Leadership

• Good communication skills • High motivation • Enthusiasm • Clear goal/vision • Empathy • Good at sport • Charisma

• Come from within group • Skillful / team select them • Supported by team as seen as one of them • May lack objectivity (friendships may influence judgement) • E.g. captain helping pick team

• Appointed to team from external source • More objective • Bring ‘fresh pair of eyes’ • Carry more power/authority • May not share/be unaware of team culture/ways of working/friendships –> could delay effective decision making • Need to build relationships with team (takes time)

• Autocratic • Democratic • Laissez-faire

• Task orientated • Dictatorial style • Concerned only with task in hand • Make most decisions • Commanding & direct • Little/no interest in individuals that make up group/team

• When discipline and control needed • Hostile groups • Lack of time • Early stages of learning • Dangerous situ

• Person orientated • Value views of group members • Share decision making & process • Invites contribution

• Advanced performers (who have knowledge to contribute) • Social/friendly matches • When task requires greater interpersonal communication • Low risk situs • Smaller teams / individual sports • Prefered by females

• Individuals in group mostly do as they wish –> members make own decisions • Leader makes few decisions and give little feedback • Takes a sit back approach

• High level / elite performers • Helps develop creativity in members • Leader has full trust in members • When leader incompetent

• Trait perspective • Social learning • Interactionist