1.4.5 Leadership

• What is the primary focus of leadership in a business context?

  Achieving common goals
• Effective leaders motivate and influence others to perform at their best
• What are two key actions of effective leaders in motivating teams?

  Set objectives, communicate effectively
• Leadership and management are identical in their focus and approach.

  False
• Leadership focuses on inspiring and guiding, while management focuses on organising and controlling
• What is the primary objective of leadership in a business context?

  Strategic vision
• How does leadership differ from management in its objective?

  Leadership is visionary, management is efficient
• An authoritative leader makes decisions unilaterally
• In what type of situation is authoritative leadership most effective?

  Urgent situations
• Authoritative leadership can stifle creativity and reduce team morale.
• A democratic leader values collaboration and consensus
• What is a key advantage of democratic leadership?

  Boosts team morale
• Laissez-faire leadership provides minimal guidance and trusts team members to self-manage.
• What type of team benefits most from laissez-faire leadership?

  Highly skilled teams
• A transformational leader inspires through a clear vision
• Transformational leadership can drive organizational change and build strong team commitment.
• Which leadership style rewards or disciplines based on performance?

  Transactional
• Transactional leadership focuses on achieving goals through clear expectations
• What is the primary focus of an authoritative leader?

  Efficiency
• Democratic leadership values collaboration and consensus to boost morale.
• Laissez-faire leadership delegates decision-making and trusts team independence
• Which leadership style focuses on rewarding or disciplining based on performance?

  Transactional
• Match the leadership approach with its key action:

  Transformational Leadership ↔️ Inspires through vision

  Democratic Leadership ↔️ Involves team in decisions

  Transactional Leadership ↔️ Rewards or disciplines based on performance

  Empowerment ↔️ Delegates authority
• Transformational leadership requires high levels of charisma and communication
• Transactional leadership may limit creativity and personal development.
• What is a potential drawback of recognition and rewards in leadership?

  Can lead to competition
• What are three key actions of effective leaders in motivating and managing teams?

  Inspire, empower, recognise
• Different leadership styles are equally effective in all scenarios.

  False
• What is a key action associated with transformational leadership?

  Inspires through vision
• Transformational leadership creates a culture of innovation and high team commitment
• Democratic leadership involves the team in decision-making and boosts morale.
• Match the leadership approach with its key action:

  Transformational Leadership ↔️ Inspires through vision

  Democratic Leadership ↔️ Involves team in decisions

  Transactional Leadership ↔️ Rewards or disciplines based on performance
• Give an example of how a marketing director might use transformational leadership to motivate a team.

  Public praise and bonuses
• Organizational culture is defined by shared values, beliefs, and behaviors
• Leadership has no influence on organizational culture.

  False
• Match the leadership style with its impact on organizational culture:

  Transformational ↔️ Creates innovation and high motivation

  Democratic ↔️ Fosters collaboration

  Autocratic ↔️ Results in a hierarchical culture

  Laissez-faire ↔️ Promotes independence but may lack direction
• What is an example of a company where transformational leadership has enhanced organizational performance?

  Google
• Key concepts to remember include organizational culture, leadership influence, employee engagement, and organizational performance
• Order the modern business challenges based on their impact on leadership:

  1️⃣ Uncertainty

  2️⃣ Remote teams

  3️⃣ Diversity and inclusion

  4️⃣ Changing employee expectations
• What is a challenge presented by uncertainty in modern business environments?

  Need for adaptability