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Core Leadership Theories
Leadership theories are essential in understanding how leaders can effectively guide their teams and organizations. These theories often categorize leadership styles based on power dynamics, behavior, inherent traits, and situational needs.
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Core Leadership Theories Situational Depends on situation group is in: Need a quick decision? An autocratic leader may be the best leader in this situation Power and influence There are two types of personal power; expert and referent There are three main types of positional power; legitimate, coercive, and reward. Based on ways that leaders use their power and influence to get things done Behavioral Laissez-faire Leaders Works when team is highly capable but this can fail is the leader is lazy and/or distracted Allow people to make agreements among themselves Democratic Leader Important when team agreement matters, can be difficult to agree though due to the many different ideas and perspective Team gets a say in the decision prior to it being made Autocratic Leader Appropriate when a decision needs to made quickly Make decisions without including team in decision making Dictates how leaders behave in groups; do they involve the group in decision making? Trait Distinctive quality that you either have or you don't However none of these theories guarantee success as a leader Some examples would be: Integrity, empathy, assertiveness etc... Main topic
