Team Leadership/Management Style

Part 1: According to the Sarin and OConnor (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.