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Course 2, Discussion 1: Understanding your Leadership Style
Hello everyone,
If you are reading this, it means you have come a long way in your leadership training. Kudos to you for all the effort and resilience you have shown! It is amazing how you all are open to learning and adapting to new environments: the environment of leadership!
Before we zoom in and talk more about learning and adapting, lets zoom back out first and talk about how you feel about leadership. Regardless of how you see yourself, there is a leader within you. The one who visualizes how things could have run in a better way if you were in the leading spot. Leading spot here means:
A desire for change
Believing you got the abilities to make it happen
Visualizing success while keeping in mind the bigger picture.
Lets take a look at the leadership styles as proposed by Daniel Goleman
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Your original style could be any of them. So for the purpose of this course, we are going to use a leadership style test to help you identify your core competencies. In brief, we are using the test here to help you identify your leadership approach. So, when you know how you approach an event, you could think and put efforts to bring a change in it. It will allow you to polish your strengths and focus to improve in other different areas as well.
Let's get started!
- Please take the leadership style test linked HERE.
✒️ Which leadership style did you score the highest for?
✒️ Do you agree with this quiz?
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@Hope I got 33/35 at coaching. I always think that people know themselves more than anybody else, and the same people are the building blocks of the team. So we should rather focus on individuals than the team or goals and invest in the people.
@Hope
Which leadership style did you score the highest for?
So I tied with Visionary and Affiliative as the top two Leadership styles with Coaching just one point below those two, and Commanding as the lowest of all of them.
Do you agree with this quiz?
I actually do agree with this quiz. I firmly believe that people come first. If my employees (I've been a Manager before) are not happy or being encouraged and are told more of what they are doing wrong than what they are doing right, I find that their performance suffers and they end up quitting the job. I also firmly believe in being "in the trenches", as they say, with the people I am in leadership above. I believe everyone is equal and should work together as a team. Sure, I'm the one with the leadership title, but to me, all that means is that if something goes wrong, it falls on me to be accountable for. I think being a leader means being in the trenches with those under your supervision, and showing by example how things should be done. Working together as a team and motivating and uplifting one another. Like the description says, "come with me". Everyone should have a voice, and everyone matters. Their happiness and comfort at work comes first, because ultimately, that drives their performance.
@KaylaMaulfair
I really appreciate your perspective, Kayla. It sounds like you'd be a good manager.
@Hope I agree with my leadership results. I scored a 27 out of 35 for visionary and I agree with it because it described my style of leadership. VISIONARY
@Countrygirl095 Good to see your dedication! :D
I got equal scores for pace setting and affiliative.
Test was good but seems that there is some error because the interpretation area and assessment results area shows interchanged scores for two types.
✒️ Which leadership style did you score the highest for?
I got affiliative leader
✒️ Do you agree with this quiz?
I got visionary and pace-setting.
I mostly agree I think. Similar to personality tests, I think we all probably have characteristics of each thing in us.
I think it's an interesting tool for reflection. I liked the "use/don't use" parts - it's good to think about in terms of which aspect of leadership we might be drawing from.
@4Jasmine
Wow! Those are pretty high scores! Which areas are you talking about?
@JustSophia
Due to some confusion on my part, I ended up taking the test twice. Each time on separate days. My first time I needed to a bit more democratic and scored a 33. The second day I was feeling more positively focused and improved that score. I have strengths, but really could learn to be a little more democratic in future leadership.😊 Scores aren't really where the rubber meets the road. We shall see how and where I need to grow. Patience is certainly on my list!👍
@4Jasmine
It's fascinating to see how scores can shift from day to day depending on our moods or whatever else. They can still be interesting indicators of our tendencies though, and good tools for reflection. I agree with you that our experience and behavior is the real test, though!
I am an affiliative leadership style. I make sure that my team is approaching everything in a healthy way
@Hope
✒️ Which leadership style did you score the highest for?
-> I have got the Democratic Score Highest. I do believe in equal participation and mutual agreement.
✒️ Do you agree with this quiz?
-> Yes. It is giving an accurate result in my opinion.
✒️ Which leadership style did you score the highest for?
I scored highest in Affiliate and democratic with 31 on both
✒️ Do you agree with this quiz?
Well i think this quiz can be subject to alot of biases and it also (without doing any research into this) looks like it isnt scientifically approved in any way which may cause a lot of problems.
@Hope @yourbuddy30
Which leadership style did you score the highest for? I scored highest for Democratic and Affiliative leadership styles.
Do you agree with this quiz? I dont know if I am in agreement or disagreement with this quiz.
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@Hope
✒️ Which leadership style did you score the highest for?
democratic leader
✒️ Do you agree with this quiz?
