Behavioral Leadership Overview
What is the main focus of the Behavioral Approach to leadership?
What is the Behavioral Approach focuses on what leaders do rather than who they are?
Which two universities conducted foundational studies on the Behavioral Approach to leadership?
What is Ohio State University and the University of Michigan?
What is the main priority of task-oriented leaders?
What is achieving goals and ensuring tasks are completed?
What do people-oriented leaders prioritize?
What is relationships and team well-being?
What two concerns does Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid focus on?
What is concern for people and concern for tasks?
When did the Behavioral Approach to leadership first emerge?
What is the 1940s and 1950s.
What two types of leadership behaviors were identified in the Ohio State and Michigan studies?
What is task-oriented and people-oriented?
Give an example of a task-oriented leadership action.
What is setting clear goals or assigning responsibilities?
Give an example of a people-oriented leadership action.
What is checking in on team morale or promoting teamwork?
What leadership style in the Managerial Grid emphasizes high task focus and low people focus?
What is Authority-Compliance style?
True or False: The Behavioral Approach is centered on traits and characteristics.
What is False?
Who expanded the ideas from the Ohio State and Michigan studies with their Managerial Grid?
Who is Blake and Mouton?
In what kind of environment is task-oriented leadership typically most effective?
What is fast-paced environments where efficiency is key?
What is the focus of people-oriented leadership?
What is fostering a positive work environment and improving communication?
What is the ideal leadership style according to the Managerial Grid?
What is Team Management, where both task and people concerns are balanced?
What two types of leadership behaviors does the Behavioral Approach focus on?
What is task-oriented and people-oriented behaviors?
What did the Michigan study focus on in leadership behaviors?
What is the Michigan study focused on production-oriented and employee-oriented behaviors?
True or False: Task-oriented leaders prioritize relationships over task completion.
What is False?
True or False: People-oriented leaders are not highly structured and focused on efficiency.
What is True?
What leadership style in the Managerial Grid is focused more on people than on tasks?
What is Country Club style?