Team Leadership
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, you should be able to:
- Define leadership and understand its social role.
- Understand the key considerations in managing teams, including fostering support and performance.
- Learn the different types of leadership styles.
- Learn ways to develop leadership skills.
INTRODUCTION
This module provides a snapshot of leadership. When you hear the term leadership you might associate it with the management or executive in the corporate world.
But leadership refers to:
“a process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of others, towards the achievement of a goal” (Kruse, 2015, para 11)
The above definition has four main elements:
- “Leadership stems from social influence, not authority or power”
- Leadership requires others, and that implies they don’t need to be “direct reports.”
- There are many styles and paths to effective Leadership, and it is not based on personality, traits, or titles.
- “It includes a goal, not influence with no intended outcome”
(Kruse, 2015, para 11)
No matter how excellent or proficient team members in a group are, improper or misguided Leadership will result in sub-par results.
REFERENCES
Kruse, K. (2015, September 2). What Is Leadership? Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2013/04/09/what-is-leadership/?sh=443737a35b90
