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1435462858_413505.pptxChapter 2
Traits, Behaviors, and Relationships
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Learning Objectives
Outline some personal traits and characteristics that are associated with effective leaders
Identify your own traits that you can transform into strengths and bring to a leadership role
Distinguish among various roles leaders play in organizations, including operations, collaborative, and advisory roles, and where your strengths might best fit
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Learning Objectives
Recognize autocratic versus democratic leadership behavior and the impact of each
Know the distinction between people-oriented and task-oriented leadership behavior and when each should be used
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Learning Objectives
Understand how the theory of individualized leadership has broadened the understanding of relationships between leaders and followers
Describe some key characteristics of entrepreneurial leaders
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Exhibit 2.1 - Personal Characteristics of Leaders
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Sources: Bass and Stogdill’s Handbook of Leadership: Theory, Research, and Management Applications, 3rd ed. (New York: The Free Press, 1990), pp. 80–81; S. A. Kirkpatrick and E. A. Locke, “Leadership: Do Traits Matter?” Academy of Management Executive 5, no. 2 (1991), pp. 48–60; and James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, The Leadership Challenge: How to Get Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1990)
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Characteristics of Leaders
Tendency to see the positive side of things and expect that things will turn out well
Optimism
Assurance in one’s own judgments, decision making, ideas, and capabilities
Self-confidence
Refers to truthfulness and nondeception
Honesty
Quality of being whole, integrated, and acting in accordance with solid ethical principles
Integrity
High motivation that creates a high effort level by a leader
Drive
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What are Strengths?
Natural talent or ability that has been supported and reinforced with learned knowledge and skills
Acts as the central point of focus in life
Enables leadership to be based on:
Energy
Enthusiasm
Effectiveness
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Exhibit 2.2 - Three Types of Leadership Roles
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Behavior Approaches
Centralizes authority and derives power from position, control of rewards, and coercion
Autocratic
Delegates authority, encourages participation, relies on subordinates’ for completion of tasks, and depends on subordinate respect for influence
Effective if subordinates possess decision-making skills
Effective when the skill difference between the leader and subordinates is high
Democratic
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Exhibit 2.3 - Leadership Continuum
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Source: Harvard Business Review. An exhibit from Robert Tannenbaum and Warren Schmidt, “How to Choose a Leadership Pattern” (May–June 1973). Copyright 1973 by the president and Fellows of Harvard College
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Exhibit 2.4 - Leadership Grid®
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Source: The Leadership Grid figure from Leadership Dilemma—Grid Solutions by Robert R. Blake and Anne Adams McCanse (formerly the Managerial Grid by Robert R. Blake and Jane S. Mouton). Houston: Gulf Publishing Company, p. 29. Copyright 1991 by Scientific Methods, Inc. Reproduced by permission of the owners
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Exhibit 2.5 - Themes of Leader Behavior Research
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Sources: Based on Marilyn R. Zuckerman and Lewis J. Hatala, Incredibly American: Releasing the Heart of Quality (Milwaukee, WI: American Society for Quality, 1992), pp. 141–142; and Mark O’Connell, Gary Yukl, and Thomas Taber, “Leader Behavior and LMX: A Constructive Replication,” Journal of Managerial Psychology 27, no. 2 (2012), pp. 143–154
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Individualized Leadership
Notion that a leader develops a unique relationship with each group member, determining:
Leader's behavior toward the member
Member's response to the leader
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Exhibit 2.6 - Stages of Development of Individualized Leadership
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Sources: Based on Fred Danereau, “A Dyadic Approach to Leadership: Creating and Nurturing This Approach Under Fire,” Leadership Quarterly 6, no. 4 (1995), pp. 479–490, and George B. Graen and Mary Uhl-Bien, “Relationship-Based Approach to Leadership: Development of Leader–Member Exchange (LMX) Theory of Leadership over 25 Years: Applying a Multi-Level, Multi-Domain Approach,” Leadership Quarterly 6, no. 2 (1995), pp. 219–247
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Exhibit 2.7 - Leader Behavior Toward In-Group versus Out-Group Members
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Sources: Based on Jean François Manzoni and Jean-Louis Barsoux, “The Set-Up-to-Fail Syndrome,” Harvard Business Review (March–April 1988), pp. 110–113; and Mark O’Donnell, Gary Yukl, and Thomas Taber, “Leader Behavior and LMX: A Constructive Replication,” Journal of Management Psychology 27, no. 2 (2012), pp. 143–154.
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Entrepreneurial Traits and Behaviors
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Entrepreneurship
Initiating a business venture, organizing the necessary resources, and assuming the associated risks and rewards
Need to be:
Strongly driven
Enthusiastic
Driven by a vision
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Entrepreneurial Traits and Behaviors
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Leaders are:
Persistent
Independent
Action oriented
Drawn to new opportunities
Innovative
Creative
Highly self-motivated
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