Leadership: Styles and Behaviors

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Leadership:Leadership:Styles andStyles andBehaviorsBehaviors

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LeadershipLeadership

• The use of power and influence to direct the activities of followers toward goal achievement

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Leadership StylesLeadership Styles

• Is there likely to be one best style?

• What factors might impact the appropriateness of the various styles?

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Time-Time-SensitivSensitive Modele Model

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Time-Sensitive ModelTime-Sensitive Model

• Scientific support:๏ In one study, following the model resulted in

effective decisions 68% of the time. Not following the model resulted in effective decisions 22% of the time.

• Leaders’ instincts usually violate the model๏ Leaders overuse consultative styles and

underutilize autocratic and facilitative

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Day-to-Day BehaviorsDay-to-Day Behaviors

• There are two broad dimensions that encompass day-to-day leadership behaviors๏ Initiating Structure

๏ Defining and structuring the roles of employees for goal attainment

๏ Consideration๏ Creating job relationships characterized by mutual

trust, respect, and consideration of employees’ feelings

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Day-to-Day-to-DayDay

BehaviorBehaviorss

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Something Is MissingSomething Is Missing

• Think about the most effective leaders you can name

• Do the leader behaviors and styles discussed thus far capture what it was that made these leaders so effective?

• So what’s missing?

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Transformational LeadershipTransformational Leadership

• A pattern of behaviors that inspires followers to commit to a shared vision that provides meaning to their work and sets the leader up as a role model who helps followers reach their potential

• It is most often contrasted with so-called “transactional leadership,” which is built around exchanges of rewards and punishments, or “laissez-faire” leadership, which is the absence of action

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Transformational Transformational LeadershipLeadership

• Idealized influence (charisma)• Inspirational motivation• Intellectual stimulation• Individualized consideration

(coaching)

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Transformational LeadershipTransformational Leadership

• OB on Screen: The King’s Speech๏ What kinds of

transformational statements are typically given by national leaders in times of war?

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How Important is Leadership?How Important is Leadership?