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Understand Different Types of Leadership and Their Myths

Explore expert power, legitimate power, coercive power, reward power, and referent power, and debunk common myths about leadership. Learn how leadership is not limited to formal positions or popular individuals.

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Understand Different Types of Leadership and Their Myths

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  1. Types of Leadership

  2. EXPERT POWER • Power as a result of skill or experience. • Someone who is skillful when holding power. • Examples: some politicians, a doctor, lawyers, Bill Gates

  3. LEGITIMATE POWER • Power is justified. • Power as a result of position. • Someone who has a lawful reason to hold power. • Examples: judges, principal, police

  4. COERCIVE POWER • Power that you have after manipulating people to do something. • Someone who takes power. • Example: pedophiles, friends, criminal with a gun, parents, Napoleon.

  5. REWARD POWER • Getting someone to do something in return for power. • Someone who is in power for service. • Example: “If you do this I will give you this.”--- bosses, teachers.

  6. REFERENT POWER • Associated with a particular group or person. • Someone who is given power after being appointed. • Example: First Lady,Lieutenant Governor.

  7. MYTHS ABOUT LEADERSHIP • ONLY POPULAR PEOPLE ARE LEADERS • LEADERS ARE CHOSEN OR ELECTED • YOU MUST HAVE A FORMAL POSITION TO BE A LEADER • YOU MUST BE A GREAT MOTIVATOR TO BE A LEADER • LEADERS ARE BORN NOT MADE • A LEADER ONLY REPRESENTS THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE SHE/HE LEADS

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