Ilm 3 - Introduction to Leadership

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Centre Number | Centre Name | Candidate Registration No. | Candidate Name: Andrew Cole | ------------------------------------------------- M3.10 – Introduction to Leadership ------------------------------------------------- 1. Leadership styles ------------------------------------------------- a. Identify factors that will influence your choice of leadership styles and explain why your leadership styles are likely to positively affect your team. ------------------------------------------------- It is important to firstly define what the difference is between management and leadership. The biggest difference between managers and leaders is the way they motivate people to follow them. Managers have a position given to them by the company. Their subordinates work for them to complete tasks and in turn manage situations as they occur. Leaders on the other hand do not have subordinates when they are leading. Instead, formal control is given up, as to lead is have followers and this is always a voluntary activity. Telling people what to do does not inspire them to follow, rather than to be effective they must want to follow. There are many forms of leadership styles, but based on Kurt Lewin’s models from the 1940’s we will discuss the four major traits, authoritarian, democratic and laissez faire. ------------------------------------------------- Authoritarian Leaders ------------------------------------------------- Authoritarian leaders are best described as those who dictate orders to the employees and provide clear expectations for what needs to be achieved, when it should be completed, and how. The decisions are quick because there is no consultation or independent input from the rest of the team and typically they make choices based on their own ideas and judgments and rarely accept advice. There is also a clear division between the leader and the

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