Peter B. Grazier
President, Teambuildinginc.com
HRDQ Consulting Partner
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"What's My Leadership Style offers a
powerful yet non-threatening method of understanding
leadership. I recently used it with a group managers
who had merged from two departments with different
management philosophies. I had allocated an hour for
WMLS. However, the discussion was so significant and
meaningful that it went a full two hours. It was a
dialogue long overdue." |
What's My Leadership Style?
Current theory suggests that different
situations require different leadership styles. In fact, the most
successful leaders are those who are able to adapt their style to
the unique demands of the situation. By responding to the 20-item
What’s My Leadership Style? inventory, participants will learn their
preference for one of four styles and find out how to adapt each
style to different situations.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify preferred leadership
styles: Direct, Spirited, Considerate, or Systematic
- Understand style strengths and
weaknesses
- Learn how to adapt each style to
different situations
Theory
What’s My Leadership Style? and the other titles in the HRDQ Style Series™ are based on the well-known research and personality theories
of psychologists Carl Jung, William Moulton Marston, and others.
Most research has identified two basic dimensions of style, which we
refer to as assertiveness and expressiveness. Assertiveness is the
effort a person makes to influence or control the thoughts or
actions of others. Expressiveness is the effort that a person makes
to control his or her emotions and feelings when relating to others.
How It Works
Participants respond to 20 pairs of adjectives, using a
pressure-sensitive form. After scoring is complete, easy-to-read
charts allow respondents to quickly scan the strengths and trouble
spots that characterize their particular leadership styles.
The Facilitator Guide features optional activities that allow
participants to practice using flexibility when working with other
styles. Each Participant Guide provides a worksheet for positive
personal action planning
Uses for What’s My Leadership Style?
What’s My Leadership Style? is ideal for training anyone who needs
to influence others towards achieving a goal. It makes an effective
component in training programs for a variety of topics, including:
- Leadership/Management/Supervisory
Skills
- Performance Management
- Coaching
- Communication
- Motivation
- Team Building
- Diversity
- Change Management
What to Order
Order one Facilitator Guide per trainer and one Participant Guide
per participant.
Facilitator Guide includes:
- Administrative guidelines
- Background information
- Sample training design
- Blank training outline
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Optional activities to conduct using
StylePlay - 12 Group Card Games
- Sample copy of re-formatted
Participant Guide
- CD-ROM containing Microsoft®
PowerPoint® presentation and reproducible masters (certificate of
achievement, training evaluation and overhead transparency
masters)
- Convenient binder format
Participant Guide includes:
- 20-item assessment
- Instructions
- Pressure-sensitive response form
- Interpretive information
- Charts depicting style strengths
and trouble spots
- Action planning worksheet
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