Selasa, 21 Oktober 2008

Leadership - Determining the Right Style of Leaders By Duncan Brodiehip

As a leader, you will find that you have to deal with a whole range of different problems, issues and challenges. Your success as a leader depends on how you respond to these challenges. Like everything, there are a number of different options you could take to addressing the specific situation and you choose what is most appropriate. Situational leadership or the one size does not fit all approach is about adapting your style to the specific situation.

Leadership styles fall into 5 main categories:

• Telling- where you tell

• Telling and selling- where you explain the why and make the case

• Consultation - where you want to get ideas but retain responsibility for the final decision

• Participation -where you involve others in the solution and decision process

• Empowerment - where you pass the power and authority to others

So let's take a look at some specific examples.

If you are dealing with someone who is a beginner with limited experience or knowledge, you will probably be much more directive about what you want and how you want it done.

On the other hand you might be faced with a situation where someone is not a beginner but for some reason has become disillusioned or lost confidence. In this situation, coaching that person is what will work best most of the time.

There may be people or teams of people who are incredibly capable but by nature cautious. Often people in technical professions which are highly rules based fall into this category. For this group, a supportive style might work best where you focus on encouraging and re-assuring

Finally, you probably have some individuals or teams that are best described as self reliant and achievement orientated. For this group, the most successful leadership style is to delegate the task and responsibility, get out of the way and leave them to get on with it.

Bottom line: Think about the other person or group when deciding what leadership style to adopt.

Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements (G&A) works with individuals, teams and organisations to develop their management and leadership capability.

With 25 years business experience in a range of sectors, he understands first hand the real challenges of managing and leading in the demanding business world.

You can learn more about Duncan, Goals and Achievements services and products and sign up for his free e-course and newsletter athttp://www.goalsandachievements.co.uk/

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