Name and describe the six key elements of Leadership. Focus on description as you are specific on each of the elements.
The six key elements of leadership are influence, intention, personal responsibility and integrity, change, shared purpose, and followers. Influence is a must because it is the power to get people do change their opinions or do things that you want. Intention is when you want or plan to do something and it is important for leaders to have good intentions. Good leaders should have personal responsibility and integrity which basically means taking responsibility for your actions and knowing the difference between right and wrong. A good leader accepts change and can adapt. Things are always evolving and a good leader …show more content…
L. (2011). The Leadership Experience (5th ed.). Mason: Thomson Learning. Pages 15 - 16
4. Describe how leadership has evolved through the four leadership eras. What are the implications?
The first era of leadership was considered the Great Era of Man and was considered pre- industrial and pre-bureaucratic. The leaders of this time were seen as heroes and emphasized personal traits. The second era of leadership saw the beginnings of a hierarchy of authority.
Employees were told what, where, when, and how to do their jobs and were expected to do exactly as they are told. Leaders controlled everything making it a stable environment. The third era started with leadership being very unstable. There were a couple of scandals that caused major problems for leaders during this era. The most important leadership trait was influence because businesses had to change how they did things. There was also not a single leader, but a team of leaders working together. During the fourth era digital information became a key player and the learning leader became the focus. They had to constantly change and learn to keep up with the ever changing ways to do business. The implications of the different leadership eras is that leadership reflects the era or …show more content…
Each relationship is tailored to the employee, meaning that the leader will interact with that employee in a way that he or she knows will cause that employee to follow their directions. There are three stages of development for this type of leadership. The first is the acknowledgement of a relationship between a leader and each person on their team rather than the group as a whole, this state is called the Vertical Dyad Linkage Model. The next stage is called the Leader-Member Exchange and studies the interaction between the leader and his or her employees to see how successful it is. The last stage is called Partnership Building and its main focus is to see if the leader can have relationships with a large group of followers.
Daft, R. L. (2011). The Leadership Experience (5th ed.). Mason: Thomson
The six key elements of leadership are influence, intention, personal responsibility and integrity, change, shared purpose, and followers. Influence is a must because it is the power to get people do change their opinions or do things that you want. Intention is when you want or plan to do something and it is important for leaders to have good intentions. Good leaders should have personal responsibility and integrity which basically means taking responsibility for your actions and knowing the difference between right and wrong. A good leader accepts change and can adapt. Things are always evolving and a good leader …show more content…
L. (2011). The Leadership Experience (5th ed.). Mason: Thomson Learning. Pages 15 - 16
4. Describe how leadership has evolved through the four leadership eras. What are the implications?
The first era of leadership was considered the Great Era of Man and was considered pre- industrial and pre-bureaucratic. The leaders of this time were seen as heroes and emphasized personal traits. The second era of leadership saw the beginnings of a hierarchy of authority.
Employees were told what, where, when, and how to do their jobs and were expected to do exactly as they are told. Leaders controlled everything making it a stable environment. The third era started with leadership being very unstable. There were a couple of scandals that caused major problems for leaders during this era. The most important leadership trait was influence because businesses had to change how they did things. There was also not a single leader, but a team of leaders working together. During the fourth era digital information became a key player and the learning leader became the focus. They had to constantly change and learn to keep up with the ever changing ways to do business. The implications of the different leadership eras is that leadership reflects the era or …show more content…
Each relationship is tailored to the employee, meaning that the leader will interact with that employee in a way that he or she knows will cause that employee to follow their directions. There are three stages of development for this type of leadership. The first is the acknowledgement of a relationship between a leader and each person on their team rather than the group as a whole, this state is called the Vertical Dyad Linkage Model. The next stage is called the Leader-Member Exchange and studies the interaction between the leader and his or her employees to see how successful it is. The last stage is called Partnership Building and its main focus is to see if the leader can have relationships with a large group of followers.
Daft, R. L. (2011). The Leadership Experience (5th ed.). Mason: Thomson