Leadership Fundamentals
The approach to studying leadership that focuses on the leader's stable, inherited characteristics
What is the trait approach?
The leader role that is characterized by participation in ceremonial activities on behalf of the organization/group
What is the figurehead role?
Leadership behavior that involves creating an environment of emotional support
What is consideration behavior?
A leader's potential or capacity to influence others
What is power?
The ability to interpret someone else's unfamiliar gestures the same way his compatriots would.
What is cultural intelligence (CQ)?
The type of learning that contributes to leadership development through a process of questioning one's beliefs and adopting multiple perspectives.
What is double-loop learning?
What is the socialized power motive?
The leadership theory that emphasizes the match between the leader's style and the situation
What is Fiedler's Contingency Theory?
What are political behaviors/tactics?
The influence of a moral person who moves others to do the right things in the right way for the right reasons
What is ethical leadership?
A disadvantage of hiring an organizational outsider for a key leadership position.
What is a lack of understanding of how to bring about change?
The type of leadership that requires an ability to inspire others through a strong vision and storytelling
What is charismatic (or transformational) leadership?
This type of leader behavior emphasizes the production and technical aspects of the job
What is initiating structure (or task-based leadership)?
One of the three possible outcomes of a leader using influence tactics
What is:
Commitment
Compliance
Resistance?
The ethical decision-making framework that emphasizes adherence to core principles or values - doing 'what's right' regardless of consequences
What is the deontological framework?
An organization's formal process for identifying and developing potential leaders
What is succession planning?
An individual who is viewed and treated as a leader by others, even though he or she has not been given a formal leadership role
Who is an emergent leader?
A situational leadership theory in which the leader examines the elements in the situation to determine the most effective decision-making style
What is the normative decision model?
Using logical arguments and factual evidence to influence another person
What is rational persuasion?
Perceptions people hold about their level of belonging and uniqueness within a group
What is inclusion?
A leadership development method in which an individual draws upon a collection of experienced leaders for career and relational support
What is composite mentoring (or a developmental network)?
A leader characteristic that is a key element of transformational leadership
What is charisma?
The type of leadership style that tends to be most effective with capable and motivated employees
What is participative leadership?
OR hands-off/delegating/laissez-faire
The influence tactic that involves emphasizing how carrying out a request will benefit the target personally
What is apprising?
One of the three potential problems with using brainstorming in groups to generate creative ideas
What is:
social loafing OR
creative anxiety/fear of judgment OR
production blocking?