HSoB Leadership

• Leaders are born and not made.• Great leaders will arise when there is a great need.

Turn to your teammate and discuss: Do you agree or disagree with this theory? Why? Can you think of an example? Write your findings in your notes.

•  People are born with inherited leadership traits.• People who make good leaders have the “right stuff”. If you find people with similar traits, they too can be great leaders.

Turn to your teammate and discuss: What traits can you think of? Write your findings in your notes. Now, compare your list to this list.

• For example…

• Emotional stability and composure: Calm, confident and predictable, particularly when under stress.

• Admitting error: Owning up to mistakes, rather than putting energy into covering up.

• Good interpersonal skills: Able to communicate and persuade others without resort to negative or coercive tactics.

• Intellectual breadth: Able to understand a wide range of areas, rather than having a narrow (and narrow-minded) area of expertise.

Turn to your teammate and discuss: Do you agree or disagree that people are born with traits? Why? Write your findings in your notes.

• Leaders are made rather than born.• We all define roles of what a leader should be.• Successful leadership is based on learning the

behaviors associated with those roles.

Turn to your teammate and discuss: Can you think of a time that you have defined a role of what a leader should be? Have you ever learned to be a leader in any role? Write your findings in your notes.

• Working together to achieve a common goal.• People are more committed.• What does “synergy” mean?

Turn to your teammate and discuss: Can you think of a time that you have shared leadership? Explain. Can you think of a situation in which participative leadership might not work? Write your findings in your notes.

• Leadership style changes depending on the situation.• Situational leaders focus on things that effect the

group.

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Turn to your teammate and discuss: Can you think of an example of how changing outside situations would effect a the group? Would you handle the situation differently? How? Write your findings in your notes.

• Contingency theory is similar to Situational theory in that there is an assumption of no simple one right way.

• The main difference is that situational theory tends to focus more on the behaviors that the leader should adopt , contingency theory takes a broader view that includes contingent factors about leader capability and other variables within the situation.Turn to your teammate and discuss: Do you

think it makes more sense to focus on leader behavior or to look at the “bigger picture” ? Write your findings in your notes.

Assumptions•People are motivated by reward and punishment.•When people have agreed to do a job, a part of the deal is that they cede all authority to their manager.•The transactional leader creates and manages the structure.Turn to your teammate and discuss: Can you think of an example of this type of leadership? Do you believe that this brings out the best in people? Why or why not? Write your findings in your notes.

• People will follow a person with vision who inspires them.• A person with vision and passion can achieve great things.• The way to get things done is by injecting enthusiasm and

energy.• Working for a Transformational Leader can be a wonderful

and uplifting experience. They put passion and energy into everything. They care about you and want you to succeed.

Turn to your teammate and discuss: What happens when the visionary leader leaves ? How can the vision be sustainable? Write your findings in your notes.

• What leadership theories do you agree with?• What theories do you disagree with?

Turn to your teammate and discuss: Discuss the theory that most agree with and disagree with ? Prepare a brief presentation to the class describing and justifying your decision.

Information in this presentation was taken from:Changing Minds, Leadership Theorieshttp://changingminds.org/disciplines/leadership/theories/leadership_theories.htm