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Leadership Vocab
Business & Tech
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Leader | a person who leads/commands a group, organization, or gathering of people |
| Leadership | the act of leading a group of people or an organization |
| Power | the ability to do something or act in a particular way |
| Position Power | authority and influence bestowed by a position on whoever is occupying it |
| Reward Power | the power of a higher level to give some type of reward to a subordinate to influence the subordinates act |
| Expert Power | power based upon subordinates perception that a higher level has a level of knowlege that other people do not possess |
| 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 |
| Intiative | the power or opportunity to act or take charge before others do |
| Human Relations | relations with or between people, particularly the treatment of people in a professional context |
| Integrity | the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles |
| Autocratic Leadership | one person controls all the decisons and takes very little inputs from other group members |
| Democratic Leadership | members of a group have a participative role in the decision making process |
| Free-rein leadership | leaders are hands-off and allow group members to make the decisions |
| Delegate | entrust a task or responsibilty to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself |
| Self-managed teams | a self organized group of employees whose members determine plans, activities, and duties |
| 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 their style to fit the development level of the followers they're trying to influence |