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10 Leadership Styles

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Do you always lead with a style that’s most comfortable for you, or can you adapt your natural style to meet the need of a given situation? Here are two ways to classify leadership styles, and 10 different styles: The Situational Leadership model uses a 4 box grid based on the amount of direction and.

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Leadership Styles: How to Dress for the Occasion

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While some leadership styles may be more naturally comfortable than others, effective leaders need to adapt their style to the needs of their employees and the situation at hand. emotional intelligence leadership styles situational leadership' Read my latest post over at About.com to find out why and how.

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10 Essential Leadership Models

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Here are 10 leadership models that I believe any leader or aspiring leader should be familiar with (Kudos to Mind Tools for supplying many of the summaries in the links, and to Vou): 1. Situation Leadership. It’s all about adapting your leadership style to the developmental needs, or “maturity level”, of your employees.

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Three Management Styles

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The basic concepts presented in this article are derived from the “Situational Leadership Theory Model,” developed by Ken Blanchard and Paul Hersey. The most effective managers vary their styles depending on the employee’s knowledge and skills, the nature of the task, time constraints, and other factors.

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25 Tips for New Managers

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Learn “ Situational Leadership ”. SL is a must-have leadership framework for any manager. Even though you were most likely promoted within a function where you were the best engineer, you are no longer an engineer – you’re a manager. The good news is, you have a track record of success.

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Questions to Teach Leadership and Management

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What’s the "best" leadership style? Trick question, leads to a nice discussion on situational leadership. It’s fun to allow groups to get there by themselves. Does a leader need power? How can a leader avoid being corrupted by power? Think about the best leaders you have ever known. What made them so great?

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10 Things I Learned from a Training Program That I Still Use Today

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Situational leadership (how to adjust your approach based on the developmental needs of your employees). How to do a root cause analysis and a structured process for making decisions. How to analyze and improve a process. How to work with different countries and cultures. How to remain open to possibilities (possibility thinking).

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