When you think about leaders, what crosses your mind first? What kind of a leader and which all leadership styles do you imagine?
“The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them.”
-John Maxwell
Today’s world is looking for revolutions in each aspect of life. We want to make things user-friendly, more people-oriented. In this journey, we have also learned that a Great Pack needs a Great Leader. Controlling risk and following a plan can score a profitable margin however we need something to beat the competitions as well. It’s very hard to maintain a competitive advantage these days without being able to constantly adapt.
Gone are the days when failure was frowned upon. Today’s leader needs to motivate the teams to fail early and fix as compared to old-school command-and-control managers who keep track of employees’ missteps and infractions.
Different types of leadership
Here are the best-suited leadership styles based on today’s competitive need. It’s time to adapt to one of these, or perhaps a combination of these –
Servant Leader
Servant leaders encourage a sense of community and customer service that tends to improve both company morale and the reputation of the company as a whole. Companies today are widely adapting the servant leadership. As a result, they see a huge positive shift in their product quality and they are often ranked as great places to work by the employees because they lead by example.
Leader as a Team Coach
leader who coaches views people as a reservoir of talent to be developed. A leader who wishes to coach the team has a vision to unlock people’s potential, additionally they wish to build a positive and progressive work culture. A coaching leader gives people a little direction to help them tap into their ability to achieve all that they’re capable of.
Innovative Leader
An innovative leader focuses on finding new and creative ways of overcoming traditional workplace or project obstacles. Innovative leaders are leaders with a ‘big picture,’ who often grasp the whole project and figure out where the problem lies. Innovative leaders are ready to take a significant level of risk.
Empathetic Leader
An empathetic leadership approach is one where the leader gets up close and personal with people. A leader practicing this style pays attention to and supports the emotional needs of team members. The leader strives to open up a pipeline that connects him or her to the team. They also seek employees’ opinions before approving a final decision. It can engender trust and promote team spirit and cooperation from employees. It allows for creativity and helps employees grow and develop.
All it takes is a Great Leader
In old days people were afraid to breathe wrong fearing their performance review will get affected. However today’s leader is collaborative and a visionary to say “Try stuff! If it fails, we’ll know another case which doesn’t work”.
Today businesses are innovative and ready to change quickly and recurrently. Because those who understand it well have understood that people grow not by being hemmed in with rules and regulations designed to keep people in the boundaries, but by breaking the unnecessary psychological walls. A team collaborating in a free environment can generate better solutions than they could do individually.
Please write us your opinion about various leadership styles. We would love to hear from you.
