Leadership

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Are leaders and managers the same?

Managers get their power from their position and are usually appointed to their position.

Leaders are more visionary and are influential. Leadership can be defined as the ability to get others to follow willingly. Leadership comes about in a number of ways. 

Some leaders are elected, others emerge and some are appointed to a position of authority.

There are 5 types of leaders:

  1. Charismatic - influence arises from personality

  2. Traditional - influence arises from social prejudice

  3. Situational - influence arises from being at the right place at the right time

  4. Appointed - influence arises from position

  5. Functional - influence arises from expertise

Hersey and Blanchard proposed the concept of situational leadership.

It focuses on the readiness of team members to perform a given task.

It is based on the relationship between these 3 factors:

  1. Task behaviour

  2. Relationship behaviour

  3. The level of task and relevant maturity

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