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Leadership effectiveness
Chapter 13
Leaderchip can be learned
Self-leadership, control over your lifer
Steps for being a good leader
1rst
what leader behaviors do I use?
Get feedback from others about
why they think you're good or bad leader.
2nd
Proclaim yourself as a leader in your daily situations.
3 ways
Direct approach:
Be leader in groups to start the meeting.
Direct claims of leadership:
Dress as leader, talk about your relationship with leaders, etc.
Acting in ways people think an effective leader would do:
Supportiveness, compassion, empowerment, etc.
3rd
Develop a learning goal orientation
Learning goals focuses on learning. So, you should
execute and plan
you learning process on leadership.
4th
Experiment and seek feedback
Try many different styles
of leadership according to the situation and ask whom you trust to provide you feedback.
Ask for details on how you can improve.
13.1 Making sense of leadership theories
MAJOR QUESTION:
How does having an integrated model of leadership
help me become an effective leader?
It's possible because y
ou analyze the topic and relate the factors that influence mainly to it. F
or instance, you know -using this model- that you should train the different 4 types of leadership behavior and also act according to the situation at the right time to be an effective leader.
Importance of leadership
Able to influence others, to aspire, dream and do more in an organization to achieve a common goal.
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” —John Quincy Adams
Integrated Model of relationship
Fig 13.2, pag 506
To be a effective leader, you need to act according to situation at the time
(Situation factors)
How can I call apart
Leading and Managing
?
Managers
Control, investigating, planning and organizing.
They implement the vision.
Conclusion
Although both terms are not the same,
effective leadership
requires managerial skills at some level. So, they're related.
Leaders are not necessarily good managers and viceversa.
Leaders
Influence to rally, join a common goal.
They create a vision and strategic plan
for the company.
13.2 TRAIT THEORIES: DO LEADERS POSSESS UNIQUE TRAITS AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS?
MAJOR QUESTION:
How can I use trait theories to improve my ability to lead?
Identify you stregnts and weaknessess of your traits to enhance or avoid them based on research
For example, developing a high emotional intelligence, now that we know leaders with this trait are more effective. Another example would be developing skills of a good leader.
Differentiate yourself as a leader.
Trait thories
Trait theorists believe that leadership can be developed
through experience and learning
The purpose is to
identify personality traits and interpersonal attributes that differentiates them.
What core traits do Leaders possess?
Según meta-análisis
Orientado al trabajo
Extroversión (+)
Agradabilidad (+)
Habilidades comunicativas (+)
Inteligencia emocional (+)
Narcisismo (−)
Many leaders emerge from this trait, although is counterproductive.
Maquiavelismo (−)
Manipulate people to get wanted results. They also tend to be leader.
Psicopatía (-)
Lack of concern or guilt when harming others. Tendency to be leader as well.
Atributos interpersonales
Inteligencia
Consciencia
Abierto a la experiencia
Estabilidad emocional
What Role Does Emotional Intelligence Play in
Leadership Effectiveness?
Transformational leadership
People with high EQ go
to the path of transformational leadership. They
behave possitively to get that result.
Leadership effectiveness
Leader can act more effectively, but it's not the main variable.
What Are the Take-Aways from Trait Theory?
conclusions
Leadership traits are vey important for leading effectively
Many companies are training their leaders
Table 13.1 shows what traits you may enhance and which not to be a good leader.
It'd good if all the
organizations promote
their employees
using personality and trait assessments.
The ability to influence a variety of people
(global mindset) is what makes a good leader in task-oriented trait.
Do Women and Men Display
the Same Leadership Traits?
According to research
Según género
Hombres
Orientados más al liderazgo de trabajo
Su estilo general es autocrático y directo.
Mujeres
Orientados más al liderazgo de relaciones
Liderazgo suele ser democrático
How Important Are Knowledge
and Skills?
Habilidades de un líder
It's very important!
cognitivo
Se debe actuar rápido con poca información.
interpersonal
Comunicarse bien con diversas personas.
Negocios
Ser buen negociador para crecer la organización..
Estratégico
Tener habilidades para planificar para un buen desepeño de la organización.
Do perceptions matter?
Of course, according to
IImplicit leadership theory...
Leadership prototype
Dominant Man
During war or conflicts
Trustworthy Women
During peacetime
Young
Challenges
Old
Traditional knowledge
Can be a bias
13.3 BEHAVIORAL THEORIES: WHICH LEADER
BEHAVIORS DRIVE EFFECTIVENESS?
MAJOR QUESTION: Do effective leaders behave in similar ways?
YES, they do, but their behavior is based on the circunstances
. It's not specific. If you wanna be a leader, you should train these behaviors.
Behavioral styles tries to identify behaviors of effective leaders
4 categories for Leader Behaviors
Task-oriented
Help others reach their goal.
Initiating Structure
Maximize all employees' effective performance
.
Transactional leadership
Reward or punish employees according to how well they have
progressed or
performed to achieve the wanted results.
Relationship-oriented
Improve skills and
create a positive work environment
4 behaviors
Consideration
Mutual respect
and prioritize their needs and desires.
Empowerment
Leader's ability to make employees believe they have control over their work
(Psychological empowerement).
How?
