MHR 405 Study Guide - Servant Leadership, Situational Leadership Theory, Stress Management

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Human Resources
• Course: MHR 405
• Professor: Robin Church

Document Summary

Leadership - influencing, motivating, and enabling others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of the organizations of which they are members; consists of two components: leaders motivate others through persuasion and other influence tactics leaders are enablers. Five perspectives of leadership: competency, behavioural, contingency, transformational. Competency perspective of leadership identifies certain personal characteristics that lead to superior performance in a leadership role. Drive - successful leaders have a high need for achievement cognitive and practical intelligence integrity leadership motivation. Authentic leadership - an important characteristic that is associated with effective leaders that refers to how effective leaders need to be aware of, feel comfortable with, and act consistently with their values, personality, and self-concept. Assumes that all effective leaders have the same personal characteristics that are equally important in all situations. Alternative combinations of competencies might work just as well leadership is relational, not just something within the person. Competencies refer to leadership potential, not performance.