click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Leadership Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Leader | a person or animal who leads |
| Leadership | the office or position of a leader |
| Power | ability to act or produce an effect |
| Position Power | the authority and influence an individual holds due to their specific rank, title, or role within an organization’s hierarchy. |
| Reward Power | a form of positional power where leaders influence employee behavior by providing, or promising, tangible and intangible incentives |
| Expert Power | a form of personal power based on an individual's superior knowledge, skills, experience, or expertise in a specific subject |
| 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 |
| Human Relations | a study of human problems arising from organizational and interpersonal relations (as in industry) |
| Integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values |
| Autocratic Leadership | one person controls all the decisions and takes very little inputs from other group members |
| Democratic Leadership | is a collaborative style where leaders encourage team members to participate in decision-making, fostering high engagement, innovation, and morale |
| Free-rein Leadership | passive management style where leaders provide minimal supervision, allowing highly skilled team members to make decisions, set goals, and solve problems independently |
| Delegate | representative to a convention or conference |
| Self-managed teams | empowered groups that organize and control their own work toward shared goals, deciding what, who, and when tasks are done, |
| Open Leader | someone who fosters transparency, inclusivity, and collaboration by empowering teams, sharing information freely, and creating psychological safety, |
| Situational Leader | an adaptive, flexible management style where leaders adjust their approach based on the specific situation, task, and the performance readiness |