Type of Leadership
Leadership, Nature or Nurture? Part 3
- Authoritarian
- Laissez-Faire
- Democratic
- Participative
- Shared
- Agile
- Authentic
- Situational
- Spiritual
- Serving
- Charismatic
- Populist
- Transformational
- Personal
- Connecting
- Sustainable
- …
A leadership style is a way in which a leader (a professional, an entrepreneur, a manager ) fills in a task.
The topic of this part of this course is to answer the following question: how does the leader think he or she can influence others as positively as possible in order to achieve the objectives of the organisation? There are different classifications in the literature of leadership or management styles.
Conduct research to gain insight into the different approaches.
The above list is not exhaustive. It gives a picture of various points of view and they can also be placed in certain timeframes.
Is there a (preferred) style that is effective in every situation? No there is not. Always assess what is needed under the given conditions, matching the task maturity and attitude of the team/team members, as well as the personality of the manager. But in the context of working in self-managing teams – Lean and Agile working – we pay extra attention to Agile Leadership. For more, see the slides in the upcoming topic of ‘How to align your team: Balance and Expectations’.
Learn more about situational leadership in the next video:
Six skills a leader must have:
- Have a vision that inspires and challenges your team.
- Translate that vision into strategy and concrete steps.
- Develop and reward a team of top performers who get to work with it.
- Focus on measurable results.
- Stay innovative and continue learning.
- Be your own leader: know yourself, improve yourself, make sure you stay in balance.
A lot of research has been done on what an effective leader should have, which qualities and which attitudes that lead to success. In addition to skills, personal characteristics are mentioned, such as:
- Self-awareness: self-insight (in own competences and shortcomings).
- Responsibility.
- Being a Visionary.
- An appetite for risk.
- The desire and ability to connect.
- Being able to handle a fixed price.
- Being transparent.
- Being Impactful.
What do you think of these statements?