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5.4.1 — Short Answer Questions

Q.The leader's foremost function is to structure the situation for the group members. How does she/he do this?

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A leader structures the group's situation by defining the shared goal, setting standards and roles, and personally demonstrating the way forward — before expecting the group to act.

Leadership is "the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal" — and a group cannot be motivated towards a goal that is undefined. The leader's foremost function, therefore, is to structure that situation: naming the common goal clearly, setting the standards and rules the group will operate under, assigning roles and responsibilities (delegation), and then personally modelling the expected behaviour, per John C. Maxwell's definition that "a leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way." …

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