[Archived] Course 4. Foundational Leadership Principles: (Discussion #1) Understanding your Leadership Style
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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.
To lead others effectively, you need a good blend of 4 broad competencies area
If you have a surplus amount of knowledge on how to lead but not a good emotional quotient (EQ), you will find it hard to tackle leadership challenges. Having a good EQ is as important as having the right skills, and if you have skills but not the right attitude and values, you won't be able to achieve your full potential as a leader. Your attitude and values impact how others view you as a leader. We need an alignment in all 4 areas.
You have your very own leadership style based on your competency level. So, the next step is to label your original leadership style. Because you can switch to any leadership style with deliberate effort, thought, and adaptation.
Daniel Goleman categorizes leadership approaches in 6 broad styles. Authoritative, Coaching, Affiliative, and Democratic help one to promote harmony and positive outcomes while Coercive and Pacesetting styles of leadership need to be used in specific situations as they could cause tension.
Your original style could be one 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.
Lets get started!
- Please take the leadership style test here: https://www.energir.com/blogue/en/at-work/quiz-what-kind-of-leader-are-you/
Next step, below in the comments of this discussion, share
1. What is your leadership style?
2. What is one thing you learned about yourself?
3. What is one thing you would like to improve upon?
4. Please reply to 3 of your peers in this thread!
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1. What is your leadership style?
~ My leadership style is Affiliative leadership.
2. What is one thing you learned about yourself?
~ I didn't know about my leadership style, so it was something new for me to realize. I am focused on being open to new and innovative ideas, able to create an atmosphere of trust and reliability and work together as a team, while also providing support to my team members.
3. What is one thing you would like to improve upon?
~ I tend to freeze or become anxious during complex situations. I need to work on myself regarding this. I do manage to solve difficult problems but it makes me really anxious and sometimes I take a lot of time due to the nervousness, so this is something I should work on.
@unique73 that makes sense, there is so much uncertainty around complex situations and it becomes difficult to ascertain how to go ahead so they make us anxious.
Affiliative leader
2. What is one thing you learned about yourself?
Honestly, I did not feel the quiz was a good metric. There are other ways to go about things than indicated in the options.
I found it interesting that something I say often "What do you think?" was there in the options so I suppose that's one thing I learned.
3. What is one thing you would like to improve upon?
I have found it difficult to handle low performing team members who are not receptive to suggestions and motivation does not improve their work enough. I have usually had to do their work myself. That is something I wish to work upon to the extent possible.
@sereneButton43
I am an affiliative leader as well :)
@sereneButton43
it can be challenging when there is a low response to suggestions and a lack of teamwork.
@sereneButton43
i loved reading about how you can improve... its a good suggestion to yourself and will help you very greatly in the future!
@Heather225
1. What is your leadership style?- Affiliative.
2. What is one thing you learned about yourself? - I have a knack for getting people who are accustomed to working alone to work together instead.
3. What is one thing you would like to improve upon?- That I am more focused on teamwork and somehow that makes me emphasize less on the individual creativeness
@Prachi9876
@Prachi9876
What nice qualities to have.. You'll be an amazing leader 😊
@Heather225
1. What is your leadership style?
Visionary leader
2. What is one thing you learned about yourself?
I have confirmed that I have the ability to lead the way for others with my charisma, empathy and a clear and inspiring vision. I always wanted to lead a team and become not a bossy person but to be compassionate and supportive and at the same time make my team accomplish the tasks. Guess I am capable of it after all 😊
3. What is one thing you would like to improve upon?
Actually, I'd like my leadership style as it is and I'll be always open to new ideas and creativity from everyone on the team and will work together in achieving our goal.
@bubblingBreeze14
Awesomee.
@bubblingBreeze14
Incredible, being compassionate will help us to communicate through our needs and how we could improve as a team.
