What's your Leadership Style?

What if I told you your success was a reflection of your leadership skills? Not everyone can be a true leader, there are some who are thrown into this responsibility without a paddle or life vest and ultimately sink the business and the team and then there are those who have an innate ability to rise above expectations and in the process pull everyone around them to success and growth.

A strong leader has the ability to think strategically and has developed their critical thinking skills someone who is able to see the big picture and is not afraid to rally the troops to accomplish that vision.

One’s leadership style can be summed up in to 3 simple categories:

Authoritarian

Such a leader tends to be autocratic, provides clear expectations, does not seek input from peers or team, tends to be controlling and somewhat of a micro manager, does not tolerate being challenged, however they are definitely decision makers they can work efficiently and quickly and they are focused on reaching their goals, most of all under stressful situations they can assume the complex decisions and delegate effectively.

Participative

This is a more common and seeked style of leadership in today’s corporate environment, also classified as democratic leadership. Such leaders tend to have a more coaching approach, someone who guides their team to success, inclusive of opinions and does not fear being challenged. This being said they are not afraid to make an executive decision or have the final say in the matter at hand.

Such a leader tends to bring out the best in their team making them feel valued and does portray a strong ability to work with emotional intelligence.

Delegative

Delagative leadership is a very non-participative, hands off style, they choose to be low profile with minimal motivation, this is where the leader allows the employees to make decisions. They are responsible for the actions, but do not provide guidance or championship.

A true and successful leader will use all of these styles depending on the varying circumstances, with some dominant tendencies for a particular style, thus making it important for the leader to understand each of these styles to enable them to adapt and accomplish the overall organizational strategic goals.

Your Leadership style is how you form a strong team and obtain overall success in your career path, don’t be afraid to find out what’s your style.