Chapter 4 - Leaders as Individual
Being conscious of the internal aspects of one’s nature, such as personality traits, emotions, values, attitudes, and perceptions, and appreciating how your patterns affect other people
What is Self-Awareness?
Theories people hold about specific systems in the world and their expected behavior
Distinguishing right from wrong and doing right; seeking the just, honest, and good in the practice of leadership
What is Moral Leadership?
Consciously and deliberately developing a meaningful, task-related, mutually respectful relationship with your direct superiors
What is Managing up?
This Thursday in class.
Characteristics or habits that people are not aware of or don’t recognize as problems but which limit their effectiveness and hinder their career success
What are Blind spots?
The ability of managers to appreciate and influence individuals, groups, organizations, and systems that represent different social, cultural, political, institutional, intellectual, or psychological characteristics
What is Global Mindset?
A belief that leaders are deeply accountable to others as well as to the organization, without trying to control others, define meaning and purpose for others, or take care of others
What is Stewardship?
Thinking independently and being mindful of the effects of one’s own and other people’s behavior on achieving the organization’s vision
What is Critical Thinking?
Explain how to coach an employee in your own way.
Be a facilitator, develop the employee, and do not be a fixer.
Defines whether a person places the primary responsibility for what happens to him or her within himself/herself or on outside forces
What is Locus of Control?
The ability to see the synergy of the whole rather than just the separate elements of a system and to learn to reinforce or change whole system patterns
What is Systems Thinking?
Leadership in which the leader transcends self-interest to serve the needs of others, help others grow, and provide opportunities for others to gain materially and emotionally
What is Servant Leadership?
Using evaluation and communication to help individuals and the organization learn and improve
What is Feedback?
The mental and moral strength to engage in, persevere through, and withstand danger, difficulty, or fear
What is Courage?
The belief that power and status differences should exist in an organization
What is Authoritarianism?
Refers to a person's abilities to perceive, identify, understand, and successfully manage emotions in self and others. Being emotionally intelligent means being able to effectively manage ourselves and our relationships.
What is Emotional Intelligence?
The tendency of people to resist voicing their true thoughts or feelings in order to please others and avoid conflict
What is the Abilene Paradox?
A method of directing or facilitating a follower with the aim of improving specific skills or achieving a specific development goal
What is Leadership Coaching?
The MOL at Chowan University
What is Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership?
Belief that outside forces determine what happens to them
What is External Locus of Control?
A state of focused attention on the present moment and a readiness to create new mental categories in the face of evolving information and shifting circumstances.
What is Mindfulness?
Employee disclosure of illegal, immoral, or unethical practices in the organization
What is Whistleblowing?
A follower that is independent, critical thinker, and is active in the organization.
What is an Effective Follower?
A person's principles or standards of behavior; are one's judgment of what is important in life.
What are Values?