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By: Alf

Alf — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:54:56 +0000

HOW LEADERSHIP STYLES AFFECT PRODUCTIVITY.
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By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:58:46 +0000

@Robyn – Thank you for the insightful comments. You are so right about moral and participation as a team. This is a huge thing that many managers wrestle with. Sometimes, it is because the manager is insecure in his/her leadership and feel they have “something to prove.” If you’re a leader, but feel like you have to remind everyone of that, then you have issues!

I was recently co-facilitating a leadership workshop and the issue of leadership and talent came up. There are many in leadership that moved there for money or prestige, but lack the talent and skills. They DO NOT need to be in leadership positions. I have known some who were in touch with themselves and knew they were out of their element — they requested being moved back to a previous position. Kudos to them. Many would be too prideful to admit they were in over their heads.

-eb

By: Robyn

Robyn — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:53:31 +0000

Eric, I’ve enjoyed this series and the one on animal personalities. Without knowing it, I was always a participatory manager, only becoming consultative during short periods when I was starting up a new department or working with a new employee. I have found that, at least in smaller departments, it doesn’t take long for most people to catch on and thrive. Especially if they have been used to authoritative (or yikes! dictatorial) managers. I eased people into being participants by telling them that they were not to come to me with a problem without first figuring out a couple of solutions and being able to recommend one over the other. When they saw that I took their solutions seriously, they became more invested in their work and productivity (and morale) went through the roof. I wanted time to do other things and knew these folks were perfectly capable of running their areas. In nearly 30 years of supervising other people, there was only one who couldn’t execute.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:26:47 +0000

While leadership is often thought of a vague subject, it’s really a lifelong journey of self-improvement in the area of leading teams to achieving your goals. we can all improve our leadership through the study of the principles and some self-awareness and the willingness to apply these ideas in our teams.

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By: ebrown

ebrown — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:57:27 +0000

Brian, you raise some good points. However, I would submit that any labels for leaderships styles that are used nowadays still boil down to these four areas.

You also make a good point about leadership versus management. This article can certainly apply to management. There is a blurring of the lines in some cases between management and leadership and it depends on the size of an organization. If your company is large enough, you can wear the visionary leadership hat and have others manage the direction you have set forth while you stay in your area of strength and gifting. Many of the small and mid-size companies I work with use leadership and management synonymously. Title does not mean a lot and people are often wearing multiple hats.

Thanks for the comments. Let me know what else you like, dislike, or disagree with. I love good dialogue.

-eb

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:35:41 +0000

Your statement that there are only “4 primary leadership styles” is a bit misleading. There have been many advances in the study of leadership since those 4 styles (dictatorial, authoritative, consultative, and participative) were used to inform our understanding of leadership. Therefore, to call them “primary” is a bit outdated and misleading.

While they can certainly be construed as leadership styles, much work has been done in the area of leadership study to advance beyond this outdated understanding. Your analysis of those particular styles and their relationship to productivity is interesting; however, what you appear to be addressing is management and not truly leadership (control and not change).

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