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...
Category: Leadership Styles
Transformational Leadership – What is it? Pros/Cons? Examples?
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 leaders I have encountered pacesetting leaders many times. In fact, I must admit that I have strong pacesetting tendencies myself. This article explains...
I have met many directive leaders on lower levels in organizations, but they are a bit less common further up in the hierarchy. The directive leadership style quickly becomes ineffective on more...