Glossary L

Leaders is defined as individuals within a group who exert most influence on group members.

Leadership refers to the ability to inspire confidence and support among the people who are needed to achieve organizational goals.

Leadership emergence is defined as the process by which an individual becomes formally or informally, perceptually or behaviorally, and implicitly or explicitly recognized as the leader of a formerly leaderless group.

Leadership Grid refers to a theory of management and leadership, proposed by Robert Blake and Jane Mouton, assuming that people vary in their concern for results and their concern for people, and that individuals who are high on both dimensions (9,9) are the best leaders.
Leadership motive pattern is the name for a pattern of needs in which a leader has a high need for power and a low need for affiliation.
Leadership Opinion Questionnaire refers to a test used to measure a leader’s self -perception of his/her leadership style.

Leadership substitutes theory refers to a conceptual analysis of the factors that combine to reduce or eliminate the need for a leader.

Leadfoot refers to one who drives an automobile too fast, especially as a habit.