Week 1b Flashcards
(27 cards)
When was the skills approach to leadership used?
Lots in the 50s with a resurgance in the 90s
What is the skills approach to leadership?
Focus on skills and abilities that can be learned and developed. Personality plays a role, but knowlege and abilities are needed.
What’s the difference between skills and traits
Skills are what leaders can accomplish, traits are who leaders are
In skill based leadership, outcomes are directly linked to…
Leader’s competencies in problem solving, social judgement and specific knowlege
Three skill approach (katz)
- Technical: Specific type of work, like finance, marketing etc.
- Human: Abiility to work with people
- Conceptual: Ability to work with ideas and concepts like vision, innovation, building culture
Skills approach strengths
- Says leadership can be developed
- Makes leadership avalible to everyone
- Gives some structure that is consistent with leadership curricula
Skills approach weaknesses
- Breadth of skills is too much, one person can’t know and do everything
- Wek in predictive value
- Skills are still sort of trait like
- Doesn’t consider context or styles needed within different contexts. Generalist approach
What is the behavioral model of leadership?
Focus on the behavior of the leader, what they do and how they act. Context and relational aspects are both important. Started to look at followers as well
When was the behavioral model of leadership popular?
Sometime after skill based, 40-50s
Two types of tasks/behaviors in the behavioral model that must be balanced
- Task
- Relational
Behavioral Model Strengths
- General shift in focus of leadership research
- Lots of research
- Two types of behavior, task and relational is good
- Leaders can learn a lot about themselves by thinking in these terms
Behavioral Model Weaknesses
- Not linked to performace outcomes
- Fails to advance leadership styles that would be effective in any situation
- Implies that most effective leadership requires high task and high relational behaviors
- Doesn’t look at situation
- Research is very US-centric
What is the situational model of leadership?
Different situations demand different types of leadership. Followers skill and motivation vary. Leaders must adapt. Builds on and expands behavioral approach, is focused on behavior.
When was the situational model of leadership popular?
70s
Situational model of leadership, 4 quadrants
- Delegating
- Participating
- Selling
- Telling
Situational model of leadership, 2 axis/factors
- Task behavior (directive behavior) along horizontal
- Relationship behavior (supportive behavior) along vertical
Delegating
Participating
Low Task, High relationship
For example, your parents telling you to put away your laundry. Task is easy and the relationship matters a lot
Selling
High task, High relationship
For example, anything in sales. Gotta be able to work with and understand people, but also need a technical skill set
Telling
High task, low relationship
For example, an emergency situation where the task matters and the relationship does not
Performance readiness in the situational model
Delegating = High performance readiness
Participating and selling = moderate performance readiness
Telling = low performance readiness
Provide an example for each dimension of the situational model of leadership
Telling: Junior staff who doesn’t know much but has high commitment
Selling: Jr. Employee who knows a bit more but has low commitment
Participating: Experienced team mamber who needs encouragement, but knows what they’re doing
Senior Employee: self sufficient and motivated
Situational Model of Leadership Strengths
- Practical for development
- Intuitive to understand
- Emphasis on flexibility
- Treat each follower depending on thier needs and team’s goals
Situational Model of leadership weankesses
- Hard to research
- Lack of clarity on developmental levels
- Fails to account for demographis characteristics
