In the seventh edition of “Leadership: Theory and Practice”, Peter Northouse presents and explains a variety of leadership approaches such as the Trait Approach, Skills Approach, Behavioral Approach, and Situational Leadership Approach. All of these appraoches attempt to answer the age old question: “What makes a leader a leader?”
The first leadership theory that is mentioned in Northouse’s book is the Trait Approach, which was one of the first organized attempts to answer the questions about leadership (p. 19). The Trait Approach focuses exclusively on the qualities and characters of a person and measures their ability to be a leader. I have experienced the use of the Trait Approach in my personal life, most notably at my church.To be asked …show more content…
43). The Skills Approach places importance on skills and abilities that can be both learned and matured. The Three-Skill Approach, researched exhaustively by Robert Katz, takes into account a leader’s technical, human, and conceptual skill and is the cornerstone of the Skills Approach. The Three-Skill Approach has played out in in my experience with Joni and Friends Family Retreat, where I have served as a Short Term Missionary every summer since 2012. Family Retreat is a retreat designed for families affected by special needs to be served by people who enjoy serving people with special needs and their families.From my experience, I have learned and matured my Technical Human Skill of working closely with and having relationships with people with special needs. Learning about the Skills Approach reminded me that the Technical Human Skills that I have learned from my experience at Family Retreat are skills not everyone has. I hope that as I continue to develop this skill I can be a mentor to inexperienced Short Term Missionaries at future Family …show more content…
71). This approach measures a leaders task and relationship behaviors on a one (low) to nine (high) scale and cateorgizes the leader into one of five categories.In my work history, I worked for a gentleman at a coffee shop in Ann Arbor who I categorize as an “Authority-Compliance Manager, a leader who places most of the importance on the task and getting the job done. My boss at the coffee shop was concerned about the sales and how customers were being treated, but did not communicate with his employees unless it was absolutely necessary and only about business. Learning about the different ways to categorize leader 's behaviors gives me a better idea of where I place the most emphasis and how to better follow leaders with different
The first leadership theory that is mentioned in Northouse’s book is the Trait Approach, which was one of the first organized attempts to answer the questions about leadership (p. 19). The Trait Approach focuses exclusively on the qualities and characters of a person and measures their ability to be a leader. I have experienced the use of the Trait Approach in my personal life, most notably at my church.To be asked …show more content…
43). The Skills Approach places importance on skills and abilities that can be both learned and matured. The Three-Skill Approach, researched exhaustively by Robert Katz, takes into account a leader’s technical, human, and conceptual skill and is the cornerstone of the Skills Approach. The Three-Skill Approach has played out in in my experience with Joni and Friends Family Retreat, where I have served as a Short Term Missionary every summer since 2012. Family Retreat is a retreat designed for families affected by special needs to be served by people who enjoy serving people with special needs and their families.From my experience, I have learned and matured my Technical Human Skill of working closely with and having relationships with people with special needs. Learning about the Skills Approach reminded me that the Technical Human Skills that I have learned from my experience at Family Retreat are skills not everyone has. I hope that as I continue to develop this skill I can be a mentor to inexperienced Short Term Missionaries at future Family …show more content…
71). This approach measures a leaders task and relationship behaviors on a one (low) to nine (high) scale and cateorgizes the leader into one of five categories.In my work history, I worked for a gentleman at a coffee shop in Ann Arbor who I categorize as an “Authority-Compliance Manager, a leader who places most of the importance on the task and getting the job done. My boss at the coffee shop was concerned about the sales and how customers were being treated, but did not communicate with his employees unless it was absolutely necessary and only about business. Learning about the different ways to categorize leader 's behaviors gives me a better idea of where I place the most emphasis and how to better follow leaders with different