristics their followers don’t possess - for example physical or personality traits
What leadership theory is known as the “Great Man” theory?
Trait Theory of leadership
Behavioral theory of leadership
Leaders influence group through certain behaviors
Blake Mouton Theory - five types of leaders?
Country Club Managers, Improverished Managers, Authoritarian Managers, Middle of the Road Managers, Team Leaders
Blake Mouton Theory - two dimensions
Tasks and EEs (relations based on social and emotional needs)
CC managers
high relationships, low tasks - do not want to jeopardize relationships (top right quadrant)
What sort of managers “delegate and disappear” in Blake Moutons theory?
Impoverished managers - low task and low relationship
Authoritarian Managers
high task, low relationship - expect you to follow without question and little collaboration
Middle of the road managers
not considered leaders - they are neither production or people focused
What do team leaders do
Lead by example - high task and high relationships
