LEADERSHIP STYLE APPROACH
LEADERSHIP STYLE APPROACH
Background
There have been many studies completed on the different styles of leadership. One of the most important ones focused on if a leader is “task focused” or “relationship focused.”
For this assignment, complete a short survey and then analyze your results.
Drawing on the material in the background readings and doing additional research, please prepare a 3-page paper that addresses the following question:
Are you a Type A or Type B leader? What strengths do you have as this kind of leader? What are the weaknesses? Give examples from your experience to illustrate.
Survey instructions (tables will be uploaded as attachments).
Take the following task vs. relationship leadership survey. After you have completed the survey, add up your scores for tables 1 and 2 to determine your dominant leadership style.
To determine your dominant personal leadership style, circle one of the following options that best describes how you see yourself (or the person that is being evaluated) regarding each statement.
For each statement, you can indicate the degree to which you (or the person being evaluated) engage(s) in the stated behavior.
A rating of 1 means Never and a rating of 5 means Always with the person demonstrating the specific behavior:
A = Task Orientation Scores: ___
B = Relationship Orientation Scores: ___
45-50 Very high range
40-44 High range
35-39 Moderately high range
30-34 Moderately low range
25-29 Low range
10-24 Very low range
The key aspects of this assignment that, at a minimum, should be covered in your presentation include:
Thoroughly analyzing the survey and its results, and how you plan on using your results to become a more influential leader.
Discussing whether you think it is more beneficial for a leader to be focused on tasks or relationships in an organization. Please provide examples to justify your response.
Applying the background readings to this point to yourself/the survey results, and explaining the survey results in terms of previous theories you have learned.
Dealing with these issues in an integrated fashion, rather than treating them as a series of individual questions to be answered one by one and left at that.
Please pull information from the following references:
Charismatic leadership. (2016). Changing Minds. Retrieved from http://changingminds.org/disciplines/leadership/styles/charismatic_leadership.htm
Ivey, G. W., & Kline, T. B. (2010). Transformational and active transactional leadership in the Canadian military. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 31(3), 246–262.
Kaifi, B. A., & Mujtaba, B. G. (2010). Transformational leadership of Afghans and Americans. Journal of Service Science and Management, 3(1), 150–159.
Riggio, R. E. (2012, October 7). What is charisma and charismatic leadership? Psychology Today. Retrieved from http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cutting-edge-leadership/201210/what-is-charisma-and-charismatic-leadership
Sandber, Y., & Moreman, C. M. (2011). Common threads among different forms of charismatic leadership. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2(9).
Baker, J., & Cangemi, J. (2016). Why are there so few women CEOs and senior leaders in corporate america? Organization Development Journal, 34(2), 31-43.
Transactional leadership. (2016). Changing Minds. Retrieved from http://changingminds.org/disciplines/leadership/styles/transactional_leadership.htm
Transformational leadership. (2016). Changing Minds. Retrieved from http://changingminds.org/disciplines/leadership/styles/transformational_leadership.htm
Traywick, T. (2008). Reagan’s Transformational Leadership. YouTube Video. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puB0Bnt5xfY&feature=related
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