Mind Lab - Week 6 - Leadership - Leadership Theories, Styles and Attributes



Leadership

Leadership Theories, Styles and Attributes
This week we introduce a number of leadership theories.
A theory is something that has been put forward as a way of analysing leadership, and should therefore be empirically testable, or at least is suggested on the basis of evidence.
A style is much more personal. It is the way that people act out their leadership roles. In applying a particular theory of leadership, a number of leadership styles might be applied.
Attributes are personal characteristics and skills that can assist someone to be an effective leader.


 The change initiative for our Leadership 1 assignment will be the migration to GAFE. My initial thoughts regarding the leadership theories and styles involved is shown in the images below.









  

 Early leadership theories traditional, bureaucratic and charismatic.

 Now more leadership theories include:
  • Transactional
  • Transformational
  • Pedagogical
  • Distributed
  • Servant (Agile)
  • Tū Rangatira
  • Situational

In class we looked at Servant leadership style


Leadership Styles
Situational Leadership - Dr Paul Hersey - we watched the video
Situational leadership (Hersey, Blanchard & Johnson, 1969)


Leadership Attributes
There are many personal characteristics that may be identified as aspects of leadership. However it may be helpful to explore some of the attributes identified within various categories that we have introduced on the course previously. These include:
  • Key Competencies (e.g. relating to others)
  • 21st Century Skills (e.g. real-world problem-solving and innovation)
  • Growth Mindset (e.g. resilience)
  • Emotional intelligence (e.g. social skill)





In class I completed an online leadership quiz

These are my scores

Authoritarian 27
Procedural 34
Transformational 28
Participative 41
Laissez-Faire 35

Being mostly Participative (Democratic or Consulting) like Nelson Mandela, medium control working with other team members.

Emotional Intelligence
Google Training and Emotional Intelligence
Google (n.d.) freely share their New Manager Training Guide, which includes some coverage of the importance of emotional intelligence. 5 Emotional Intelligences In this session we look at the five emotional intelligences. Self-awareness Self-regulation Motivation Empathy Social skills See tinyurl.com/TMLEI (Akers & Porter, 2016) for more detail on these intelligences.


Critical Reflection on Leadership 

In-class you will also use a critical reflection framework to consider leadership of previous change initiatives in preparation for the Leadership Assessment 


In Summary
A theory is something that has been put forward as a way of analysing leadership, and should therefore be empirically testable, or at least is suggested on the basis of evidence.

  • Transactional
  • Transformational
  • Pedagogical
  • Distributed
  • Servant (Agile)
  • Tū Rangatira
  • Situational



A style is much more personal. It is the way that people act out their leadership roles. 
Leaders adjust their leadership styles based on the readiness of their followers.
Situational leadership suggests 4 styles


Golmans leadership styles
  • Affiliative
  • Coercive
  • Authoritative
  • Democratic
  • Pacesetting
  • Coaching


Each list of leadership styles is a bit different eg Golman, Situational (Hersey & Blanchard) and University of Kent.
In applying a particular theory of leadership, a number of leadership styles might be applied. Attributes are personal characteristics and skills that can assist someone to be an effective leader.
  • Key Competencies (e.g. relating to others)
  • 21st Century Skills (e.g. real-world problem-solving and innovation)
  • Growth Mindset (e.g. resilience)
  • Emotional intelligence (e.g. social skill)

5 Emotional Intelligences

  • Self-awareness
  • Self-regulation
  • Motivation
  • Empathy
  • Social skills





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