1. Enhancing Group
Team
and
Leadership
Joe, Naomi, Katie, Erica, Lee, and Chris
May 5, 2006

2. Leadership
 Styles Approach
 Trait Approach
 Situational Approach
– Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard
 FunctionalApproach
 Transformational Approach

3. Three Styles
Approach
Door number 1 Door number 2 Door number 3

4. Who put him in charge?
Who makes the decisions?
Does anyone get a say?
Door Number 1:
Authoritarian

5. Door Number 2:
Democratic
Wow! That was
a really good
idea!
What do YOU
think?
Thank you all for working together!

6. Door Number 3: Laissez-
faire
Bored and unresponsive
Whatever attitude
Nothing gets accomplished

7. Leadership Traits
 Physical
 Social
 Personality

8. Physical
 Make a good first impression
 Appearance isn’t
everything

9. Social
 Charismatic
 Charming
 Tactful
 Popular
 Cooperative
 Diplomatic

10. Personality
 Selfconfidence
 Ambition
 Taking the initiative
 Responsibility
 No guarantees

11. Situational
Approach
Three key factors to determine the most effective
leadership style.
Most often used to train
managers in
corporate settings

12. Three Key Factors
1. Relationship Behavior
2. Task Behavior
3. Maturity

13. Style of Leader
 Once these factors are considered leaders
are able to gauge what style of leadership
to use
 Four styles of leaders
 Participating
 Selling
 Delegating
 Telling

14. Leadership Model

15. Functional
Approach
Task Needs
Team
Maintenance Individual
Needs Needs

16. Task Functions
 Leadership behavior
that helps accomplish
group’s goal
 Already assumed by
most group members

17. Process Functions
 Leadership behavior that helps maintain a
positive group
 Usually, process functions are not formally
assigned

18. Transformational
Leadership
 Thetransformational leader influences the
group by transforming the group
– giving it a new vision
– energizing the culture
– giving the group a new structure

19. Transformational
Leadership
 PeterSenge’s rules in
transformational
leadership
– Build a shared vision
– Challenge existing ways
of thinking
– Be a system thinker

20. Transformational
Leadership
 The transformational
leader is unique
because of the ability
to paint a picture of
the future for the
group members

21. Transformational
Leadership
 Establish quality
interpersonal relationships
with each other
- Provide inspiration
- Motivation
- Intellectual
stimulation