Category: Leadership Styles

I find the six leadership styles based on Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman the most useful set of leadership styles out there. I have successfully used this framework for years, and it has...

The leadership theories we’ve discussed have neglected one crucial component. It’s often something we tend to ignore as we become absorbed with completing performance targets and saving the...

Transformational leadership can be thought of as a caterpillar evolving into a butterfly. It takes time. It takes motivation. It takes hard work. In the end, it is all worth it since the end result...

An affiliative leader’s mantra is simple - “Let harmony reign!” Affiliative leaders adopt a people-first approach and attempt to create and sustain a peaceful work environment. I have seen...

As a business leader, I can see how transactional leadership has a good fit in the right areas. Deploying it in non-transactional environments would be asking for trouble though. Seen as the...

During my many years as a business leader I have encountered pacesetting leaders many times. In fact, I must admit that I have strong pacesetting tendencies myself. This article explains theoretical...