ADLWPW AREA 4 – Overview and Learning Objectives

Area 4 Overview

In this section we examine how the leader influences every part of the leadership equation. The base of power a leader exercises can greatly influence the type of reactions followers have to the direction the leader wants to go. The types of relationships and interactions a leader has with others in the organization can create transformational change or create favoritism that leads to the good old boy system. A leader should also understand the byproducts of stress on individuals (including the leader) in the organization and focus on the three most common types of counseling leaders engage in with their followers. When a leader has earned trust over time, they are more capable of influencing others to change in ways that benefit the follower and the organization.

Lesson 15: Social Exchange and Bases of Power

In lesson fifteen, we will discuss

• Social Exchange
• Leader’s Role in Leadership
• Theory X and Theory Y Leadership
• Bases of Power
• Yukl’s Observations & Follower Response to Influence

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• LO1: When given a list, participants can differentiate between Theory X and Theory Y leadership behaviors.
• LO2: Participants can match the label with the appropriate description of a leader’s bases of power in a knowledge check quiz.
• LO3: Participants can match the label with the appropriate follower response to influence when given a list in a learning check quiz.
• LO4: At the end of this lesson, participants will be able to identify the correct bases of power that influential leaders from their past have used through participation in a discussion question.

Lesson 16: Leader-Member Exchange

In lesson sixteen, we will discuss

• In and Out Group: The Good Old Boy Syndrome

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• LO1: Participants can distinguish between in-group and out-group behaviors of a leader towards a follower.
• LO2: Participants can successfully analyze the disadvantages of placing followers into an in-group or out-group through a knowledge check question.
• LO3: At the end of this lesson, participants will describe how a leader can unintentionally create in-groups and out-groups through participation in a discussion question.

Lesson 17: Transformational Leadership

In lesson seventeen, we will discuss

• Charismatic Leadership
• Comparison of Transactional and Transformational Leadership
• Transformational Leadership Elements and Strategies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• LO1: Participants can list the four conditions described in the materials that create an environment conducive to Transformational Leadership.
• LO2: Participants can describe the elements of Transformational Leadership.
• LO3: At the end of this lesson, participants will explain the specific behaviors of a leader from their past that demonstrated transformational leadership through participation in a discussion question.

Lesson 18: Stress & Resilience

In lesson eighteen, we will discuss

• Occupational & Organizational Stress
• Stress Responses
• Strategies for Increasing Resilience

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• LO1: Participants can differentiate between organizational and occupational stressors.
• LO2: Participants can describe how stress affects performance.
• LO3: Participants can evaluate whether a stressor is based on capability, demand, or response in follower behavior.
• LO4: At the end of this lesson, participants will describe how recent national level events across the country have affected the stress levels of members in their organization through participation in a discussion question.

Lesson 19: Communication & Counseling

In lesson nineteen, we will discuss

• Understanding Communication
• The Leader as Counselor

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• LO1: Participants can explain the three components of transferring meaning as described in the material.
• LO2: Participants can list the three most common types of counseling a leader is likely to perform based on the materials presented.
• LO3: Using materials from this lesson, participants will be able to explain how communication commonly breaks down between two people through participation in a discussion question.