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Enhancing Group

and Team Leadership

Joe, Naomi, Katie, Erica, Lee, and ChrisMay 5, 2006

Leadership Styles Approach Trait Approach Situational Approach

– Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard

Functional Approach Transformational Approach

Door number 1 Door number 2 Door number 3

Three Styles Approach

Who put him in charge?

Who makes the decisions?

Does anyone get a say? Door Number 1:

Authoritarian

What do YOU think?

Wow! That was a really good idea!

Thank you all for working together!

Door Number 2: Democratic

Bored and unresponsive

Whatever attitude

Nothing gets accomplished

Door Number 3: Laissez-faire

Leadership Traits

Physical

Social

Personality

Physical

Make a good first impression

Appearance isn’t everything

Social Charismatic Charming Tactful Popular Cooperative Diplomatic

Personality Self confidence Ambition Taking the initiative Responsibility

No guarantees

Situational Approach

Three key factors to determine the most effective leadership style.

Most often used to train managers in corporate settings

Three Key Factors

1. Relationship Behavior2. Task Behavior3. Maturity

Style of Leader Once these factors are considered

leaders are able to gauge what style of leadership to use

Four styles of leaders Participating Selling Delegating Telling

Leadership Model

Functional Approach

Task Needs

TeamMaintenance

NeedsIndividual

Needs

Task Functions

Leadership behavior that helps accomplish group’s goal

Already assumed by most group members

Process Functions Leadership behavior that helps

maintain a positive group Usually, process functions are not

formally assigned

Transformational Leadership

The transformational leader influences the group by transforming the group

– giving it a new vision

– energizing the culture

– giving the group a new structure

Transformational Leadership

Peter Senge’s rules in transformational leadership

– Build a shared vision

– Challenge existing ways of thinking

– Be a system thinker

Transformational Leadership

The transformational leader is unique because of the ability to paint a picture of the future for the group members

Transformational Leadership

Establish quality interpersonal relationships with each other - Provide inspiration

- Motivation - Intellectual

stimulation