LEADERSHIP STYLE

What kind of a leader are you? Bill Hybel's book "Courageous Leadership" is descriptive of 10 different styles of leadership. Let me list them:

1. Visionary. Carries a crystal clear picture of what needs to happen and recruits others to the dream. Idealistic, black and white. Will die for the vision

2. Directional. Uncanny ability to choose the right path for an organization. Can sort through the options based on an organization's purpose, values, personnel, and opportunities

3. Strategic. Ability to break an exciting vision down to sequential, advisable steps. Gets team to work together on the various components.

4. Managing. Ability to organize people, processes, resources and systems to achieve vision.

5. Motivational. Ability to keep teammates inspired. Overcomes tiredness, low morale, discouragement, apathy and fogginess.

6. Shepherding. Slowly builds a team. Loves them deeply and draws them into community so that mission is accomplished through commitment to each other.

7. Team building. Can recruit, develop the right people for the right positions and tun them loose to lead. Drive by vision, strategy and correct placement of personnel.

8. Entrepreneur. Exemplifies and of the proceeding styles but functions best in a start-up mode. High energy, creative, easily bored, loses energy, looks for challenge.

9. Re-engineering. Creates a turn-around environment, renews vision and focus, revitalizes organizations. Takes a consulting approach.

10. Bridge building. Builds alliances to achieve mission. Flexible, skilled in negotiating and achieving compromises. loves a wide variety of people and a complex environment.

All these styles have their strengths. We need to embrace all these as effective leadership styles.

Which ones do you most identify? Can you accept other styles that may be brought to your leadership table? Are you functioning outside of your leadership wiring?