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Leadership Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Leader | A person who has commanding authority or influence |
| Leadership | The act or an instance of leading |
| Power | One having such power. Possession of control, authority, or influence over others |
| Position Power | is the power a person drives from a particular office or rank in a formal organizational system |
| Reward Power | the use of rewards to get an employee to follow an instruction or order, with power coming from one’s ability to withhold the reward for noncompliance. |
| Expert Power | the use of (the perception of) expert knowledge to get a subordinate to follow an instruction or order. |
| Identity Power | ability to influence others based on their identity with the person |
| Leadership Style | the manner and approach of providing direction, implementing plans, and motivating people to accomplish a task |
| Initiative | a new plan or action to improve something or solve a problem |
| Human Relations | is the process of training employees, addressing their needs, fostering a workplace culture and resolving conflicts between different employees or between employees and management. |
| Integrity | integrity is doing what you say you're going to do even when there's no one there to see you doing it. It also means owning up to your mistakes and remaining accountable. |
| Autocratic Leadership | one person controls all the decisions and takes very little inputs from other group members |
| Democratic Leadership | is a type of leadership style in which members of the group take a more participative role in the decision-making process |
| Free-rein Leadership | a type of leadership style in which leaders are hands-off and allow group members to make the decisions |
| Delegate | entrust a task or responsibility to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself |
| Self-managed teams | is a group of employees that's responsible and accountable for all or most aspects of producing a product or delivering a service. |
| Open Leader | having the confidence and humility to give up the need to be in control while inspiring commitment from people to accomplish goals |
| Situational Leader | when the leader or manager of an organization must adjust his style to fit the development level of the followers he is trying to influence. |