Leadership Theories Flashcards

Flashcards on Leadership and Management Theories

Leaders

Drive change, solve complex problems, explore new ideas, and motivate teams using personal style, skills, and staff support.

Managers

Maintain stability, solve routine problems, limit choices, and focus on control, structure, and organization.

Leadership

Creating meaningful change by aligning personal values, vision, and ethics with the culture of a community.

Management

Planning, organizing, directing, and controlling work tasks and systems to ensure quality and results.

Focus of Leadership

Influence individuals within a group by inspiring and motivating them to reach shared goals.

Model the Way

Practice what you preach.

Inspire a Shared Vision

Imagine and share exciting future possibilities.

Challenge the Process

Encourage initiative and innovation.

Enable Others to Act

Build collaboration and empower others.

Encourage the Heart

Celebrate achievements and show gratitude.

Traits of Effective Leaders

Intelligence, integrity, openness, persistence, dominance, initiative, drive, self-confidence, sociability, honesty, cognitive ability, achievement.

Path-Goal Theory

Leaders help employees succeed by increasing rewards, removing obstacles, and giving support.

Good Leadership Behaviors

Motivating and guiding employees; Meeting needs through performance; Building collaboration; Providing needed resources; Role modeling for tasks.

Path-Goal Leadership Behaviors

Clarifying, supportive, participative, achievement-oriented, work facilitation, group decision-making, networking, and value-based leadership.

Transactional Leadership

Leadership based on exchanges: Management by Exception and Contingent Rewards.

Management by Exception-Active

Watch and correct during work.

Management by Exception- Passive

Wait for mistakes, then address.

Contingent Rewards

Give rewards for meeting expectations.

Transformational Leadership

Motivates people by sharing a strong vision, encouraging growth, and inspiring change.

Inspirational Motivation

Share purpose and inspire.

Individualized Consideration

Support personal growth.

Intellectual Stimulation

Encourage problem-solving.

Idealized Influence

Lead by example with charisma.

Directing Leadership Style

Leader gives clear instructions and close supervision.

Coaching Leadership Style

Leader guides but listens to feedback.

Supporting Leadership Style

Leader lets followers make decisions, provides encouragement.

Delegating Leadership Style

Followers take control; leader supports as needed.

Situational Leadership

Choose your leadership style based on follower readiness (skill and commitment).

Skills for Situational Leadership

Assess follower’s readiness; Adjust leadership style; Communicate clearly; Support development and performance.

Servant Leadership

Focuses on serving others first; Leaders support personal growth and treat everyone as equally valuable.

Core Traits of Servant Leaders

Listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptual thinking, foresight, stewardship, commitment, and community building.

Key Behaviors of Servant Leaders

Support growth, empower, act ethically, create community value.

Barriers women face

Historical underrepresentation, ongoing discrimination, caregiving responsibilities, limited mentors/networks, stereotypes and biases.

Authority-Compliance

Focused on tasks, not people.

Social Club

Prioritizes people, not productivity.

Deprived

No concern for tasks or people.

Fence-Sitting

Tries to balance both, avoids conflict.

Team Management

Focuses on both results and relationships.

Cultural Humility Levels

Recognize differences, learn about cultures, Actively engage with diverse groups

Interprofessional Value Levels

Recognize, Understand, and Collaborate effectively on team roles

Effective Communication Levels

Listen well; Understand conflict resolution and leadership styles; Collaborate and resolve issues using theory

Ethical Decision-Making Levels

Understand rules/ethics, Learn theories, Apply theories to solve ethical issues

Perspective Thinking Levels

Recognize viewpoints, Seek out other opinions, Engage with different ideas, stay flexible

Theory U - Open

Let go of assumptions, Take responsibility for your part in problems, Commit to real change.

Attributional Theory

Leaders make sense of behaviors by identifying causes. Example: Noticing why someone didn’t follow through on documentation.

Task Behavior

Telling people what and how to do things.

Relationship Behavior

Supporting and encouraging.

Readiness Level

How prepared someone is to do the task.

Transactional (Dunbar & Winston)

Clear rules, rewards for success, consequences for failure. Used to ensure compliance and build task-oriented teams.

Transformational

Focus on building skills and growing the team. Promotes commitment, creativity, and teamwork.

Quantum Leadership

Based on change, complexity, and possibility.

Key Principles of Quantum Leadership

All parts matter, Local decisions drive outcomes, Improve the whole by improving parts, Simple systems create complexity, Diversity is essential, Mistakes help growth, Systems work better when connected, Stability and change must balance, Change starts from the center, Big change comes from small local changes.

Laub’s Model

Value People, Develop People, Build Community, Display Authenticity, Provide Leadership, Share Leadership.

Value People (Laub’s Model)

Trust and listen with empathy.

Develop People (Laub’s Model)

Teach, model, encourage.

Build Community (Laub’s Model)

Collaborate and value differences.

Display Authenticity (Laub’s Model)

Be open, honest, and trustworthy.

Provide Leadership (Laub’s Model)

Set direction and act.

Share Leadership (Laub’s Model)

Empower others and share control.