“The Power of Leadership”
Effective Leaders Use the Most Effective Style of Leadership
There are five styles of leadership:
- the Comforter
- the Regulator
- the Task Master
- the Manipulator
- the Developer
Research done by Dr. Jay Hall at the University of Texas concluded which style is most effective:
5. the Comforter was the least effective
4. the Regulator was next to last
3. the Task Master was moderately effective
2. the Manipulator was more effective
1. but the Developer was the most effective style.
The Developer is almost twice as effective as any other leadership style, because the Developer demonstrates all of the following leadership qualities:
- Believes in people
- Attracts involvement
- Is an effective communicator
- Use internal, personal motivation
- Shares the power
To be a truly effective leader, you must: believe in, trust, empower, challenge, and develop your people! And anyone can compare their style to the Developer model and work at becoming a more effective leader.
“Leaders, whether in the family, in business, in government, or in education, must not allow themselves to mistake intentions for accomplishments.” – Jim Rohn
Have a great day!
Shawn
Russ M. Miller, LLIF – Chairman & CEO
Performance Institute (Human Capital Development)
Global CEO Academy (Management Training)
Sunny Hong Zhang – Managing Partner – China
Shawn M. Miller – Managing Partner – USA
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First of all, wonderful article! It gave seeds to a few ideas that I would like to share. Teamwork is a dynamic process involving people with complementary backgrounds and skills, share common goals and exercise intensive effort in assessing, planning, evaluating and executing towards the common goal. However, there are significant difficulties that are experienced while building group work among individuals. We have to consider cultural and indivisual differences, professional, social differences, education differences and gender differences. Unsolved communication issues, weak commitment from all stakeholders undermine team spirit. We should also consider factors such as differences in political views. Organizations often fail to create feasible policies to govern team building, so all efforts become obsolete sooner that they can settle to become useful for any community.