Leadership Styles & Best Practices

“These are the times that try men’s souls.” Thomas Paine – December 23, 1776

Who are you following?

Twenty-first-century leadership is needed. A team approach provides today’s trends of leadership styles and best practices. As a consultant, I work with teams of various sizes to offer leadership group training. We don’t need to be hoodwinked or bamboozled by a flim-flam approach.

The ability to learn is the most critical quality nurtured by a leader. It is an often overlooked yet important skill! Truth and justice are still the best American way. You need to harness one hundred percent of your workforce to gain on the competition, deliver quality, and provide confidence to your public.

70% of the workforce, your people, are not engaged *Gallop Polling 2012.

Good leaders show up, lead by example, and bring talent together to solve complex problems for the good of all. When this happens, the outcome is improved customer service, higher sales, and improved quality of products.

Strong leadership across all organizations can bring diverse groups together as needed. The arc of workers still believes that ethical, open leaders should be respected in the 21st century.

My objective-driven consulting agenda can guide, improve, and provide self-reflection for the leadership team. These best practices consulting sessions extend over six months to a full year to achieve desired outcomes.

Re-learn The Leadership Styles

As a leader, knowing and understanding leadership styles and best practices can help you evolve and grow. Each person on your team brings different strengths to your organization. Being able to translate your skills can be crucial to your success.

Authoritarian Leadership

Authoritarian leadership is akin to a captain guiding a ship with a firm hand, where decisions flow from the top down. In this style, the leader holds absolute authority and expects strict adherence to their directives without much room for discussion or feedback from subordinates. While authoritarian leadership can facilitate quick decision-making and clear direction, it may stifle creativity and innovation among team members who feel disempowered.

Transactional Leadership

Transactional leadership operates on a give-and-take basis. The leader sets clear expectations and rewards compliance while addressing problems through corrective action. This style emphasizes the exchange of rewards for performance, fostering a structured environment where tasks and goals are clearly defined. However, the transactional leadership style may lack long-term vision and fail to inspire intrinsic motivation among team members.

Democratic Leadership

Democratic leadership epitomizes the spirit of collaboration, where decision-making is inclusive. Leaders encourage open communication and value the input of their team members, fostering a sense of ownership and empowerment. While this style promotes creativity and engagement, it may prolong decision-making processes and cause challenges in situations requiring swift action.

Coaching Leadership

Coaching leadership revolves around mentorship and development, where leaders focus on nurturing the potential of their team members. They provide guidance, support, and constructive feedback to help individuals grow and excel in their roles. This approach fosters a culture of continuous learning and improvement, leading to higher levels of employee satisfaction and performance.

Transformational Leadership

Transformational leadership ignites inspiration and drives change by challenging the status quo and articulating a compelling vision for the future. Leaders in this style inspire and motivate their teams to surpass their own expectations and achieve collective goals. Through charisma, vision, and emotional intelligence, they cultivate a sense of purpose and commitment among followers, leading to transformative outcomes and organizational growth.

Laissez-faire Leadership

Laissez-faire leadership adopts a hands-off approach, granting autonomy and decision-making authority to team members. Leaders in this style provide minimal guidance or direction, allowing individuals to take ownership of their work and innovate freely. While it can foster creativity and initiative, it may result in a lack of coordination and accountability, requiring a highly skilled and self-motivated team to succeed.

Leaders Say…

“It’s not about what we deserve, it’s about what we believe.’ – Wonder Woman

Or Captain America who has stated “I can do this all day.”

And the original, Superman’s tagline “Truth, justice, and the American way.”

Followers May Say…

Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Look up in the air; it’s a bird, it’s a plane, its super LEADER!

Successful leaders today have confidence, charisma, resilience, courage, and humility. And great leaders invest in the employee’s wellbeing, embraces emotional intelligence, use technologies to benefit the employee and organized tasks at hand.

Yes, my friends, future customers: truth and justice are still the American way.

Reach out for my consultant approach. I can help set up a series of OBJECTIVES and work with your team to create action plans to help the leaders on your team grow, resulting in grown within your business or organization.

Take the first step towards unlocking your organization’s full potential. Contact me today to explore how my Consulting services can propel your organization towards new heights of success.