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Joining Together: Group Theory and Group Skills, 10eDavid W. Johnson & Frank P. Johnson

© 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.All Rights Reserved.

LeadershipLeadership

Chapter 4Chapter 4

Joining TogetherJoining Together



What Makes a Leader a What Makes a Leader a Leader?Leader?







Theories of LeadershipTheories of Leadership



Trait Theories of LeadershipTrait Theories of Leadership

►Leaders are born, not made. “Great Leaders are born, not made. “Great man/woman”man/woman”

►Which traits are essential for Which traits are essential for leadership?leadership? Findings: intelligence, initiative, Findings: intelligence, initiative,

sense of humor, extroversion, sense of humor, extroversion, personal adjustment, etc. personal adjustment, etc.

BUT little predictive or diagnostic BUT little predictive or diagnostic valuevalue



Leadership is defined as a uniqueLeadership is defined as a unique

aspect of extraordinary individuals aspect of extraordinary individuals whose actions and decisions are whose actions and decisions are sometimes capable of radically sometimes capable of radically changing the history. changing the history.

The traits of a leader are who have The traits of a leader are who have energy, drive, self-confidence, and energy, drive, self-confidence, and determination. determination.





Charismatic and Machiavellian Charismatic and Machiavellian LeadersLeaders





Leadership StylesLeadership Styles



►Style: refers to the way in which smtg Style: refers to the way in which smtg is said or done.is said or done.

►Three main styles of leadership: Three main styles of leadership:

autocratic leader, democratic leader, autocratic leader, democratic leader, and laissez faire leader. and laissez faire leader.







Influence Theory of Influence Theory of LeadershipLeadership







Role Position Approach to Role Position Approach to Leadership Leadership





Situational Theories of Situational Theories of LeadershipLeadership



Hersey and Blanchard’s Theory Hersey and Blanchard’s Theory of Situational Leadershipof Situational Leadership

P. Hersey & K. Blanchard, P. Hersey & K. Blanchard, Management of Management of organizational behavior: organizational behavior: Utilizing human Utilizing human resources, 3resources, 3rdrd ed. ed. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1977)Prentice Hall, 1977)



Organizational LeadershipOrganizational Leadership



SummarySummary

► Small group leadership has been Small group leadership has been conceptualized in lots of different waysconceptualized in lots of different ways

► Organizational leadership involves Organizational leadership involves challenging the status quo, inspiring a challenging the status quo, inspiring a mutual vision, empowering members through mutual vision, empowering members through teams, leading by example, and by teams, leading by example, and by encouraging the heart encouraging the heart

► Leadership and participation need to be Leadership and participation need to be distributed among all group members distributed among all group members Higher productivity (the resources of all members Higher productivity (the resources of all members

are used)are used) Commitment to implementing the group decisionsCommitment to implementing the group decisions Satisfaction with group membershipSatisfaction with group membership

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