Understanding Your Leadership Style
Business Management April 8th. 2009, 4:26amEach leader is different in the way they handle situations, challenges and problems. They each have priorities that they would prefer over the other. But have you ever asked yourself what your leadership style is? If you want to know more, then read on.
One leadership style is The Tyrant. This style relies on leadership by dictatorial standards. While it is not generally bad to be the one giving orders, it is often misinterpreted as a one-sided approach to governing a group of people.
More often than not it encourages uproar and complaints among the people and doesn’t boost their morale. People want to be led not dominated.
Another leadership style is The-Anything-Goes kind of leadership. This style is on the other end of the extreme. If a tyrant controls and governs with an iron hand, then the leader with this style leads without boundaries. Though people are often able to speak their mind and participate in the decision making process, this style of leadership is prone to chaos. Why? People need guidelines, and they need rule to restore order. Without these things, then the leader is bound to failure.
It is important to strike a balance in everything. And this brings us to the final leadership style which is The Democratic. This style of leadership allows partnership with the people but at the same time gives boundaries that will guide people and keep the order. It is necessary to look at all sides and all aspects of human behaviour, situation and the problems that they face and then collaborate with the people in solving all these problems. With this kind of leadership, a group is bound to attain whatever goals they have set out to do.
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Joshua Maruta
Josh completed his Electrical Engineering Degree in Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Central Java, and his M.Sc. in electrical engineering from Union College, Schenectady, NY, USA. Josh has been working for PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia from 1973-2001. He handled electrical engineering design and construction, power generation and transmission operations, and production operations from 1973-1996, and led Strategic Business Units which encompass production support functions as well as production operations from 1996-2001.
