Leadership

Different types of leaders:

  • Emergent Leader

  • Prescribed Leader

Leadership theory: Chelladurai’s model of leadership

Emergent Leader: They achieve leadership status by gaining the respect or support of the group. These leaders achieve their status through showing specific leadership skills

Prescribed Leader: Are appointed by a form of higher authority.

Leadership styles:

Autocratic leadership- very direct leadership style where the leaders tell them what they must do. Can be effective in the where orders need to be followed

Positives- maintains order and discipline, allows public service to be deployed quickly, Allows large scale co ordination

Negatives- Teams rely on the decision of the leader

Democratic- The leader asks for teams opinions and Input for others before making the final decision.

Positives- Allows people to have an input and everyone has a say, makes team members feel valid

Negatives- This can be a very length process, could lead to some confusion among team members

Chelladurai’s model of leadership

Antecedents

  1. Situational characteristics- factors such as environmental conditions

  2. Leadership characteristics- Considerations made for the skills, experience and personality of the leader

  3. Member characteristics- Factors relating to the members such as age, gender, motivation

Leader behaviour

  1. Required behaviour- Focuses on how the leaders tell should behave in particular situations

  2. Actual behaviour- The way the leaders tell should chooses to act in a given situation.

  3. Preferred behaviour- Based on what the group or individual wants the leader to do.

Consequences

  1. Performance and satisfaction- The element explains that if the behaviours are met

Appropriate attentional focus

Attentional focus refers to where and how athletes direct their concentration during training and competition for teams this is crucial for coordination, strategy