😁 i guess so
✒️ Which leadership style did you score the highest for?
I scored highest for affiliative, followed by pacesetting and coaching.
✒️ Do you agree with this quiz?
To be honest, I'm not sure because I seldom am an absolute leader in my project.
@Hope
✒️ Which leadership style did you score the highest for?
i scored highest on democratic i scored highest on democratic (29) followed by visionary and coaching both at (27)
✒️ Do you agree with this quiz?
i do yes it asked me about very specific details and i do agree that i value being democratic and having a more inclusive view of things.
@Hope I am a visionary! And i do believe this quiz can be a helpful tool!
@Hope
Which leadership style did you score the highest for?
My highest was pacesetting.
Do you agree with this quiz?
For the most part, yes, I do believe this is pretty accurate.
@Hope
✒️ Which leadership style did you score the highest for?
- Total Pacesetting Score is: 30 out of 35
- Total Affiliative Score is: 29 out of 35
- Total Coaching Score is: 27 out of 35
- Total Democratic Score is: 26 out of 35
- Total Visionary Score is: 19 out of 35
- Total Commanding Score is: 16 out of 35
✒️ Do you agree with this quiz?
I thought it was interesting how this quiz makes it seem like I have a variety of leadership styles rather than a single leadership style.
However, I would agree that this makes sense. As a leader I would try to balance my skills/strengths/character traits in order to be the best possible leader and get the work needed done.
@Hope✒️ Which leadership style did you score the highest for?
I scored highest for the visionary leader!
✒️ Do you agree with this quiz?
I think agree with the quiz results :)
I am an affiliative leader. When I work, I always try to cultivate relationships with employes. I also try to solve conflicts at work. I agree thesse results.
@patientShell1003 I am also an affiliative leader and it's good to see so many affiliative leaders on 7cups. I wish you luck on your journey!
@Hope
Which leadership style did you score the highest for?
Total Democratic Score is: 25 out of 35
| Generates ideas and builds commitment among employees through participation and consensus. | |
| Use | To get valuable input, to get alignment between team members or buy-in. |
| Don't use | When there is no time to hold meetings, with employees that need close supervision. |
Personally, I have been feeling like I don't know how to deal with leading a cross-functional team. Until I started babysitting.
@Hope
Ola Ola
I scored highest in coaching. But doing business myself I think its important to look all of these aspects together and make an assessment if the quiz makes sense.
Looking them all together and taking into account all of different situations that may arise etc, I think its pretty accurate. A good conclusive view of basic traits.
| Total Visionary Score is: 31 out of 35 |
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| Total Coaching Score is: 33 out of 35 |
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| Total Democratic Score is: 29 out of 35 |
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| Total Affiliative Score is: 31 out of 35 |
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| Total Pacesetting Score is: 32 out of 35 |
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| Total Commanding Score is: 22 out of 35 |
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@Hope
✒️ Which leadership style did you score the highest for?
I scored highest for Visionary with my score as 21 out of 35!
✒️ Do you agree with this quiz?
I agree with this quiz—I'm all about big ideas and painting an inspiring picture of the future.
Which leadership style did you score the highest for?
I scored highest with the affiliative leadership style (35 out of 35) which means that I cultivate relationships with employees and is useful to help resolve confrontations.
Do you agree with this quiz?
I think I do I believe that I do prioritize relationships as I think that if your team are happier they are more likely to work harder and have better quality results but I don't feel like I have too much experience in leadership so might not be too accurate for me especially in certain aspects of the test such as long-term goal as have limited experience there.
@Hope
I scored highest for the 'Democratic' leadership style.
I agree with this quiz because I value collaboration and input from others. I believe involving the team in decision making leads to more comprehensive and effective solutions.
@Damonchandio
I strongly agree, and think the democratic leadership style is really important!
@Hope
✒️ Which leadership style did you score the highest for?
The highest score I received was 32/35 for visionary, democratic, and affiliative leadership.
✒️ Do you agree with this quiz?
I believe that leadership-wise, the best role I have is affiliative and visionary. This is due to my tendency to connect with others and making sure that the work we do aligns with our long-term visions!
@Hope i got the highest ins coaching 33 out of 35
Do i agree: yes i do believe as a leader you should give however you are leading a little push from time to time to help directe them in the right direction
Though it's good to have more than one leading styles and techniques cuz not everyone is the same and some people might need different approach to be able to help them 💗
@Hope
✒️ Which leadership style did you score the highest for?
DEMOCRATIC
✒️ Do you agree with this quiz?
to some extent yes. I haven't been in a proper leadership position before but when I am in a team setting, I try to ensure that everyone's option and thoughts has been considered before making a group decision. I think that has translated over to democratic
