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Leadership Categories & Styles

Objectives Recognize how own personality styles can be useful in leadership Evaluate the use of three leadership styles Identify seven leadership categories

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The task of a leader is to get their people from where they are......to where they have not been. -Henry Kissinger

Squares Most ordered. Sequence, logic, neatness. Keeps excellent records. Data is important. Good with details. May not see the big picture.

Triangles Take control. Like to be in charge. Like to problem solve. Have difficulty seeing other points of view. Make decisions quickly. Resist change.

Circles Concern for others Process more important than product. Harmony is important. Good at communicating.

Squiggles Most creative, least ordered. Can operate without parameters Have trouble sticking to the point Can consider many activities at once. Weak on follow-through and details.

Styles

Authoritarian Behavioral leadership style that leads and makes decisions independent of the group.

Democratic Behavioral leadership style that leads and makes decisions based on the input of the group.

Laissez-Faire Group makes decisions with very little, if any, input from leader.

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it. Theodore Roosevelt

Directions One scenario/group Read scenario aloud & determine which leadership style best fits situation 3 reasons why – write down! Read to class, present reasons

Categories On worksheet: – Match 7 categories with definitions – Use context clues in definitions if unsure

1. Trait Theory: Distinctive qualities a person possesses increases the likelihood they will become a leader, such as intelligence.

1. Trait Theory: Theory: Assumes that some people are “natural” leaders who possess certain traits that others don’t.

2. Power & Influence Theory: Explains leadership effectiveness in terms of the amount and type of power a leader possesses – Leadership more about influence? – Force & Submission, or Convincing & Following?

3. Behavioral Leadership according to our personality style Theory: Leadership according to our personality style - Distinctive styles that effective leaders use consistently.

4. Situational Theory: The emergence or effectiveness of any style is contingent on the situation in which the leader is operating. -Leadership depends on situation. on situation.

5. Traditional Leading a particular way because it has always been done that way; referred to as cultural or symbolic leadership. Theory: Leading a particular way because it has always been done that way; referred to as cultural or symbolic leadership.

5. Traditional -Umbrella of status quo -“By the book” -Within the rules -Large, bureaucratic organizations -Examples of organizations?

6. Popularity Leadership bestowed because of the group’s perceptions; not necessarily the leader’s ability Theory: Leadership bestowed because of the group’s perceptions; not necessarily the leader’s ability

6. Popularity Is leadership bestowed on those who don’t deserve it? Should leadership be a popularity contest?

7. Combination Theory: Leadership by combining all models/styles.

Directions Prepare 30 second-1 minute skit Demonstrate your group’s main personality traits in a leadership scenario Perform for class

Objectives Recognize how own personality styles can be useful in leadership Evaluate the use of three leadership styles Identify seven leadership categories

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams