Do you know which two elements constitute leadership authority?
The traditional view holds that leadership authority is commonly referred to as personality influence (including personality charisma, etc.). In fact, this statement is biased. According to whether static factors or dynamic factors dominate, leadership authority can be divided into two aspects: personality influence and role model behavior influence.
Do you know which two elements constitute leadership authority?
1 Personality influence
The so-called personality influence refers to a force that influences the psychology and behavior of subordinates through their excellent moral quality, psychological quality and knowledge quality in leadership work. Among the internal elements of personality influence, moral quality is the basis of personality influence.
The four elements that constitute the influence of a leader's personality are: character factor, ability factor, knowledge factor, and emotional factor.
Do you know which two elements constitute leadership authority?
(1) Character factors. Character refers to the leader's moral character, personality, style, etc., which is reflected in all the words and deeds of the leader. Excellent character can bring great influence to a leader, make people feel respected, and can attract people to follow suit. No matter how competent a leader, if there is a problem with character, his influence will be lost. This is why we oppose leaders using power for personal gain. If a leader speaks well in public, but opens the back door in private and engages in unscrupulous behavior, the result is that subordinates tend to obey such a leader on the surface, but they are disgusted inside. What subordinates hate most is a leader whose words and deeds are inconsistent. For this reason, leaders need to pay great attention to developing their own good character.
(2) Ability factor. A talented leader brings hope to the organization or group of success, thus creating a sense of admiration for him. Under normal circumstances, a person's talent should be commensurate with his position, which is called the best match between "people and things". But there are some incompetent leaders in life. They hold high positions, but they don't live up to their name in terms of ability. Such leaders deal with affairs slowly and often fail to meet schedules. In addition to this, they often make bad decisions due to a lack of judgment. The organization or group presided over by such a leader cannot coordinate with other organizations or groups in work. In this case, it will inevitably hinder the development of various business work of the organization or group. Therefore, as a leader, we must strive to improve our ability and be a leader with real talents and practical learning.
(3) Knowledge factor. Knowledge is a person's most precious wealth, knowledge itself is a kind of power, the power endowed by science. If a leader has a certain knowledge and expertise, he will have a greater influence on others. This power possessed by leaders is known as the power of expertise. The leader of an organization or group, in addition to having administrative leadership, must also master a wealth of business knowledge, so that he can correctly handle various problems and make his subordinates satisfied with it. Influence. This influence is beyond the power of authority. All in all, we can see that leaders give full play to the role of "expertise power" in addition to their legal rights, which can greatly improve leadership authority and work efficiency.
(4) Emotional factors. Feelings are the inner reflection of people's likes and dislikes towards objective things (including people). Once there is intimacy between people, the attraction to each other will be great, and the influence of each other will be great. Leaders are usually amiable, always considerate and caring for their subordinates, and have established a harmonious relationship with their subordinates. His influence is often relatively large. If the relationship between leaders and subordinates is relatively tense, it will widen the psychological distance between the two sides. Psychological distance is a kind of psychological repulsion and confrontation. When it exceeds a certain limit, it will have a negative influence.
The leaders of an organization or group want to turn their will and work goals into the conscious actions of their subordinates. Legal rights alone are not enough, because even if the leader has the power of "expertise power" in addition to legal rights, it is not enough. Without emotional influence, it is still not possible to maximize the role of a leader. If a leader wants to make his subordinates use it convincingly, he must not only let the subordinates obey the leader's command in work, but also be able to live in harmony with the leader emotionally, and share their worries and joys.
A leader's good morals, conduct and style can play a subtle positive role on subordinates. A leader's emotions and abilities are the keys to personality influence.
Do you know which two elements constitute leadership authority?
- The influence of role models
In addition to personality influence, the influence of role models is also a kind of non-power influence that is worth paying attention to. What is role model influence? It refers to the way in which the leader's normative and effective behavior provides subordinates with a model worth learning and imitating, so that it can produce the same psychological and behavioral effects on subordinates. Social psychology believes that subordinates can collect various information sent by leaders through hearing, seeing, and side understanding, and combine their own feelings and experiences to transform them into their own subjective consciousness and attitude, causing changes in their thoughts and feelings. The executive consciousness, attitude, and emotion are externalized into practical actions controlled by the will, and develop toward the goal directed by the leader's exemplary behavior. The leadership work under this effect will have a huge psychological appeal, which can make the leadership work deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and produce good results.