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Making Opportunity Count

This is the final installment of my analysis of looking at creating your own leadership style. Today I will look at the final positive and negative impacts for creating your own style. There are many styles of leadership but designing and creating your own has some benefits it also will have some drawbacks. Here is a positive impact. ·          You can pick and choose which parts of other leadership styles you want to use. Anytime you can pick and choose the best parts of different leadership styles and make them your own will make for a fun and unique style. It isn’t too difficult to spot parts of styles that you determine fit your skills and interests. In fact that is what makes creating your own style fun. Here is a negative impact. ·          You might miss an opportunity – because you are limiting yourself you may miss a greater leadership opportunity. By picking and choosing bits and ...

Following the Leader

Whether you have been a leader for many years or you are just starting in your leadership adventure it is always good to find out what type of leader you are. Some people might think a leader is a leader what does it matter about the leadership style. The style of leader matters quite a bit because if you can identify what type of leader you are or your boss is then it will help with those doing the following. Once you become a leader you do not stop following. Everyone has someone they are accountable to so it is important to understand the various leadership styles. Over the next several days we will look at the various leadership styles. Some leadership styles are the same across the industry but there are other unique styles depending on who you ask. Every expert has some unique styles they have identified. I will look at the main types of leadership styles and also offer a couple of my own unique styles. This will not be a comprehensive list but ...