** All Chapters included
** Instructor Manual
** Chapter Summaries
,Table of Contents are given below
1. What Does It Mean to Be a Leader?
2. Traits, Behaviors, and Relationships.
3. Contingency Approaches to Leadership.
4. The Leader as an Individual.
5. Leadership Head and Heart.
6. Courage and Moral Leadership.
7. Leadership Vision And Purpose.
8. Motivation and Empowerment.
9. Leadership Communication.
10. Leading Teams.
11. Leading Diversity and Inclusion.
12. Leadership Power and Influence.
13. Setting the Stage for Followership.
14. Shaping Culture and Values.
15. Leading Change.
,Instructor Manual
Richard L. Daft, The Leadership Experience, 9e © 2027, 9798214053677; Chapter 1: What Does
It Mean to Be a Leader?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter .............................................................................................2
Key Terms ..........................................................................................................................................2
What's New in This Chapter ...............................................................................................................3
Chapter Outline .................................................................................................................................4
Additional Activities and Assignments .............................................................................................. 15
Additional Resources ....................................................................................................................... 17
Primary Sources ...................................................................................................................................... 17
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, PURPOSE AND PERSPECTIVE OF THE CHAPTER
The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the fundamental concepts of leadership and establish a
foundation for understanding effective leadership in today’s rapidly changing organizational
environment. This chapter explores the comprehensive definition of leadership as an influence for
relationships among leaders and followers who intend real progress and change toward shared
purposes. Students will examine the critical paradigm shifts facing modern leaders, including the
transition from stabilizer to change initiator, controller to coach, competitor to collaborator, diversity
avoider to diversity promoter, and hero to humble leader. The chapter distinguishes leadership from
management while emphasizing their complementary nature, traces the evolution of leadership
theories from Great Man approaches to contemporary relational theories, and addresses how emerging
technologies like GenAI impact leadership practices. Additionally, students will identify common
leadership derailment factors and essential competencies for success while learning practical
approaches for developing leadership skills through conscious competence building and micropractice
applications in everyday situations.
KEY TERMS
Behavior theories: Leadership theories from the early 1950s that focused on what leaders do rather
than who they are and examine actual leadership behaviors and activities.
Contingency theories: Leadership theories emphasize that effective leadership depends on situational
variables such as follower characteristics, work environment, and external conditions.
Derailment: A phenomenon in which a manager with an impressive track record reaches a certain level
but goes off track and cannot advance due to mismatched personal skills and job requirements.
Emergent leadership: The extent to which an individual with no formal status or authority is perceived
by group members as demonstrating leader-like influence based on personal qualities.
Enlightened leadership: A leadership approach that involves giving up traditional control and
encouraging the growth and development of others to ensure organizational flexibility, responsiveness,
and inclusivity.
GenAI: A digital learning system based on huge data sets that can generate unique and human-like high-
quality text, pictures, music, and computer coding.
Great Man theories: The earliest leadership concept believing that leaders were born with heroic traits
and natural abilities of power and influence, typically conceptualized as male figures.
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** Instructor Manual
** Chapter Summaries
,Table of Contents are given below
1. What Does It Mean to Be a Leader?
2. Traits, Behaviors, and Relationships.
3. Contingency Approaches to Leadership.
4. The Leader as an Individual.
5. Leadership Head and Heart.
6. Courage and Moral Leadership.
7. Leadership Vision And Purpose.
8. Motivation and Empowerment.
9. Leadership Communication.
10. Leading Teams.
11. Leading Diversity and Inclusion.
12. Leadership Power and Influence.
13. Setting the Stage for Followership.
14. Shaping Culture and Values.
15. Leading Change.
,Instructor Manual
Richard L. Daft, The Leadership Experience, 9e © 2027, 9798214053677; Chapter 1: What Does
It Mean to Be a Leader?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter .............................................................................................2
Key Terms ..........................................................................................................................................2
What's New in This Chapter ...............................................................................................................3
Chapter Outline .................................................................................................................................4
Additional Activities and Assignments .............................................................................................. 15
Additional Resources ....................................................................................................................... 17
Primary Sources ...................................................................................................................................... 17
1
, PURPOSE AND PERSPECTIVE OF THE CHAPTER
The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the fundamental concepts of leadership and establish a
foundation for understanding effective leadership in today’s rapidly changing organizational
environment. This chapter explores the comprehensive definition of leadership as an influence for
relationships among leaders and followers who intend real progress and change toward shared
purposes. Students will examine the critical paradigm shifts facing modern leaders, including the
transition from stabilizer to change initiator, controller to coach, competitor to collaborator, diversity
avoider to diversity promoter, and hero to humble leader. The chapter distinguishes leadership from
management while emphasizing their complementary nature, traces the evolution of leadership
theories from Great Man approaches to contemporary relational theories, and addresses how emerging
technologies like GenAI impact leadership practices. Additionally, students will identify common
leadership derailment factors and essential competencies for success while learning practical
approaches for developing leadership skills through conscious competence building and micropractice
applications in everyday situations.
KEY TERMS
Behavior theories: Leadership theories from the early 1950s that focused on what leaders do rather
than who they are and examine actual leadership behaviors and activities.
Contingency theories: Leadership theories emphasize that effective leadership depends on situational
variables such as follower characteristics, work environment, and external conditions.
Derailment: A phenomenon in which a manager with an impressive track record reaches a certain level
but goes off track and cannot advance due to mismatched personal skills and job requirements.
Emergent leadership: The extent to which an individual with no formal status or authority is perceived
by group members as demonstrating leader-like influence based on personal qualities.
Enlightened leadership: A leadership approach that involves giving up traditional control and
encouraging the growth and development of others to ensure organizational flexibility, responsiveness,
and inclusivity.
GenAI: A digital learning system based on huge data sets that can generate unique and human-like high-
quality text, pictures, music, and computer coding.
Great Man theories: The earliest leadership concept believing that leaders were born with heroic traits
and natural abilities of power and influence, typically conceptualized as male figures.
2
