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Leadership Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Leader | a guiding or directing head, as of an army, movement, or political group |
Leadership | the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group |
Power | ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something |
Position Power | power a person drives from a particular office or rank in a formal organizational system |
Reward Power | conveyed through rewarding individuals for compliance with one's wishes |
Expert Power | power based upon employees perception |
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 | the relationships between groups of people, especially between different workers in an organization or business |
Integrity | ability to act with honesty and be consistent in whatever it is you are doing based on the particular moral value or belief compass you have |
Autocratic Leadership | one person controls all the decisions and takes very little inputs from other group members |
Democratic Leadership | type of leadership style in which members of the group take a more participative role in the decision-making process |
Free-rein Leadership | type of leadership style in which leaders are hands-off and allow group members to make the decisions |
Delegate | the assignment of authority to another person to carry out specific activities |
Self-managed teams | responsible and accountable for all or most aspects of making a product and/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 | an adaptive leadership style. This strategy encourages leaders to take stock of their team members |