Stumble It!

In Leadership Run Amok: The Destructive potential of Overachievers in the July 2006 Harvard Business Review the authors argue that by only focusing on tasks and goals, a leader can actually damage performance.

The authors interviewed 21 senior managers at IBM and concluded that leaders achieve the best results if they use a cocktail of leadership styles – each chosen for the particular circumstances at hand.

The key styles are:

1. Directive – strong sometimes coercive


2. Visionary – clarity and communications


3. Affiliative – harmony and relationships


4. Participative – collaborative and democratic


5. Pacesetting – personal heroics


6. Coaching – long-term development and mentoring

What is your dominant leadership style?

Do you just have one style or do you have access to a portfolio of styles you can draw on as the situation demands?

Post a comment

Bioteams Books Reviews

Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration

March 16, 2008 | article by Ken Thompson in Book Reviews (37)

Steven Poole, writing for the Guardian on Saturday March 15, reviews "Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration", by Keith Sawyer and concludes that the book's big idea is that there is no such thing as the lone genius: everything turns out to be collaborative.

Buy it now from:
Amazon.Com
Amazon.Co.UK

Comments (1) | Permalink

continue reading

Click here to check all Bioteams book reviews