{"id":551,"date":"2020-07-24T00:07:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T23:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danieledavi.com\/blog\/?p=551"},"modified":"2021-02-23T21:58:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T21:58:42","slug":"4-leadership-styles-compared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danieledavi.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/4-leadership-styles-compared\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Leadership styles compared"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Hero leader<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Style<\/strong>: Trait-based leadership
Characteristics<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Impact is made by the individual leader alone.<\/li>
  • The personal characteristics and behavior of the leader make the difference rather than the context in which the leader operates.<\/li>
  • One can become a great leader by emulating the personal characteristics and behavior of great leaders.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Issues<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • The mindless application of heroic traits may lead to inauthentic behavior, which undermines trust.<\/li>
    • Top-down.<\/li>
    • Assumption that \u201cone size fits all.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      The Chameleon leader<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Style<\/strong>: Situational leadership
      Characteristics<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      • Leadership is situation-specific and adapts as the world and people change.<\/li>
      • Leaders adopt different styles based on the maturity of the people they are leading.<\/li>
      • Can be developed by enabling individuals to understand the context and to adapt their behavior accordingly.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Issues<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        • Difficult to determine the correct behavior in a given context.<\/li>
        • Losing oneself in the context and lacking authenticity.<\/li>
        • Merely externally oriented, without a strong internal sense of purpose.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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          The Transformational leader<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

          Style<\/strong>: Transformational leadership
          Characteristics<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          • The role of the leader is to be a role model, to create a shared vision, and to build a team\u2019s trust and capacity to work together.<\/li>
          • Leaders create an environment in which individuals transcend their individual goals to achieve the higher mission of the organization.<\/li>
          • Leaders create desirable outcomes in organizations and have to be able to transform the context rather than simply react to it.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Issues<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            • Not all leaders have visionary personalities, and these may be hard to develop.<\/li>
            • All attention goes to the visionary leader instead of the issues that s\/he is trying to address<\/li>
            • High risk as the reputation of the organization is determined largely by the visionary leader.<\/li>
            • Dependence of the organization on the visionary leader, potentially a lack of empowerment of leaders at lower levels within the organization.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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              The Servant leader<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

              Style<\/strong>: Servant leadership
              Characteristics<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

              • Role of leadership is one of service, not just to customers but to employees as well.<\/li>
              • Primary focus is on people and not the organization.<\/li>
              • People are treated fairly and humanely and supported in their personal growth.<\/li>
              • Leaders can be trusted to serve the needs of the many rather than the few.<\/li>
              • Teamwork, community, values, service, and caring behavior are important principles.<\/li>
              • The ideal is self-giving without self-glory.<\/li>
              • Leaders enhance dialogue and understand social dynamics.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                Issues<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                • Focus is on the quality of relationships instead of delivering results.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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                  The Hero leader Style: Trait-based leadershipCharacteristics: Impact is made by the individual leader alone. The personal characteristics and behavior of the leader make the difference rather than the context in which the leader operates. One can become a great leader by emulating the personal characteristics and behavior of great leaders. Issues: The mindless application of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[263,334],"tags":[252,264],"class_list":["post-551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agile-2","category-leadership","tag-agile","tag-leadership"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t