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Chapter 10

Chapter 10. Leadership Behavior. Chapter Goals. The goal of this chapter is to explain the significance of studying leadership behavior by exploring early research on it and discussing ways to categorize different leadership behaviors. Advantages to Examining a Leader’s Behavior.

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Chapter 10

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  1. Chapter 10 Leadership Behavior

  2. Chapter Goals • The goal of this chapter is to explain the significance of studying leadership behavior by exploring early research on it and discussing ways to categorize different leadership behaviors.

  3. Advantages to Examining a Leader’s Behavior • Behavior can be observed which makes it easier to measure. • Many people are less defensive about it and feel more in control of it than they do about their personalities or intelligence.

  4. Leadership questionnaires • Leadership questionnaires have been developed to measure different leader behaviors in work settings. Examples include: • Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire (LBDQ) • Supervisory Descriptive Behavior Questionnaire (SBDQ) • Leadership Opinion Questionnaire • Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire – XII

  5. Measuring Leadership Behavior • Alternative Formats for Measuring Leadership Behavior • The Leadership Grid • Coaching Behavior Assessment System (CBAS) • Operant Supervisory Taxonomy and Index (OST)

  6. Managerial derailment • Why do some leaders fail or encounter managerial derailment – Leaders who “were on the fast track, but their careers had derailed?” • Inability to build relationships with co-workers • Failure to meet business objectives

  7. Managerial derailment Cont. • Inability to lead and build a team • Inability to adapt to new bosses, businesses, cultures, or structures • Inadequate preparation for promotion • Self-Defeating Behaviors

  8. Common Self-Defeating Behaviors • Procrastination + Suspiciousness • Defensiveness + Overcommitted • Worrying + Overly critical • Alienating + Rigidity • Hostility + Overcontrolling • Perfectionism + Inability to trust others

  9. Factors in permanent behavior change • Studies have shown that certain factors contribute to a permanent behavior change. They include: • Having written development plans • Reviewing development with direct supervisor

  10. Factors in permanent behavior change Cont. • Capitalizing on on-the-job experience • Seeking feedback on progress from others • Having the person’s supervisor held accountable for his/her development

  11. Coaching • Coaching – process of equipping people with the tools, knowledge, and opportunities they need to develop themselves and become more successful.

  12. Mentoring • Mentoring - structure and series of processes whereby the less-experienced members of an organization develop necessary skills and leaders abilities.

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