Unit 11: Discussion Questions

Do you think leadership style is fixed and unchangeable for a leader or flexible and adaptive?  Discuss

Suggest some personal traits that you believe would be useful to a business leader today.  Are these traits more valuable in some situations than in others?

Suggest the sources of power that would be available to a leader of a student government organization.  To be effective, should student leaders keep power to themselves or delegate power to other students?

Distinguish between the two basic leadership behaviours.  Compare the three behavioural leadership theories and for each, identify the components that are most effective for leaders.

Do you think leadership is more important or less important in today’s flatter, team-based organizations?  Explain.