Leadership Styles

Leadership Styles

Leadership is key to organizational innovation due to its influence on decisions and employee motivation (Alblooshi et al., 2020). The style of leadership selected, however, is, to some extent, influenced by personality traits. In this paper, I will present my top three leadership styles and examine how my personality influences my leadership skills, SMART goals, and strategies for self-improvement.

My Top Three Leadership Styles

My leadership archetype is the pilot. As a pilot leader, I focus on strategies. I can easily get through complex situations, value group input, and usually focus on enabling the team to achieve set goals. My top three leadership styles based on the pilot archetype are transformational, transactional, and Laissez-Faire Leadership. Transformational leadership inspires the followers to grow from a self-focused state to a higher level of having a purpose and achieving a higher collective goal, therefore, inspiring their creativity and innovativeness (Alblooshi et al., 2020). I have realized I have various personality blind spots that may have unknowingly influenced my leadership styles. Firstly, as a transformational leader, I believe it is my drive to change others that makes it my go-to leadership style. I always have a nothing-for-free kind of attitude, and that may influence my lean toward a transactional type of leadership. Finally, I sometimes like to take time away from people, and I believe this drives my liking for the laissez-faire leadership style.

The Personality Typology that Makes Me a Better Leader

I like to view myself as a person who is constantly persistent and bold. I always have a strategy to do what I do and may take some risks just to test my theory. I tend to attract others to what I do and inspire them to get better. I believe that through involvement, one can learn and become better. Also, I will not hold back on positive criticism. I, therefore, ensure that I communicate clearly and as much as it is needed. Although not much, I sometimes believe in the freedom of choice in work-related matters.

Organizational Environments in Which I am Likely to Thrive and Struggle

The work environment and work processes influence the choice of leadership style (Cortellazzo et al., 2019). As such, there are organizational environments in which I will likely thrive and others I will struggle with as a leader. For instance, I thrive best in environments with clear work plans, in environments where the visions are clearly developed from the whole team’s input, and where I do not have to follow a single point of authority or a single way of doing things. I like exploring different options. On the other hand, I am likely to struggle in bureaucratic work environments where I have to request and wait before I go ahead with my work and in environments where work is less organized, and authority is centralized.

SMART Goals on Self-Improvement

SMART goals are key to improving self-efficacy as a leader and among employees with an impact on personal and organizational success (Lyons & Bandura, 2019). My SMART goals are to reduce overworking, stop trying to change others based on my ideals, and become more physically active in the next six months.

Leadership Skills I Possess that Can Make Me an Effective Facilitator and Negotiator in the Workplace

I am more of a coach than a boss. I can easily lead others to adopt what is determined as best for the team based on each member’s input. I am a strategist, and I am actively involved in projects. This makes it easy for me to interact and link with the team. I also communicate openly and assertively, which are identified as essential skills for good negotiations (Phillips & Enderby, 2021).

List of Strategies to Develop Future Leadership Skills

Appreciate my personality blind spots.

Enroll in mentorship programs.

Take short leadership courses.

Explore various leadership styles with an open mind.

Ensure discipline in daily living and working.

References

Alblooshi, M., Shamsuzzaman, M., & Haridy, S. (2020). The relationship between leadership styles and organizational innovation : A systematic literature review and narrative synthesis. European Journal of Innovation Management, 24(2), 338–370. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-11-2019-0339/FULL/XML

Cortellazzo, L., Bruni, E., & Zampieri, R. (2019). The role of leadership in a digitalized world: A review. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(AUG), 1938. https://doi.org/10.3389/FPSYG.2019.01938/BIBTEX

Lyons, P., & Bandura, R. (2019). Self-efficacy: the core of employee success. Development and Learning in Organizations, 33(3). https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-04-2018-0045

Phillips, A., & Enderby, P. (2021). Teams, groups and facilitation. In Developing Leadership Skills for Health and Social Care Professionals (pp. 71-88). Routledge

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Leadership Styles

Then, take the My Leadership Style questionnaire from Mind Tools in the University Library to acquire feedback about your top 3 leadership styles.

Write a 525- to 700-word report about your go-to and supplemental leadership styles. Include the following:

Identify your top 3 leadership styles.

Describe potential blind spots of your personality that you were not aware influenced your leadership style.

Examine how your personality typology makes you a better leader.
Identify organizational environments in which you are likely to thrive and struggle.

Develop a list of SMART goals that focus on self-improvement.
Examine what leadership skills you possess to make you an effective facilitator and negotiator in the workplace.

Create or construct a list of strategies to develop future leadership skills that you may not currently possess to make you an effective facilitator and negotiator in the workplace.

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