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The Four Leadership Styles of Situational Leadership®

The Center For Leadership Studies

Situational Leadership ® is a common-sense, contingency-based leadership model that consists of four common leadership styles. Contingency-based” basically means the correct answer to the question: “What is the best leadership style?”. STYLE 1 – TELLING, DIRECTING or GUIDING.

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Team Leader as Team Coach

Leading Blog

It’s a generally accepted leadership competency, working with individual team members, one-on-one. To that now familiar leadership style it’s time to add team leader as team coach: the ability to work with the team as a whole. This is a skill that includes clarifying, summarizing and active listening.

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Leadership at its Peak: How Board Advisor Coaching Shapes Success

N2Growth Blog

They understand the unique pressures and demands of leadership positions and can provide tailored guidance to help executives develop the skills and competencies needed to succeed. Armed with this knowledge, they were able to revamp their product offerings, streamline operations, and enhance the overall customer experience.

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Reality Checks Leaders Must Give Themselves in 2016 (Part Two)

Lead Change Blog

They will then operate on those realities, often in support of elevating their own and other people’s behaviors and actions. Here are the last two of five reality checks that will help you gauge your leadership aptitude and assess whether changes need to be made going into 2016. Leaders who listen well do so with active listening.

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The Art of Leading Change: Strategies for Success in Organizations

Experience to Lead

Leading change management is about promoting growth and creating a space for transitioning to new approaches through your leadership style. A high-performing leader encourages employees to express their concerns openly and actively listens to their concerns without passing judgment.

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6 Ways to Listen Like a Leader

Great Leadership By Dan

You can improve your ability to lead effectively by learning the six skills for active listening. CCL's Michael Hoppe recently authored the guidebook Active Listening to make CCL's approach to active listening more explicit and available to a broad audience. Active listening requires an open mind.

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Five Must-Have Leadership Skills for the Decade Ahead

The Center For Leadership Studies

Situational leaders will excel here, knowing how to diagnose correctly, then communicating the best-match leadership style for the person and the task, skill or behavior. They wisely know when to lean in with Styles 1 or 2 and lean out with Styles 3 or 4. Servant leadership has pointed the way to this.

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