Bradford / Influence Model

The Bradford Model, also known as the Influence Model focuses on how a leader structures their interactions with followers and others. 

The core skills of leadership according to this Model comprise of the ability to use active listening skills and appropriate body language.

This theory has been applied to the character Dolly.

Hackman Team Effectiveness Model

Hackman's Team Effectiveness Model (1990) includes three key themes for an effective team, which are Real Team, Compelling Direction and Right People.

Servant Leader

Servant Leadership (defined by Robert K Greenleaf in 1970) is based on the wish to serve, to provide support, guidance and motivation.

Tuckman

The model describes five stages (forming, storming, norming, performing and adjouring) of group development.

Lewin's Leadership Style

Lewin (1939) identified three different styles of leadership, which were Authoritarian (Autocratic), Participative (Democratic) and Delegative (Laissez-Faire).  Lewin concluded that the Democratic style was the most affective.

Styles of Power

French and Raven (1959) identified five styles of power which a leader may possess to have influence over their followers.  These  are reward, coercive, legitimate, referent and expert power.

The future of Leadership and Management

The future of Leadership and Management

Deborah Ancona (2009) has a modern outlook regarding the theory of successful management. She considers the expansion of the world’s communication methods mean that leaders are now working in multi-cultural environments across borders which are introducing different views.