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Style Approach to LeadershipNancy Hueske and C. Nicholas Morris
+LeadershipDefined by Northouse
A process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal
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Leadership Involves
Influence leader + follower
Group
Power Personal Position Coercive
Goals
+ Trait Approach
Skills Approach
Focuses on identifying the innate qualities and characteristics
possessed by leaders
Skills approach focuses on three specific areas: Technical
Human
Conceptual
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Focuses on the behavior of the leader
Focuses on what leaders “do” and how they “act”
Researchers studying this approach agree that there are two general kinds of behaviors
Task behaviorsFacilitate goal accomplishments
Relationship behaviorsHelp subordinates feel comfortable with themselves and others
Style Approach
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Ohio State University in 1940’s based on Stogdill’s work in 1948.
This study analyzed leaders in their environment and then provided a questionnaire to the subordinates that evaluated how often a leader engaged in certain types of behavior
University of Michigan in 1940’s
Blake and Mouton (1964, 1978, and 1985)
Research on Style Approach
+Leadership Grid
Concern for productionOrganizational tasksSales volumeWork loadPolicy decisions
Concern for peopleBuilding commitment and trustPromoting personal worth of employeeGood working conditionsFair salary structureGood social relations
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Authority-Compliance ManagementHeavy emphasis on task and jobLess emphasis on peoplePeople are just tools to get job doneResults drivenLeader tends to be controlling, demanding, and hard-driving
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Country Club ManagementLow concern for task accomplishmentHigh concern for interpersonal relationshipsLeaders make sure the personal and social needs of followers are metLeader creates a positive environment by being
agreeable
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Impoverished ManagementLeader is unconcerned with task and interpersonal relationshipsLeader is uninvolved and withdrawnLittle contact between leader and followersLeader is indifferent, noncommittal, and apathetic
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Middle-of-the-Road ManagementLeader is a compromiserIntermediate concern for task and people performing the taskLeader avoids conflictPromotion of intermediate production levels and
interpersonal skills
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Team ManagementStrong emphasis on both tasks and interpersonal relationshipsPromotes participation and teamworkLeader makes priorities clear, follows through, and is open-minded
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Blake and his colleagues have identified two styles that identify multiple aspects of the grid
Paternalism / MaternalismUses both Authority-Compliance and Country Club Management stylesThese styles are at opposite ends of the gridBenevolent Dictator - acts graciously for the purpose of goal accomplishment
Opportunism Uses any combination of the five styles for personal advancement
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How Does Style Approach Work?
Provides framework for assessing leadership behaviors in a broad and general way
Offers a way to look at leadership behavior by sub-dividing it into the two dimensions
Reminds leaders that their impact occurs through both the tasks they perform and the relationships they create
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Strengths•Easily applied•Studies on leadership style validate and give credibility to the approach•Approach applies to everything a leader does
Weakness•Inconsistency in relationship behaviors and outcomes•Implies most effective leadership is high-high style
Five Steps to EquipEncourage them to serveQualify them to serveUnderstand their needsInstruct themPray for them
Style Approach is leader-centered
It does not address the training or development of future leaders from the group of followers
Concern for people
Only to meet an organizational goal
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Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the RingCouncil of Elrond
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Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the RingCouncil of Elrond
+Elrond Paternalism / Maternalism Style of Management
+BoromirOpportunism Style of Management
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Legolas - Elf
Gimli - Dwarf
Aragorn - Human
A descendant of the lost line of the ancient kings of Men
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Country Club Style of ManagementThe Hobbits: Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin
+ Gandolf the Grey
9,9 Team Management
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Sam & Frodo
Committed to the mission to the end
Servant Leadership
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AragornServant Leader
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“Your character is reflected by every decision you make and every relationship
you establish.”
Andy Stanley, 157
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Application of Style Approach
Step One: Identify your leadership style
Step Two: Identify areas of improvement and develop your leadership skills
Step Three: Put the Leadership Grid in context
+Application in Ministry
Theatre Arts: acting, directing, writing, productions
Visual Arts: sets, design, displays, decor
Brainstorming and Programming
Consultant to Children and Student Ministries
Coordination with Technical Arts andCommunications
Main Responsibilities Other Areas
Director of Creative Arts Ministry
+Application in Ministry
Concern for people
Develop skills
Build relationships
Create Community
Final production outcome
Task oriented
Sporadic volunteer time
Inconsistent volunteer rate
Helping hands mentality
Experts in field
Final product outcome
Theatre Arts Visual Arts
Director of Creative Arts Ministry
+ReferencesBlanchard, Ken and Hodges, Phil, Lead Like Jesus. Thomas Nelson Inc., Nashville, Tennessee. 2005 Northouse, Peter G., Leadership Theory and Practice. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, California. 2007 Wilkes, Gene, Jesus on Leadership. Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Wheaton, Illinois. 1998 http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_73.htm
www.lordoftherings.net
Stanley, Andy, The Next Generation Leader.Multnomah Publishers, Inc. Sisters, Oregon. 2003
Hybels, Bill, Courageous Leadership.Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 2002