Leadership Styles and Team Performance Correlations. Jerry D. Eubank MSOH, CSP, NRP, COSS, CSSM

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1 Leadership Styles and Team Performance Correlations Jerry D. Eubank MSOH, CSP, NRP, COSS, CSSM

2 Agenda Leadership Authoritarian Participative Delegative Transformational Transactional Situational

3 Leadership Style versus Trait Manager versus Leader Leadership Style Defined Leadership Styles A style is a manner of doing something, while a trait is a distinguishing quality or characteristic. The manner in which a leader typically provides direction and motivates others.

4 Authoritarian (Autocratic) Advantages Confident Rapid decisions Crisis management Useful when members lack competence, knowledge, and experience Disadvantages Micromanagement Lack of ownership Increased dependence Lack of trust

5 Operational / Safety Performance Authoritarian leadership refers to a leader s behavior of asserting strong authority and control over subordinates and demanding unquestioned obedience from them Potential to motivate employees to enhance performance Beneficial in resource scarce environment

6 Participative (Democratic) Advantages Acceptance Morale Creativity Retention Committed Disadvantages Inefficient Incompetence Indecisiveness Decision making Social pressure

7 Operational / Safety Performance Democratic leadership style consists of the leader sharing the decision making abilities with group members by promoting the interests of the group members and by practicing social equality Effective leadership style that creates higher productivity

8 Delegative (Laissez faire) Advantages Independent Knowledgeable team Disadvantages Role awareness Group involvement Accountability Passive Avoiding

9 Operational / Safety Performance Delegative leadership style is where all the rights and power to make decisions is fully given to the worker Performance suffers if the leader cannot or will not provide regular feedback

10 Transformational Advantages Charisma Inspiration Intellectual stimulation Individualized consideration Lower turnover Disadvantages Not always effective Prioritization Continual communication Feedback requirements Burnout

11 Operational / Safety Performance Transformational leadership involves the leader identifying the needed change, creating a vision to guide the change through inspiration, and executes the change with the commitment of group members Motivates personnel to a high level of performance

12 Transactional (Managerial) Advantages Clear structure Productive Cost effective Motivation Autonomy Disadvantages Lack of creativity Insensitive Unyielding High accountability High percentage of followers

13 Operational / Safety Performance Transactional leadership is a part of a style of leadership that focuses on supervision, organization, and performance Adheres to path goal theory Focus on increasing the efficiency of established routines and procedures Follows existing rules

14 Situational Advantages Flexible Motivation Productivity Employee Retention Disadvantages Confusion Leadership or management Outside factors Perception

15 Operational / Safety Performance Situational leadership refers to when the leader or manager of an organization must adjust his style to fit the development level of the followers he is trying to influence If not applied appropriately, it may spike confusion among employees, as they will not know what to expect creating an environment of fear and insecurity

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17 Up Next...Breakout Sessions 11:30am-12:15pm 1. Industrial Hygiene Strategies for Assessing Exposures During Onshore Drilling Activites Dr. Bradley King, Room 335-A Drug Testing Trends and Owner Survey Colin Woods, Room 335-B 3. Well Servicing and Completion Safety for Marginal Production Tim Martin, Room 335-C 4. The Safety Training Logic: Reducing Risk Through Competency Mapping and Effective Training Assignment David Cooper, Room 336-AB 5. Bringing Transparency to Produced Water Andrew L. Keller, Room 337-AB 6. Dropped Object Prevention Dustin McConnell, Room 339-AB 7. The First Step in Stopping the Job Kenny Baker, Room 340-AB 8. Fatigue Risk Assessment and Management in High-Risk Environments (FRAME) Applications for Oil and Gas Operations Ranajna Mehta, Ph.D., Room 343-AB 9. Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard Joseph Kraham, Room 346-AB

18 Up Next Wednesday Lunch: Grand Ballroom 12:15pm 1:45pm - Speaker: Judith Glick-Smith, Ph.D., Flow-Based Leadership CEUs - Receive 1.3 CEUs (13 hours) for attending conference - Submit form at Customer Service Desk at the conclusion of the conference Download the App - Visit and download the 2018 OSHA Oil & Gas Safety and Health Conference Mobile App