Leadership & Navigation Competencies

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Affiliative leadership approach

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Leadership approach in which the leader creates strong relationships with and inside the team; team members are motivated by loyalty.

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Attribution theory

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Motivation theory that states that the way a person interprets the causes for past success or failure is related to the present level of motivation; includes theories of Heider and Weiner.

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Authoritative leadership approach

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Leadership approach in which the leader proposes a bold vision or solution and invites the team to join this challenge.

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Behavioral theories

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Category of leadership theories that states that leaders influence group members through certain behaviors; includes Blake-Mouton theory.

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Coaching leadership approach

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Leadership approach in which the leader focuses on developing team members' skills, believing that success comes from aligning the organization's goals with employees' personal and professional goals.

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Coercive leadership approach

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Leadership approach in which the leader imposes a vision or solution on the team and demands that the team follow this directive.

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Coercive power

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Power that is created when the leader can punish those who do not follow.

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Democratic leadership approach

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Leadership approach in which the leader invites followers to collaborate and commits to acting by consensus.

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Emergent theory

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Leadership theory that states that leaders are not appointed but emerge from the group, which chooses the leader based on interactions.

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Equity theory

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Theory that states that motivation is based on an employee’s sense of fairness; the individual compares their perceived value with that of others in similar roles and makes a calculation based on their inputs and outputs.