Unit 19_Chapter 3_understanding leadership attributes and skills

• BTEC
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Program for this week

- Chapter 3

- Update your team member about your part of the summery

- Start up task B

After this week you will be able to:

Define the attributes and skills needed by a teamleader

What's good leadership
in your opinion

Leadership skills

- important

- Leaders get things done

- make changes happen

- gives direction to others 

- enables (in staat stellen) to follow a chosen path

Good management vs good leadership

Leadership styles

- The way in which a person tries to lead over others in a period of time.

- a chosen approach

- determines the way others 

see or react on them

Leadership styles

• Autocratic; "Do as I say
• Democratic: "What do you think?"
• Participative: "Can we agree on that?"
• Laissez-faire: " Decide for yourself"
  

Activity

Read the leadership styles on p.375 and describe the different styles in your own words

Impact of different leadership styles

- Style effect on team performence

3 factors to consider

1. prefered management style of the leader
2. the style of leadership that a team is used to or prefers
3. the situation in which the team operates (e.g. urgent task -> autocratic)
   

Activity: leadership styles

Read and make activity on p. 376 with your team.

Adapting leadership style according to situation

Style depends on wether the situation facing management is favourable or unfavourable.

Favourable when:

• popular leader
• well defined task
• high power of the leader
  

What is the "best-fit" approach concerning leaderhip styles

1. Autocratic
2. One style in all circumstances
3. Democratic
4. Diffirent styles in different circumstances

Homework

Read page 378-380

Make a powerpoint as a team about Chapter 3.3

Ik will pick two teams to give the presentation (max 10 minutes)

Before wrapping up

Let's do the 

chair challenge