MHR 405 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Transformational Leadership, Extraversion And Introversion, Conscientiousness

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Human Resources
• Course: MHR 405
• Professor: Frank Miller

Document Summary

The ability to influence, motivate, and enable others to contribute towards effectiveness of the organization they"re a member of. Motivate via persuasion, communication skills, rewards and etc to energize collective to achieve objectives. Are enablers; arrange work environment by allocating resources, altering work relationships, and buffering from outside interferences to achieve organizational objectives more easily. At every level, women were rated by peers/bosses/direct reports as better leaders than males overall. Higher the level in hierarchy, the wider the gap. Collaboration, building relationships, initiative, driving for results, developing stretch goals, championing for change. Male/;female leaders have similar task and people-oriented leadership. View that leadership is a role and not an assignment position. Employees lead alongside formal manager rather than replacement. Create, communicate, model a shared vision for team. Develop/communicate a strategic vision [features of strategic vision] Definition: positive representation of a future state that energizes/unifies employees. Can be created by leader/employees/stakeholders then adopted and championed by formal leader.