CH. 1 What do we mean by Leadership?

successful managers

(those promoted quickly through the ranks) spend relatively more time than others in organizational socializing and politicking; and they spend relatively less time than the latter on traditional management responsibilities like planning and decision making

the three myths about leadership

1. Good leadership is all common sense 2. Leaders are born, not made 3. The only school you learn leadership from is the school of hard knocks

Followers

Following aspects affect the leadership process: expectations personality traits maturity levels levels of competence motivation

heroic theory

The assumption that leadership is a general personal trait expressed independently of the situation in which the leadership was manifested

constructionist approach

Views leadership as combined acts of leading and following by different individuals, whatever their formal titles or position in an organization may be

interactive leadership

developed by women's socialization experiences and career paths based on enhancing others' self-worth and believing that the best performance results when people are excited about their work and feel good about themselves

Glass cliff

female candidates for an executive position are more likely to be hired than equally qualified male candidates when an organization's performance is declining

in-group

high degree of mutual influence and attraction between the leader and a few subordinates. can be distinguished by their high degree of loyalty, commitment, and trust felt toward the leader.

Situation

leadership makes sense in the context of how the leader and followers interact in a given situation most ambiguous aspect of the leadership framework

effective managers

make real contributions to their organization's performance

romance of leadership

may be a cultural myth that has utility primarily insofar as it affects how people create meaning about causal events in complex social systems

out-group

other subordinates

interactional framework

the framework depicts leadership as a function of three elements - leader, follower, situation

stereotype threat

the person's awareness of being judged by stereotypes can have a harmful impact on performance

Leadership

the process of influencing an organized group toward accomplishing its goals

management

thought to do things right Administer maintain control have a short term view ask how and when imitate accept the status quo

leader

what the leader brings AS AN INDIVIDUAL includes: unique personal history Interests Character traits Motivation generally calm and not prone to emotional outburst