Sonya SheltonCEO of Executive Leadership Consulting

Embracing Various #Leadership Styles @keithhaney628 #successstories #personalgrowth #coaching

Name: Embracing Various #Leadership Styles @keithhaney628 #successstories #personalgrowth #coaching
Uploaded: 2023-09-28T22:15:02+00:00
Duration: 1 min 24 s
Channel: Sonya Shelton
Description: This short interview excerpt features Sonya Shelton explaining that no single leadership style is universally best. Effective leadership depends on…

28 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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This short interview excerpt features Sonya Shelton explaining that no single leadership style is universally best. Effective leadership depends on self-awareness—understanding one’s style and "superpower"—and leveraging strengths while managing drawbacks (e.g., directive leaders may gain compliance but stifle initiative; servant/supportive leaders can be powerful by uplifting others).

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I've studied leadership for almost 30 years. Have you found that one particular trait or style is more effective than others, or it just depends on the person?
It's not one particular style. I think it's the leader understanding themselves and their style and their superpower and how to leverage that as a leader. So, for example, you might have somebody who is very directive. That can be perceived as a good leadership style, but it can also be detrimental. Right? Because then you're always, always telling people what to do. Then they're not going to come up with their own ideas. They're just going to wait for you to tell them what to do. And like I said, you'll get compliance. Right. So even, I think even in leadership, sometimes we have ideas of what styles make an effective leader that have absolute strengths but also have challenges as well. And then you have, on the flip side, somebody who maybe is more quiet, likes to be supportive, and maybe they think that they can't be a leader because of their style. And that's absolutely not true. Because servant leadership, coming from underneath people and helping to support them and putting them forward can actually be one of the most powerful styles of leadership. Right. So I think it's really about understanding yourself and what is your superpower as a leader and then bringing that to life.