What makes a good leader? What types of leader and leadership exist? Why does a leader need to be...
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- What makes a good leader? What types of leader and leadership
exist? Why does a leader need to be adaptable? 4.5 Leadership
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- What makes an effective leader? Certain qualities will be
expected of a good leader Good communication skills Effective
decision making Enthusiastic Knowledgeable Empathetic Clear goals
Charisa Motivational Organised Confident
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- Effective Leadership No one form will always be most effective
Need to chose the best style for those circumstances Situational
factors Are they dealing with a team or individual? What is the
size of the team? How much time is available? Is the activity
interactive or coactive? Leaders tend to be chosen in one of two
ways Pre-scribed Usually appointed by someone in authority Can
bring in new ideas but will affect group dynamics Emergent Simply
emerge from group and take charge Can be more effective due to
respect and support of teammates Thought to be good for harmony but
not always going to bring in new ideas Effective Leadership Leaders
qualities Leadership style Followers qualities Situational
factors
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- Fielders contingency model Task orientated (Autocratic) Focuses
on what needs to be done Person orientated (Democratic) Focuses on
positive social relationships Fielders model Task OrientatedMost
favourable Ego Orientated Moderately favourable Task
OrientatedLeast favourable Clear discipline, leader highly
respected, Good relationships, High ability group, motivation is
high, task is clear, excellent physical resources Friendly
relationships with group, limited external support, moderate
motivation levels, no definitive task-orientated outcome, limited
physical resources Poor relationship with group, authority
questioned, low-ability group, poor motivation, no discipline
structure, complex task, poor physical resources
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- Leadership styles Autocratic Command style approach Task
orientated Rarely involved with group members More effective in
team sports, larger numbers Democratic Co-operative approach Makes
decision after consultation Maintain positive social interaction
More effective in individual sports and coaching situations
Laissez-faire Leader plays a passive role Members get on with task
by themselves Little suitability to sport settings
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- Leadership in Sport Effective leadership can and will vary
depending on characteristics and constraints. Sporting leaders need
to be adaptable and can be seen on the Leadership scale for sport
Training and instruction behaviour (Often) Structured approach to
training Shows improvements by emphasising effort and technical
instruction Democratic behaviour (Occasionally) Involves group in
decision making about goals and tactics Autocratic behaviour
(Seldom/Rarely) Emphasis own authority by making decisions Social
support behaviour (Occasionally) Concerned with the wellbeing,
emphasising group atmosphere Rewarding behaviour (Often) Emphasis
and reinforces good behaviour through positive reinforcement
General rules Novices prefer more extrinsic feedback and expect
more democratic and social support Individual sportsmen prefer
democratic and social support Team prefer training and instruction
through autocratic Females prefer democratic whereas males prefer
autocratic Old performers prefer democratic with social support
Everyone values rewards
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- Chelladurais model of leadership Preferred behaviour
Preferences of the group members of specific leader behaviour Many
factors affect such as age, gender skill level, experience etc.
Required behaviour Expectations on the coach Emphasis on skill
development through hard work and positive reinforcement Actual
behaviour Behaviour actually shown by the leader Often governed by
a combination of group preferences and situational factors If the
leader shows the right behaviour for the situation and that matches
a groups preference it should mean success and satisfaction
Situational characteristics Leader characteristics Team member
characteristics Prescribed behaviour Actual behaviour Preferred
behaviour Athlete performance Athlete satisfaction