Leadership Style area
Leadership means influencing others to achieve objectives. The choice of the most adecuate leadership style to apply depends on
- The actual situation
- The individual qualification and state of readiness of the followers (see next table).
Which is the adecuate leadership style for the state of readiness?
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State of readiness
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Adecuate leadership style
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R1
Unable and unwilling
Or insecure
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Style Telling: Structure and supervise closely
¨ Give specific instructions
¨ Offer training
¨ Tell and explain how things are to be done
¨ Set goals
¨ Structure and guide
¨ Acknowledge successes
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R2
Unable but willing or confident
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Style selling: Train and persuade
¨ Selling and persuading
¨ Teaching and training
¨ Explaining and convincing
¨ Coaching and mentoring
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R3
Able but unwilling or insecure
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Participating style: Support, encourage and empower
¨ Support to find the own solution
¨ Encourage and empower
¨ Offer help in problem-solving
¨ Facilitate
¨ Enhance committment
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R4
Able and willing and confident
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Delegating Style: Delegating, tracking, entrusting
¨ Geledgate tasks, responsibilities and empower
¨ Give suport only when needed
¨ Check the results
¨ Observe
¨ Let them do their thing
¨ Set the frame
¨ Keep troubles away
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