Week 2b

Question 1

What is servant leadership?

Answer 1

• People centered approach
• High ethical and moral component
• Place followers needs ahead of their own
• All about service

Question 2

What type of coaching leads to the best performance?

Answer 2

Servant leadership, not dominant or fear based coaching

Question 3

Athletes of servant leadership coaches:

Answer 3

More empowerment
More intrinsic motivation
More mental toughness
Higher sport satisfaction

Question 4

What is Shared Leadership?

Answer 4

Dynamic, interactive process where the objective is to lead one another to the achievement of group goals

Question 5

Benefits to collaborative approaches

Answer 5

Stronger bond between people
Diversity of thought
Passion of sport requires a unique leadership style

Question 6

Challenges to collaborative approaches

Answer 6

Can take a while to make decisions
Don’t always agree on what the right way is
Ideological tensions: what’s most important
Competence might not be high enough

Question 7

Leader development vs Leadership Development

Answer 7

Leader Development: More individual, build capacity among individuals and groups. Build self awareness, self motivation, self regulation

Leadership Development: Expansion of a collevtive’s capacity to produce direction, alignment and commitment. Enhance interpersonal competence, social awareness etc.