4 Leadership Styles and How They Impact Employee Safety
Take a moment to think of the best people for whom you ever worked. What made each of them a good leader? It’s likely that you can think of more than one person, and they probably had some similarities, but also many differences in how they led you. That is because there are many different ways to lead people successfully.
Everyone develops a unique leadership style over time. Your style will depend on many factors, including personality traits, experience, values and the organizational culture in which you have worked. Over time, these shape the way in which we lead others.
Research has shown that our leadership style can be broken down into two distinct parts. These two parts generally can be described as:
Think of these as two independent continuums, such that your leadership style could be high or low on both process and people. Depending on your level of process focus and your level of people focus, this will say a lot about your natural leadership style.
Learn more about leadership styles here.
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