What is your Leadership style?

Posted on January 20, 2020 by BJ Jhaveri, One of Thousands of Business Coaches on Noomii.

Leadership styles are behavioral traits and personalities which are consistently exhibited by leaders in various situations.

These styles can be divided into 4 quadrants showing the Leader’s predominant style:
• Purposeful
• Inspirational
• Considerate
• Organized

Purposeful Leader:
Ensures that results are effective
Focuses on inventing more than improving
Challenges norms, anticipates and removes obstacles
Values intellectual competence

Inspirational Leader:
Ensures results are in line with values
Focuses on helping people grow
Champions the team to achieve results
Values making a difference

Considerate Leader:
Ensures that results help people
Focuses on listening and on sharing information
Is quick to praise, thank and reward
Values the individual

Organized Leader:
Ensures clear objectives, procedures, and measures
Focuses on continuous improvement
Has a disciplined and efficient approach
Values logic & physical competence

Leadership Divergence – these are polarities which drive outcomes:

Strategic Leadership > Focused on vision, values, mission. Designs changes

Collaborative Leadership > Brings out the best in people. Inspires transformation

Directive Leadership > Clear and firm. Helps overcome inertia

Tactical Leadership > Monitors key task details.Causes incremental improvement

Too much & Too little of Leadership styles:
Un-Purposeful Leaders are AIMLESS
Over-Purposeful Leaders are FANATICAL
Un-Inspirational Leaders are DULL
Over-Inspirational Leaders are MESMERIZING
Un-Considerate Leaders are HARSH
Over-Considerate Leaders are GULLIBLE
Un-Organized Leaders are CHAOTIC
Over-Organized Leaders are MECHANISTIC

If you consider the Leadership style map on an (X, Y) axis; and max value of X and Y is 3, then:
FANATICAL would be (-3,3)
MESMERIZING would be (3,3)
GULLIBLE would be (3,-3)
MECHANISTIC would be (-3,-3)