Leadership 447 ch. 1

What are some of the changes that have impacted the work force over the years?

1. Outsourcing 2. globalization 3. mobile commerce 4. climate change 5. telecommuting

new paradigms

1. change manager 2. facilitator 3. collaborator 4. diversity promoter 5. humble

What are the key elements to leadership?

1. influence 2. intention 3. personal responsibility and integrity 4. change 5. followers

Learning to be a leader

1. practice acts of leadership in everyday life 2. emulate successful leaders 3. find a mentor to provide feedback 4. complete a leadership course to build skill 5. work to develop personal traits such as empathy and patience

Old Paradigms

1. stabilizer 2. controller 3. competitor 4. diversity avoider 5. hero

What percentage of leaders feel like leadership changed in the twenty first century?

84%

For leadership to happen what must leaders undergo?

a journey of self discovery and personal understanding

Agile leader

a leader who is open to learning and change and encourages the growth and development of others

Derailment

a phenomenon in which a manager with an impressive track record reaches a certain level but goes off track and can't advance because of a mismatch between job needs and personal abilities

Vision

a picture of ambitious, desirable future for the organization or team

Paradigm

a shared mindset that represents a fundamental way of thinking about, perceiving and understanding the world

Leadership

an influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes and outcomes that reflect their shared purposes

Bringing diversity to an organization can do what?

attract the best human talent and develop and organizational mindset broad enough to thrive in a multinational world

What has become important in this hyperconnected world?

collaboration

Leadership is concerned with?

communicating the vision and developing a shared culture and set of core values that can lead to desired future state

Leadership calls for?

creating compelling. vision of the future, setting the context within which to view challenges and opportunities, an developing far sighted strategies for producing the changes needed to reach the vision

In a world of collaboration leaders must do what first?

develop their own collaborative mindset and then create the environment of teamwork and community that fosters collaboration

Leadership relies not only on skill but also?

enthusiasm, integrity, courage and humility

Management focuses on?

establishing detailed plans and schedules for achieving specific results, then allocating resources to accomplish a plan

Great Man theory

granddaddy of leadership concepts. in organizations social movements, religions, governments, and military have conceptualized as a single "great man" who put everything together

Successful leaders do what?

harness and make the most of ideas, talent and resources from across boundaries of all kinds

What is becoming more important than financial capital?

human capital

What do the best leaders of today accept?

inevitability of change and crisis and tap into the as potential sources of energy and self renewal

Influence Theory

influence people to change by providing inspiring vision of the future and shaping it into culture and values needed to attain it.

Leadership focuses on?

investing more into people so they are energized and inspired to accomplish goals

James McGregor said what regarding leadership?

is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth.

What is one reason to shift from hero to being humble

it is less realistic for an individual leader to meet all the challenges a team or organization faces in a complex and rapidly changing world

What does an emphasis on control and rigidity do within an organization?

it serves ti squelch motivation, innovation and morale rather than produce desired results

Contingency Theories

leaders can analyze their situation and tailor behavior to improve leadership effectiveness

change

leadership involves creating change, not maintaining the status quo

Rational theory

leadership is viewed as a rational process that meaningfully engages all participants and enables each person to contribute to achieving the vision

Leadership provides?

learning opportunities so people can expand their minds and abilities and assume responsibility for their own actions

A hero leader will act close to what?

making more risky and daring decisions often without considering the greater good

intention

means that people, are actively involved in the pursuit of change

influence

means that the relationship among people is not passive

A humble leader will?

seek advice and take the time to think through the possible consequences of his or her actions

Effective leaders do what with power?

share the power rather than hoard it and find ways to increase an organizations brainpower by getting everyone involved and committed

Self directed teams and other forms of horizontal collaboration do what within an organization?

spread the knowledge and information

Management entails organizing a structure to accomplish?

staffing the structure with employees, developing policies, procedures and systems to direct employees and monitor implantation of the plan

Trait Theories

studies of these larger than life leaders spurred research into the various traits that defined a leader

management

the attainment of organizational goals in an effective and efficient manner through planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling organizational resources

Behavior theories

the failure to identify a universal set of leadership traits led researchers in 1950 to begin looking at what a leader does rather than who he or she is

Defining leadership is a complex and elusive problem largely because?

the nature of leadership itself is complex

What is one of the most challenging job for a leader?

to enable people to embrace and use their power effectively