Leadership Styles are a tricky conversation primarily because no one wants to be pigeonholed as being “that” type of Leader (when no one cares for having “that” type of Leader in their organization).
But it gets worse, as you start to work with other leaders (maybe you have a group of Team Leads you are mentoring) they want to understand what style you teach and employ because this is more important than the results you create.
To be a Great Leader, you don’t need to have a Leadership style.
If you want to be better than having a particular style, I would urge you instead to focus on having a Non-Leadership style which essentially says — who you aren’t.
Having a Non-Leadership Style is what keeps you open to changes in the industry and lets you build your toolbox with a variety of tools, adding new ones, replacing old ones. It prevents the conversation with team members from going down a path of — “oh okay, so today we’re doing this?”
When you have a Non-Leadership Style you KNOW who you DON’T want to be, what you DON’T want to do, and what you DON’T want to teach others.
You won’t find Non-Leadership Styles in a PowerPoint deck because there are too many and only you can be the judge for what works for you and what doesn’t from your experience at trying them.
