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Four components are central to the leader ship concept: Leadership is a process Leadership involves influence Leadership occurs in groups Leadership involves common goals Gary Yukl describes leadership as: The process by which a person influences others to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how to do it, and the process of facilitating individual and collective efforts to accomplish shared objectives. Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower Read More Today's fire officer is faced with challenges. What are some of these challenges? Reduced municipal funding, declining volunteer participation, unprecedented numbers of responses to medical emergencies, violent acts that create mass casualty incident, record-breaking wild land fire's, new elements of our built environment that are producing large loss fires, and hazardsThat impacts fire fighter health and well-being. John Kotter first looked at leader ship by studying: Big city mayors John Kotter describes the leadership process as producing movement through three sub processes: Establishing direction: developing a vision of the future with strategies for producing changes needed to achieve that vision Aligning people:Communicating the direction to those whose cooperation may be needed to create coalitions that are committed to its achievements Motivating and inspiring: Keeping people moving in the right direction despite major political, bureaucratic, and resource barriers to change by appealing to very basic, but often untapped human needs values and emotions Kotter defines management as: The process that creates orderly results which keeps something working efficiently. Difference between managers and leaders: Managers accomplish activities in master routines, whereas leaders influence others and create visions for change. Managers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right thing. ( Bennis and Nanus) Leadership is defined as THE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE THE THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, ACTIONS, BEHAVIORS, AND EMOTIONS OF OTHERS To achieve a common goal. Peter Northhouse's five major leadership traits (Trait Approach) Intelligence Self-confidence Determination Integrity Sociability The Skills Approach. Robert Katz identified a three skill approach for personal development as regards leader ship: Technical Human Conceptual behavioral approach: Focuses on what leaders do and how they act. It emphasizes the personality characteristics of the leader. The behavioral approach falls into two general kinds of behaviors: Task behaviors and relationship behaviors Task behaviors: Facilitate goal accomplishment: Help group members achieve objectives Relationship behaviors: Help subordinates feel comfortable with themselves, each other, and the situation in which they find themselves Blake and mouton's managerial grid theory assumes that every decision made and every action taken in the workplace are driven by Peoples values Attitudes And beliefs Blake and mouton's grid theory believes that Peoples values are based on two fundamental concerns that influence behavior: A concern for people and a concern for results What are Blake and Mouton's five behavior models/management styles? Impoverished management Authority compliance management Country club management Middle of the road management Team management Represents the lowest level of concern for both results and people. Keyword for the style is neutral.The it's not my problem manager. Indifferent. Least visible person in the team. A follower who maintains distance from active involvement whenever possible. Impoverished management High concern for results but lo concern for others. Usually highly trained organized and experienced. Low concern for others prevents the controlling manager from being aware of others involved in an activity Beyond what is expected of them. Authority compliance management A very accommodating management style. Demonstrates a low concern for results and high concern for other people. This individual maintains a heightened awareness of the personal feelings, goals and ambitions of others and always considers how proposed actions will affect them. Country club management This management style is often called status quo manager. The objective of this manager is to play it safe and work toward acceptable solutions that follow proven methods. Very politically motivated approach that seeks to avoid risk. Following popular opinion and norms without pushing too hard in any direction. Middle of the road management