Team Leadership/Management Style

Part 1: According to the Sarin and O’Connor (2009) article, certain team leader styles have a strong influence on internal team dynamics.

Please identify and describe at least 4 team leader styles.

What team leader style do you prefer and why?

What team leader style do you want to possess?  What will you do to develop that style?

Part 2: DeRue, Barnes, and Morgeson (2010) found that team leadership style effectiveness depended on the level of charisma exhibited by the leader.

Please define charisma.

Please identify and describe a charismatic leader you have worked for or worked with.  What did she or he do that was charismatic?

What style (coaching or directing) did that leader administer?

Specific Instructions:

Read and respond to three (3) of your classmates’ posts. See posting/discussion requirements.

Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and any additional sources.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.

Respond to at least 3 your colleagues’ posts in one or more of the following ways:

Begin your response by completing the following phrase:

I read the following in your response, ‘(insert a phrase from the classmates posting)’.  I agree/disagree with that because….

• Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence or research.

• Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.

• Offer and support an alternative perspective using readings from the classroom or from your own research in the Campbellsville University Library

• Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.

• Make suggestions based on additional evidence drawn from readings or after synthesizing multiple postings.

• Expand on your colleagues’ postings by providing additional insights or contrasting perspectives based on readings and evidence.