Leadership Styles
LEADERSHIP STYLES
A matter of balance
Much has been written about leadership styles and leadership traits because, no matter how you look at it, leadership and decision-making is a matter of trade-offs. Things like individual versus group performance, strategic versus tactical framework, relationship versus task orientation. And these styles have to be studied just as closely in family businesses as in any other organization.
LEADERSHIP TIPS from HBR
We have found that probably as versatile a framework as any for looking at leadership styles and decision-making is to consider the trade-offs inherent in the concern for people versus the concern for production. Certainly, they represent as well as any the different styles that one might encounter. We present here the Managerial Grid identified by Blake and Mouton.
[Robert R. Blake and Jane Srygley Mouton, Managerial Grid III: The Key to Leadership Excellence, Gulf Publishing, 1985, p.15.]
Leadership Styles from Blake and Mouton
Managerial Grid
| High |
Country Club Management
Thoughtful attention to
needs of people for satisfying relationships
leads to a comfortable,
friendly organization atmosphere and work tempo. |
|
Team Management
Work accomplishment is from
committed people, interdependence
through a common "stake" and organization purpose leads to realtionships
of trust and respect. |
Concern for Profit
|
|
Organization Man
Adequate organization performance
is possible through balancing the necessities to get out work with maintaining
morale of people at a satisfactory level. |
|
| Low |
Impoverished Management
Exertion of minimum effort
to get required work done is appropriate to sustain organization membership. |
|
Authority-Obedience
Efficiency in operations
results from arranging conditions of work in such a way that human elements
interfere to a minimum degree. |
| |
Low |
< Concern for Production > |
High |
Of course, one can always postulate a grid for one of the styles everyone loves to hate...
Which Way Did They Go?
How Many of Them Were There?
How Fast Were They Going?
I MUST Find Them!
I Am Their Leader!
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Leadership style can be described in many ways. But Leadership Effectiveness can be measured!
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