Lecture Leadership: Enhancing the lessons of experience (4/e) – Chapter 2

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Leadership Involves an 
Interaction Between the Leader, 
the Followers, and the Situation


 An Interactional Framework For 
Analyzing Leadership
Leader
Personality
Position
Expertise,
Etc.

Leadership

Followers
Values

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Situation
Task

Norms

Stress

Cohesiveness,

Environment,

Etc.

Etc.

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Styles of Followership
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Alienated 
Conformist
Pragmatists
Passive
Exemplary

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Leader Traits That Influence the 
Leadership Process
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Personality
Position
Experience
Selection process

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Follower Traits That Influence the 
Leadership Process 
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Expectations
Personality
Maturity
Competency levels

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Follower Traits That Influence the Leadership 
Process, continued 

• Motivation
• Number of followers
• Trust and confidence

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Followers Can Make a Bigger 
Contribution By: 
• Being more proactive in solving 
organizational problems.
• Becoming better skilled at “influencing 
upward.”
• Staying flexible and open to 
opportunities.

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How Leaders Interact with 
Followers 
• Create environments where 
followers’ innovations and creative 
contributions are welcome.
• Encourage growth and development 

in followers.
• Interested in the big picture of 
followers’ work.
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How Leaders Interact with Followers, continued 

• Motivate followers through more 
personal and intangible factors.
• Redefine the parameters of tasks 
and responsibilities.
• Change situations rather than 
just optimize their group’s 
adaptation to it. 
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