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1) Fidler's Contingency Model: Good leadership depends on a match between leadership style and situational demands. Leadership style is measured on the LPC scale (least-preferred coworker scale).

-House's Path-Goal Leadership Theory: The Path-Goal Theory suggests that an effective leader is one who clarifies paths through which followers can achieve both task-related and personal goals.

-Hershey-Blanchard Situational Leadership Model: The HB situational leadership model suggests that successful leaders adjust their styles depending on the maturity of followers, indicated by their readiness to perform in a given situation.

2) The use of expert and reference power will afford you the most enuring influence because they create commitment. Followers respond positively to an internalized understanding or beliefs that create long-lasting effects on behaviour.

3) Volleyball Coach Merrick:

-drive

-motivation

-flexibility

-honesty and integrity

4) a)Robert R. Blake and Jane Mouton

b)The country club manager style of leading is most concerned about the needs and feelings of members of his/her team. These people operate under the assumption that as long as team members are happy and secure then they will work hard. What tends to result is a work environment that is very relaxed and fun, but where production suffers due to lack of direction and control. A shift in the direction of concern for production would move their position towards middle-of-road management, the ideal place to be.

5) Managers should expect to adapt to the changing ways of their employees. When using the Hershey-Blanchard model, managers must be able to implement the alternative leadership styles (delegating, participating, selling, and telling), as needed.

6) 5 Dimensions of Emotional Intelligence:

1) Self-awareness: ability to understand our own moods and emotions and understand their impact on our work and others

2) Self-regulation: ability to to think before we act, and to control disruptive impulses

3) Motivation: ability to work hard with persistence and for reasons other than money and status

4) Empathy: ability to understand the emotions of others and use this understanding to better relate

5) Social skill: ability to establish rapport with others, and to build good relationships and networks

7) Both men and women can be successful leaders, but they're styles may vary. Women and men generally have different leadership styles.