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Leadership Exercise 1-1 Personalizing Leadership

Behavior Theory Kurt Lewin (1939) identified 3 leadership styles- Autocratic – tight control Democratic – Group participation in decision-making Laissez-Faire – Hands off – low level of activity by leader

1945 Ralph Stogdill Ohio State Studies 1. Initiating Structure or Job Centered –Try out own ideas –Encourage slow workers to work harder –Emphasize meeting deadlines –Meet at scheduled times –See that all are working to capacity –Very constraining

1945 Ralph Stogdill Ohio State Studies 2. Showing Consideration or Employee Centered –Be helpful to people –Treat group members as equals –Be willing to make changes –Back up what people under you do –Do little things to make it pleasant to work –Not constraining

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Take a break When we come back we will complete Exercise 2-1Ten Leadership Qualities – How Do You Rate?

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Exercise 3-1 Interpersonal Trust Scale

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Exercise 4-1 Exercise 4-2

Influences on Leadership Styles 1. Influenced by experience, modeling others, and formal training 2. An individual usually prefers the same style of the leading and following 3.Leaders have been successful along all points of the continuum. 4.there is no universally effective style of leading 5. On next page

Influences on Leadership Styles 5. Land styles of leading and styles of following conflict, extra communication is needed in the areas of: Decision-making Goals setting Communication