4 Hidden Pitfalls Found in Democratic Leadership
Democratic leadership truly seeks to give a voice to everyone in the process. When we avoid four pitfalls, this style can achieve this goal.
Exploring leadership styles, good, bad, and indifferent.
Democratic leadership truly seeks to give a voice to everyone in the process. When we avoid four pitfalls, this style can achieve this goal.
In the HBR article “Leadership That Gets Results” Goleman lists six leadership styles. Was Jordan’s success found in affiliative leadership?
It’s possible to learn leadership lessons from unlikely sources. Should we look to South Park? What is Authoritative Leadership?
Authentic leadership can be traced back to transformational leadership research from the 1970s, but is authentic leadership essentially dead? Are any of our top leaders actually practicing this style of leadership?
Even before Daniel Goleman encouraged leaders to utilize multiple leadership styles, Ken Blanchard and Paul Hersey were teaching the need for flexibility in leadership. Blanchard and Hersey defined this concept in the mid-1970s as the Situational Leadership Model.
We add value when we stretch beyond the comfort of our natural leadership style and learn to practice many styles.