Leadership Behavioral Aspects PDF

Leadership The behavioral process of influencing individuals and groups toward set goals ○ Good leaders convince others that what they decide to do is for THEIR best interest Leaders, Managers, and Instructors Leaders are people that provide “vision” (organize and direc...

Leadership The behavioral process of influencing individuals and groups toward set goals ○ Good leaders convince others that what they decide to do is for THEIR best interest Leaders, Managers, and Instructors Leaders are people that provide “vision” (organize and direct) ○ Person centered Managers provide infrastructure ○ Schedules, transportation, etc. Instructors are activity centered ○ Teach or improve skills Choosing Leaders Appointment ○ Who, generally, gets appointed? Someone on paper who “looks great” Someone we go to anyway should be leader Emergence ○ What type of leader emerges? ○ When do leaders emerge? Not always the person who was hired Studying Leadership Trait Approach ○ Someone who is naturally able to jump in and lead a group (“Born Leader”) Behavioral Approach ○ Non Sport settings Consideration (friendship, respect, etc) Initiating Structure (providing procedure) Ex. “We are gonna meet at Leroys next Monday for lunch.” ○ Sport settings How do we develop leadership through sport? Ex. “Just make it work” Interactional Approach Leadership Models Cognitive-Mediational Model ○ Reactive behaviors Go to reaction when you know someone is lying (“The Mechanic”)  ○ Spontaneous behaviors Multidimensional Model ○ Highly interactional Cognitive Mediation Model Positive Coaching Behaviors ○ Positive Reinforcement → works better in situations and in the long run ○ Technical Instruction → knows how job is supposed to be done ○ Encouragement Multidimensional Model Leadership Scale for Sports ○ Five dimensions: Training (high in technical instruction) Democratic (lets someone have a say) Autocratic (“my way or the highway”) Social Support (genuine concern) Positive Feedback (limited to athletic contest) Types of Leader Behavior Required Behavior ○ Expected behavior in public forums Judge someone objectively - no favoritism Preferred Behavior ○ Preferences of coaching or teaching styles Give feedback Actual Behavior ○ Exhibited behavior of coach Other Leadership Topics Age and maturity of athlete Gender Nationality Sport type Psychological characteristics Qualities of Leaders and Followers Qualities? ○ What do we want in our leaders? (preferred vs. required) Styles?