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Leadership Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Leader | – The person who takes control and leads the coworkers around them. |
| Leadership | – A trait used by people that helps them lead others. |
| Power | - The capacity or ability to influence, direct, or control the behavior, actions, and decisions of others |
| Position Power | - The formal authority and influence granted to an individual based on their specific title, rank, or position within an organization's hierarchy. |
| Reward Power | - a form of positional, organizational authority allowing leaders to influence employee behavior by providing tangible or intangible incentives due to high performance. |
| Expert Power | - a form of informal, personal influence derived from a person’s recognized, superior knowledge, skills, or experience in a specific area. |
| 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 planned, strategic effort or campaign a company undertakes to achieve specific, significant goals, drive internal change, or implement a new strategy |
| Human Relations | - the study and practice of managing interpersonal, group, and organizational interactions to foster a positive, productive, and collaborative work environment. |
| Integrity | - consistently acting with strong moral and ethical principles, being honest, transparent, and accountable in all operations |
| Autocratic Leadership | - one person controls all the decisions and takes very little inputs from other group members |
| Democratic Leadership | - a management style where leaders empower team members to participate in decision-making, fostering collaboration, open communication, and high employee engagement. |
| Free-rein Leadership | - a hands-off, delegative management style where leaders provide minimal supervision, granting team members high autonomy to make decisions and solve problems. |
| Delegate | - entrust a task or responsibility to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself |
| Self-managed teams | - a group of employees who work together toward a common goal without direct, day-to-day supervision or a traditional hierarchical manager |
| 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 | - The Situational Leadership Model is a flexible framework that enables leaders to tailor their approach to the needs of their team or individual members. |