Robert House believed the main role of a leader is to motivate his followers by increasing or clarifying the personal benefits of striving for and reaching the group’s goal and clarifying and clearing a path to achieving the group’s goals. His theory matched ways of behaving...
Kurt Lewin identified three Behavioural styles among leaders. Now these three styles could also fit into the Leadership Styles module. However if you bear in mind the strengths and weaknesses of each approach, you can match them to your circumstances - provided, of course, you...
'Situational' (or 'Contingency') leadership models are based on the idea that the leader's actions should vary according to the circumstances he or she is facing - in other words leadership methods change according to the 'situation' in which the leader is leading. This category includes...
Functional types of leadership models focus on what the leader has to do. Unlike the Behavioural Ideals approach, Functional leadership models do not suggest ideal ways of behaving, nor do they match behaviours to circumstances like Situational/Contingency theory. Instead, Functional leadership models focus on the action areas that...
'Behavioural Ideals' leadership models concentrate on what researchers believe are the most effective behaviours as a leader. The notable model in this category is Blake and Mouton's Managerial Grid. The 'behavioural ideals' approach argues that if a leader is to be effective he, or she, should...
Ethical leadership is a relatively loosely defined philosophy of leadership. To many it is seen to equate to moral leadership, or leading with a sense of great fairness. To others it provides a basis for more detailed explanation and application of; social responsibility, corporate social...
Values-based leadership is the idea that leaders should draw on their own and followers' values for direction and motivation. Values-based leadership philosophy asserts that people are mostly motivated by values and live according to these beliefs. In other words, values are our most natural motivators. It...
The idea of servant leadership is simple: that the leader serves the followers (or a cause, which benefits the followers in some way). A leader who embodies servant leadership is not leading for reasons of status, wealth, popularity or lust for power. Instead, a servant leader wants...
Authenticity means being true to character and true to oneself; not living through false emotions that hide the real you. Authentic leaders know and live their values and they win people's trust by being who they are, not by living up to others' expectations. Gaining...
A leadership philosophy contains value-based ideas of how a leader should be and act and the sources of their power. Any leadership philosophy is a way of thinking and behaving. It is a set of values and beliefs. A philosophy is a series of reference...