Leadership & Management Review
Autocratic Leadership Style
Management style identified with managers who tend to make decisions without soliciting input from subordinates. A form of leadership in which the leader makes decisions on his / her own and then announces those decisions to the group.
Four Types Leadership Power
Position Power Reward Power Expert Power Identity Power
Open Leadership Style (Free Rein)
Requires the leader to set goals for management and employees and then leave them alone to get the job done. This style show the most trust and confidence in workers.
Democratic Leadership Style
A leadership style that is characterized by considerable input from group members. Sharing decision making with others and encouraging subordinates to be involved in setting goals.
Charisma
A magical-seeming ability to attract followers or inspire loyalty. Personal appeal or attraction; magnetism
Motivation
A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior. The reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.
Four Types of Leadership Styles
Autocratic Leadership Style Democratic Leadership Style Open Leadership Style (Free Rein) Situational Leadership Style (Flexible)
Position Power
Based on the authority the leader has in an organization based on title. (example; the boss) Influence derived from one's formal structural position in the organization; includes power to hire, fire, discipline, promote, and give salary increases.
Reward Power
Based on the leader's ability to give/withhold rewards (not salary/wages). The ability of a manager to give or withhold tangible and intangible rewards (not salary / wages).
Expert Power
Based on the special knowledge, skills, and expertise that a leader possesses. The group members recognize a leader's superior knowledge in a specific area.
Situational Leadership Style (Flexible)
Effective leadership varies with the "task" in hand and situational leaders adapt their leadership style to each situation.
Integrity
Honesty, high moral standards An unimpaired condition, completeness, and soundness. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.
Identity Power
Stems from the personal trust and respect members have for the leader; charisma.
Initiative
The desire to take action and get things done, without being told.
Leadership
The use of power and / or influence to direct the activities of followers toward goal achievement. Providing direction and vision for an organization.
