Self-regulatory focus theory

‘Self-regulatory focus theory’ and leadership

Self-regulatory focus theory

• People’s focus is to approach pleasure or avoid pain
• Promotion goals focus on 1
• Prevention goals emphasize avoiding punishment
• Factors that affect people’s focus

The Chronic Factor

• comes from one’s 2
• The '3 Factor'
• we are more likely to focus on promotion goals when with a 4 we are more likely to focus on prevention goals with our boss

How people’s focus affects them

• Promotion Focus: People think about an ideal version of themselves, their 5and their gains.
• Prevention Focus: People think about their ‘ought’ self and their obligations

Leaders

Leadership behavior and 6 affects people’s focus

Transformational Leaders:

•  Pay special attention to the 7 of their followers
•  Passionately communicate a clear 8 inspire promotion focus in followers

Transactional Leaders:

•  Create 9 to make expectations clear
•  Emphasize the results of a mistake
•  Inspire prevention focus in followers

Conclusion

Promotion Focus is good for jobs requiring 10

Prevention Focus is good for work such as a surgeon

Leaders’ actions affect which focus people use