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As and individual write down as many aspects of leadership that you can remember? You have 5 minute to complete the task

Mr Beaumont In groups of 2 create a spider diagram of your thoughts about what makes an effective leader You have 2 minutes to come up with at least 6 characteristics of what you think makes an effective leader, team with the most will get 10 points

Mr Beaumont What makes a good Leader? Good communication skills Good organisational skills Effective decision making Empathy with team members Understand the needs of others Experience – Knowledge of activity Clear Vision – Clear Goal Confidence/ Charisma Determination/ Enthusiasm Think of Woody from Toy Story! Ability to motivate / Inspire

Mr Beaumont Team players often look to their leaders to assist performance. Distinguish between ‘emergent’ leaders and ‘prescribed leaders’ (2 marks)

Mr Beaumont PRECRIBED LEADER: Selected by someone of authority, can be within or outside of the group e.g head teacher appoints teachers Bring fresh new idea’s to the group Can be disruptive to group harmony

Mr Beaumont EMERGENT LEADER: Already belongs to the group and often just takes charge of the group (emerges) e.g Sunday league pub team captain May not bring fresh new idea’s to the group Can be good for group harmony Emergent leaders can be more effective because they have the respect and support of the team

Mr Beaumont Marthens highlighted 4 components of effective leadership, what are they? (4 marks)

Mr Beaumont Effective Leadership Situational Factors Leadership Styles Follower’s Qualities Leader’s Qualities

Mr Beaumont What are the three different types of leadership style? (2 marks)

Mr Beaumont Autocratic Democratic Laissez Faire

Mr Beaumont Describe the key characteristics of an autocratic leader, what situation would this style of leadership be useful? (4 marks)

Mr Beaumont Autocratic Leaders (task orientated): ‘Command Approach’ - tends to make all decisions Motivated to complete a task as quickly and effectively as possible (task orientated) Authoritarian style – they do not take into account the groups opinions Rarely gets involved with group on a personal level Effective when quick decisions need to be made Effective with sports teams with large number

Mr Beaumont Describe the key characteristics of an Democratic leader, what situation would this style of leadership be useful? (4 marks)

Mr Beaumont Democratic Leaders (social/personal orientated): Cooperative approach (person orientated) Shares decisions and responsibilities with group Strive to keep open lines of communication Interested in developing inter-personal relationships within the team Effective in co-active or individual sports and coaching

Mr Beaumont Describe the key characteristics of an autocratic leader, what situation would this style of leadership be useful? (3 marks)

Mr Beaumont Laisser-faire Leaders: Leader plays more of a passive role Leader stands aside and allows the group to make their own decisions Members of this type of group tend to be aggressive towards one another when mistakes occurred and they gave up easily. Not recommended for sport

Mr Beaumont Success in sport is often linked to effective leadership. Fielder (1967) suggested that the effectiveness of a leader depended on the extent to to which the leaders style fitted the situation that the team were in Name the two styles of leader that Feilder identified and describe the different situations where each style is most effective (5 marks)

Mr Beaumont This model suggests that leaders should decide weather to be task or person orientated leader The type of leader you choose to be depends on the ‘Favourableness’ of the situation Person Orientated Leader Focused on the personal relationships and social interactions This approach is best when: Group have moderate ability Physical resources are poor Poor external support Task Orientated Leader Focused on the performance of the team This approach is best when: Situation requires/lacks discipline Group is of high/low ability Group is Highly motivated Good resources/facilities As a leader you must adapt your style depending on the situation You won’t always stay task orientated or person orientated

Mr Beaumont According to Fiedler, the correct style of leadership to adopt depends on the ‘favourableness’ of the situation. Highly favourable situationHighly unfavourable situation Leaders position is strongLeaders position is weak Task is simple with clear structureTask is complex with vague structure Warm group and leader relationsHostile group and leader relations AUTOCRATIC LEADERS are more effective in both the MOST FAVOURABLE and the LEAST FAVOURABLE situations. DEMOCRATIC LEADERS are more effective in MODERATELY FAVOURABLE situations.

Mr Beaumont Put any questions worked on away As and individual write down as many aspects of leadership that you can remember? You have 5 minute to complete the task

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To get a positive outcome where performance is at it’s optimum and the group are satisfied the leader must: Show appropriate behaviour for the particular situation and these behaviours match the preferences of the group members This will lead to the best performance and members feeling most satisfied