@Heather225
Hello everyone 👋👋👋👋
1. What is your leadership style?
"You are an affiliative leader. You have a leadership style that encourages relationships between people, prompting them to work together. Your approach involves focusing on the importance of working together. You also understand the needs of your team and your partners very well, and you try to satisfy them. Your greatest strength lies in your ability to ease tensions or motivate all your team members during difficult periods. You also have a knack for getting people who are accustomed to working alone to work together instead."
2. What is one thing you learned about yourself?
I have always known that I was able to empathise, ease others' tensions and motivate others to keep them focused on their desired systems.
3. What is one thing you would like to improve upon?
I would like to gain more confidence in my abilities, self-care and stay calm during difficult times.
@Heather225
Wow! Thanks for this amazing leadership test, it really helped me understand a lot of my own strengths. Below are my responses against the questions:-
1.
What is your leadership style?
As per the quiz I am a visionary leader and my leadership style is very
motivating.
2. What is one thing you learned about yourself?
Though I have learned a lot of things about me. But the most important thing I have learned is that motivating a team can help you lead in a better way.
3. Which is one thing you would like to improve upon?
I would like to improve upon my decision making skills as there are times when I get stuck in my own head while I had to take any decision for myself at a sudden.
@Ashvillium
Amazingg.
1. What is your leadership style?
I have an affiliative leadership style, which means I encourage relationships between people, which prompts for teamwork.
2. What is one thing you learned about yourself?
I
learned about my greatest leadership strength, which is my ability to
ease tensions and to motivate my team members through difficult times.
3. What is one thing you would like to improve upon?
I would definitely like to improve my communication skills, especially in being more direct in conversations with my peers.
@Nerdtastic01
Lovelyy.
@Nerdtastic01
Easing tensions and motivating people through difficult times are amazing skills to have and really important in leading a strong and effective team :)
@Nerdtastic01
Hey there, I am replying to your post because I also have an affiliative leadership style. You mentioned wanting to improve your communications skills, and honestly I believe that I too should work on that.
@Heather225
1. What is your leadership style?
My leadership style is affiliative.
2. What is one thing you learned about yourself?
I learned that I focus on the importance of working together as a team.
3. What is one thing you would like to improve upon?
I would like to improve my laid-back attitude.
@caringHope1976
Incredible, being compassionate will help us to communicate through our needs and how we could improve as a team.
@caringHope1976
Definitely, working together as a team is so important to make sure we can grow and achieve our goals :)
@caringHope1976
Hey there, I also have an affiliative leadership style too! We learned the same things about ourselves as well. I also focus on the importance of team work.
@Heather225
1. What is your leadership style?
affiliative leader
2. What is one thing you learned about yourself?
I have a leadership style that encourages relationships between people, prompting them to work together. I approach involves focusing on the importance of working together. I also understand the needs of your team and your partners very well, and I try to satisfy them. My greatest strength lies in your ability to ease tensions or motivate all your team members during difficult periods.
3. What is one thing you would like to improve upon?
Try new integration techniques, it can be to create new dynamic exercises to be able to create a more united group and also to understand the needs of others
4. Please reply to 3 of your peers in this thread!
@Crystaldancer
I agree, encouraging relationships between your team members is an amazing skill to have and can really help a team to grow and improve <3
@Crystaldancer
Hey, I have the same leadership style as you. I like your answer to the third question: incorporating the integration technique to your management habits. I should try this technique as well.
1. What is your leadership style?
I am a democratic leader.
2. What is one thing you learned about yourself?
My listening skills are central to building a team and drawing ideas out of people. This helps me to motivate a team and get everyone working together to do their best and reach a common goal, so we can all improve on our skills together and grow as a team.
3. What is one thing you would like to improve upon?
I would like to improve on my confidence in leading a team and being more able to say things straight. I’m not very good at setting clear expectations and acting if people aren’t meeting these because I waffle a lot when I don’t want people to feel uncomfortable, so I want to be able to say things in a clearer way that helps me support people and allow growth within the team.
@Izzy274
Nicely written.
