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Leadership

Chapter Twelve

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Learning Objectives

LO 1 Discuss what it means to be a leader

LO 2 Summarize what people want and what organizations need from their leaders

LO 3 Explain how a good vision helps you be a better leader

LO 4 Identify sources of power in organizations

LO 5 List personal traits and skills of effective leaders

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Learning Objectives (cont.)

LO 6 Describe behaviors that will make you a better leader and identify when the situation calls for them

LO 7 Distinguish between charismatic and transformational leaders

LO 8 Describe types of opportunities to be a leader in an organization

LO 9 Discuss how to further your own leadership development

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Leadership

Leader

One who influences others to attain goals.

The greater the number of followers, the greater the influence

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Key Leadership Behaviors

Challenge the process

Inspire a shared vision

Enable others to act

Model the way

Encourage the heart

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Two perspectives—what people want and what organizations need—are

neatly combined in a set of five key behaviors identified by James Kouzes and Barry

Posner, two well–known authors and consultants. 9 The best leaders

1. Challenge the process. They challenge conventional beliefs and practices, and

they create change.

2. Inspire a shared vision. They appeal to people’s values and motivate them to care

about an important mission.

3. Enable others to act. They give people access to information and give them the

power to perform to their full potential.

4. Model the way. They don’t just tell people what to do, they are living examples

of the ideals they believe in.

5. Encourage the heart. They show appreciation, provide rewards, and use various

approaches to motivate people in positive ways.

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Vision

Vision

A mental image of a possible and desirable future state of the organization.

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Leading and Managing

Supervisory leadership

Behavior that provides guidance, support, and corrective feedback for day-to-day activities.

Strategic leadership

Behavior that gives purpose and meaning to organizations, envisioning and creating a positive future.

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Question

___________ is the ability to influence others.

Innovation

Charisma

Power

Clout

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The correct answer is c – power. See next slide.

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Power and Leadership

Power

The ability to influence others.

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Sources of Power

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The leader with legitimate power has the right, or the authority,

to tell others what to do;

The leader who has reward power influences others because she

controls valued rewards

The leader with referent power has personal characteristics that

appeal to others;

The leader with coercive power has control over punishments;

people comply to avoid those punishments

The leader who has expert power has certain expertise or knowledge;

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Legitimate

Reward

Expert

Referent

Coercive

Sources of Power

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Figure 12.1

Traditional Approaches to Understanding Leadership

Trait approach

A leadership perspective that attempts to determine the personal characteristics that great leaders share

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Useful Leadership Characteristics

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Drive

Leadership Motivation

Integrity

Self Confidence

Knowledge of the Business

Leader Behaviors

Behavioral approach

A leadership perspective that attempts to identify what good leaders do—that is, what behaviors they exhibit.

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Leader Behaviors

Task performance behaviors

Actions taken to ensure that the work group or organization reaches its goals.

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Group Maintenance

Group maintenance behaviors

Actions taken to ensure the satisfaction of group members, develop and maintain harmonious work relationships, and preserve the social stability of the group

Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) theory

Highlights the importance of leader behaviors not just toward the group as a whole but toward individuals on a personal basis.

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Questions Assessing Task Performance and Group Maintenance Leadership

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Table 12.1

Question

Which leadership philosophy is characterized by an absence of managerial decision making?

Autocratic

Democratic

Laissez-faire

Egalitarian

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The correct answer is c – laissez-faire. See slide 12-20

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Participation in Decision Making

Autocratic leadership

A form of leadership in which the leader makes decisions on his or her own and then announces those decisions to the group

Democratic leadership

A form of leadership in which the leader solicits input from subordinates.

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Participation in Decision Making

Laissez-faire

leadership philosophy characterized by an absence of managerial decision making.

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Leadership Grid

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Figure 12.2

Situational Approaches to Leadership

Situational approach

Leadership perspective proposing that universally important traits and behaviors do not exist, and that effective leadership behavior varies from situation to situation.

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The Vroom Model of Leadership

Vroom model

A situational model that focuses on the participative dimension of leadership.

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Figure 12.3

Situational Factors for Problem Analysis

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Table 12.2

Vroom’s Leader Decision Styles

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Table 12.3

Fiedler’s Contingency Model

Fiedler’s contingency model of leadership effectiveness

A situational approach to leadership postulating that effectiveness depends on the personal style of the leader and the degree to which the situation gives the leader power, control, and influence over the situation.

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Fiedler’s Analysis of Situations

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Figure 12.4

Fiedler’s Contingency Model

Task-motivated leadership

Leadership that places primary emphasis on completing a task.

Relationship-motivated leadership

Leadership that places primary emphasis on maintaining good interpersonal relationships.

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Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Theory

Hersey and Blanchard’s situational theory

A life-cycle theory of leadership postulating that a manager should consider an employee’s psychological and job maturity before deciding whether task performance or maintenance behaviors are more important.

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Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Theory

Job maturity

The level of the employee’s skills and technical knowledge relative to the task being performed.

Psychological maturity

An employee’s self-confidence and self-respect.

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Path-Goal Theory

Path-goal theory

A theory that concerns how leaders influence subordinates’ perceptions of their work goals and the paths they follow toward attainment of those goals.

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The Path-Goal Framework

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Figure 12.5

Substitutes for Leadership

Substitutes for leadership

Factors in the workplace that can exert the same influence on employees as leaders would provide.

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Contemporary Perspectives on Leadership

Charismatic leader

A person who is dominant, self-confident, convinced of the moral righteousness of his beliefs, and able to arouse a sense of excitement and adventure in followers.

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Contemporary Perspectives on Leadership

Transformational leader

A leader who motivates people to transcend their personal interests for the good of the group.

Transactional leaders

Leaders who manage through transactions, using their legitimate, reward, and coercive powers to give commands and exchange rewards for services rendered.

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Contemporary Perspectives on Leadership

Level 5 leadership

A combination of strong professional will (determination) and humility that builds enduring greatness.

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Authenticity

Authentic leadership

A style in which the leader is true to himself or herself while leading

Pseudo-transformational leaders

Leaders who talk about positive change but allow their self-interest to take precedence over followers’ needs

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Opportunities for Leaders

Servant-leader

A leader who serves others’ needs while strengthening the organization.

Intergroup leader

A leader who leads collaborative performance between different groups or organizations

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Opportunities for Leaders

Shared leadership

Rotating leadership, in which people rotate through the leadership role based on which person has the most relevant skills at a particular time.

Lateral leadership

Style in which colleagues at the same hierarchical level are invited to collaborate and facilitate joint problem solving.

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