Managers and Leaders. Leadership styles

Managers and Leaders

Task 1 (Before watching the video)

What difference can you see between Management and Leadership?

Task 2

Watch the video and compare your ideas with the ones given in the video.

Task 3

Are you a manager or a leader? What proves it?

Task 4

Leadership and management must go hand in hand. Can you give examples when it really is like this?

Leadership styles

Task 1

Watch the first part of the video (0.0-2.0 min) and answer the following questions about leadership:

1. Who is a leader?

2. What is leadership about?

3. What are characteristics of effective leaders?

4. What are the essential requisites (necessity) for leadership?

=What does leadership give to the team? What does a leader do?

Task 2

Before watching the second part of the video (2.00-4.20) answer the following questions:

1. What are leadership styles?

2. What are characteristics of them?

3. When are each of the styles used?

4. Who is responsible in each case?

5. What are the limitations (drawbacks) of the styles?

6. What are the factors to choose a leadership style?

Task 3

1. Watch the video and say what you learnt from it about the characteristics of leaders, leadership and leadership styles.

2. What defines effective leadership according to Peter Drucker?

Task 4

1. Mark the characteristics of leadership styles with D for the democratic style, Afor the autocratic style, L for the laissez-fair style.

2. Listen and check

№	Characteristics of a style
	The leader takes a unilateral (occurring on only one side) decision
	The leader leaves all the decisions to the team members
	The leader encourages decision making among team members
	The team is highly capable
	It is used when quick decisions need to be taken
	It is used when close monitoring of a decision is not necessary
	The leader consults others to verify decisions if it is acceptable to the rest
	The leader has full confidence in the team members
	It is used when motivation and commitment is needed
	It is used when there’s no requirement for others input
	The team will be collectively responsible for the outcome
	It is not suitable for employees with less experience
	It is used when the need for motivation is not critical
	It is a time consuming affair
	Employees simply follow the order and they are not given explanations
	There is no way to check if employees are doing the right thing