Below are six video clips. I want assistance with:
Q1. What leadership model(s) best describe the approach to leadership exhibited in the video clips in a few sentences and why. All five of the below leadership styles must be used at least once.
- Trait Model
- Behavioral Model
- Contingency Model (identify which one—Fiedler Model, Path-Goal Model, and/or Normative Decision Model)
- Influence (Power) (identify which one—Reward Power, Coercive Power, Legitimate Power, Referent Power and/or Expert Power)
- Transformational Leadership
Q2. Please help me analyze the effectiveness of this leadership approach. Give examples of how specific behaviors or attitudes illustrate specific tenets of the leadership model you have chosen. Defend your answer with examples from the clip and references to the appropriate reference links provided.
Q3. Is this leadership style appropriate for this situation? Do you think it will be effective? Why or why not? Under what conditions might this approach be most appropriate? Most inappropriate?
References and Links:
1.This clip is from Dead Poets Society. Compare and contrast the leadership styles of both Mr. Keating and Mr. Nolan.
CineGraf (2014). O captain, my captain! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j64SctPKmqk
2. This clip is from the movie Office Space where the main character is asked to work the weekend. What leadership style is Lumberg using? ResoluteProductions (2011). Office Space—Working tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjJCdCXFslY
3. The third clip is a scene from Remember the Titans where the coach tells the players about the Battle of Gettysburg.
mikedaquila (2011) Remember the Titans Coach Boone Speech.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIeLiPjgAbQ
4. This clip is from The Princess Bride and depicts a battle of wits between Vazzini and Roberts where Vazzini has to decide which cup is poisoned. Vecchiarelli, M.S. (2013) The princess bride—Battle of the wits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6TQ7ljcsjk
5. The fifth clip is from The Blind Side. What leadership style does the coach use and then what style does the mother use when she goes onto the field to tell Michael that the football team is like his family and he has to protect them?
MacPherson, J. (2011). Blindside p and p 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnJbznlYT9A
6. The last clip is from The Devil Wears Prada where Andrea arrives at the offices of Runway to interview for a job as assistant to Miranda. moviemomentsAUS's channel (2012). Devil Wears Prada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PjZAeiU7uM
Background:
https://www.leadership-central.com/fiedler%27s-contingency-theory.html#axzz3OemkTtoM
https://www.uk.sagepub.com/northouse6e/study/materials/reference/reference7.2.pdf
https://www.leadership-central.com/Vroom-Yetton-Jago-decision-making-model-of-leadership.html#axzz3OjpF9lI8
https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action