When you finish studying the material in this chapter, you should be able to:

1. Define the term leadership, and explain the difference between leading and managing.
   
   
2. Review trait theory research and the takeaways from this theoretical perspective.
   
   
3. Explain behavioral styles theory and its takeaways.
   
   
4. Explain, according to Fiedler's contingency model, how leadership style interacts with situational control, and discuss the takeaways from this model.
   
   
5. Discuss House's revised path–goal theory, and its practical takeaways.
   
   
6. Describe the difference between laissez-faire, transactional, and transformational leadership.
   
   
7. Discuss how transformational leadership transforms followers and work groups.
   
   
8. Explain the leader–member exchange model of leadership and the concept of shared leadership.
   
   
9. Review the Level 5 model of leadership and the principles of servant leadership.
   
   
10. Describe the follower's role in the leadership process.