Bezos' strategy
5 more items...
Servant-leadership
Full service to employees, customers and community rather than oneself.
It gives support and growth opportunities to employees.
1 more item...
Ethical-leadership
Moral model,
rewarding ethical behavior and promoting moral values.
Positevely related with commitment, motivation and task performance mainly.
Passive
Also called
Laissez-faire leadership, which is failure at leading
Negative impact,
lack of leadership.
How to deal with passive leaders?
Seek the assistance of another high-ranked person in the organization.
Talk tou your team to see their point of view.
What Are the Take-Aways from Behavioral Theory?
To be effective,
behavior is more important than traits
in leaders' effectiveness.
Leader behaviors can be improved or developed.
No specifis style of leadership effectiveness
because it depends on the situation.
Transformational (discussed later)
13.4 CONTINGENCY THEORIES: DOES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LEADERSHIP DEPEND ON THE SITUATION?
MAJOR QUESTION: How Do I Know When to Use a Specific Leader Behavior?
Analyse according to many factors, employee characteristics, environmental situation and other depending on what is the organization about.
Practice, get feedback to sharpen your leader behavior.
Contingency theory
Styles of behaviors are more effective according to the situation.
2 theories
Fieldler's Contingency Model
Leader behavior matches the situation
Understanding the process
Two key leadership styles
Task Orientation and Relationship Orientation
1 more item...
Three dimensions of situational control
Influence and control a leader has in his environment.
6 more items...
House's path-goal
If employees are satisfied with their leader, then that's effective.
Figure 13.4, pag 524.
Match between leadership behavior and contingency factors.
Putting theory into action
Examples
Locus of control regarding employees
2 more items...
Task structure
2 more items...
Does it work?
3 key point from this theory
Use the 8 types of leader behavior of this theory to fit in a situation.
Help employees reach their goals
Change your leadership style based on environmental factors and employee characteristics.
Applying them
5 steps
Identify the goals, outcomes as a leader
See which leader behavior fits.
Think of other situational factors that might occur and plan a way to overcome it.
Analyse and find the best leader behavior for the situation at hand.
Change the leader behavior or position if it doesn't match the situation.
13.5 Transformational leadership: How do leaders transform employees' motives?
MAJOR QUESTION: How can I use transformational leadership when working
with others?:
Its effectiveness varies according to organizational culture
. However, by developing skills like
inspirational motivation, idealized influence, individualized consideration and intellectual stimulation,
you can motivate you co-workers in order to continue trying to fulfill the organization's goal.
A model of transformational leadership
Transformational leaders make followers' goal allign to the organization.
They seek for it over self-interests.
How? 4 key behaviors
Inspirational motivation
The leader shares a vision using charisma, emotional arguments and with a great enthusiam
.
Idealized influence
Establish respect and trust within employees.
Individualized consideration
Provide empowerment, support and coaching to employees.
Intellectual stimulation
Task-oriented, solve the company's problems by innovative or difficult solutions.
Fig 13.5, pag 528
How it works?
Transformational leader usually are
high extroverted, high agreeable, proactive and low neurotic.
High EQ and tend to be female!!!
Organizational culture greatly influences in transformational leadership performance.
5 managerial implications
Inspirational motivation
is the 1rst step for transformational leadership, why?
Vision fosters excitment and commitment.
Best leaders uses all types of behavior, not only transformational.
Outcomes
at the individual, group and organizational levels are greatly
affected by the four types of transformational leadership.
Use also transformational leader behavior in a virtually way.
This type of leader can be ethical or unethical.
Hitler?
13.6 Additional perspectives on leadership
MAJOR QUESTION: How can more recent approaches to leadership improve my
effectiveness at work?
Considering the 3 variables we discussed in this chapter,
LMX helps you improve your relationship with your boss and co-workers.
Humility challenges your abilities and create a healthier work environment.
Followers' perspective can make you improve you effectiveness acting as a follower of your boss, this creates trust.
3 perspectives
Leader-member exchange (LMX) theory
Focuses on quality of relationships (exchanges)
2 types
In-group exchange
high (positive)
Reciprocal respect, trust and sense of common fate.
out-group exchange
(low, negative)
Negociation between performance and pay (expectations and rewards).
Does the quality of LMX matter?
High LMX
Individual-level behavioral outcomes
e.g. :task-performance, job satisfaction, counterproductive behavior and turnover.
How are LMX relationship formed?
3 variables
3 more items...
Managerial and personal implications
Expectations matter
Leaders should act as expected
and talk about relationships with their team.
Diversity still counts
Don't try to homogene the environment
, because you're rejecting many benefits.
The iniciative is yours
Act to change the environment!!
The Power of Humility
"Something greater than the self exits"
5 key qualities
Self-awareness.
2.
Openess to feedback.
Appreciation of others.
Low self-focus.
Appreciation of the greater good.
A follower point of view
To be a better follower, consider this:
Productive, reliable, honest, cooperative, procative and flexible
More specific...
Understand your boss
Understand your own style
Analyse the 2 previous variables, are they related?
Accommodate you boss leadership style with yours.
3 types
Helpers
Independents (neutral)
Rebels (against)
What do they want from leaders?
Significance, community and excitment.
