Making it Your Own

The more I am out there viewing and working with leaders the more I realize that for each person there is a different style of leadership. Each person seems to find their own style and tweak it. Sure each one is a modification of a general style of leadership but they like to make it their own. This can have a positive impact or a negative impact depending on how you look at it.

I will list three positive impacts and three negative impacts and then over the next several days I will discuss one of each.

Here are the three positive impacts.

·         Your leadership style is your own – You don’t have to fit a mold but be yourself.

·         You can let your skill set and your leadership shine – Since you are defining your own leadership style you can focus on matching it to your skills.

·         You can pick and choose which parts of other leadership styles you want to use.

Here are the three negative impacts.

·         You can create bad habits – something you think is a good leadership characteristic may actually be a bad habit and will make you a poor leader.

·         You can become too constricted – If you are only focusing on your skills and strengths you don’t have an opportunity to improve your weak areas and become a well rounded leader.

·         You might miss an opportunity – because you are limiting yourself you may miss a greater leadership opportunity.

There you have the three positives and three negatives of creating your own leadership style. For the next several days I will pick one of each and explain in further detail.