The 8 Archetypes of Leaders
Jacob Morgan
5x Best-Selling Author, Futurist, & Keynote Speaker. Founder of Future Of Work Leaders (Global CHRO Community). Focused on Leadership, The Future of Work, & Employee Experience
What kind of leader are you?
Knowing your leadership style can help you hone in on the required skills and strengthen your natural talents.
Author Manfred Kets de Vries created what he calls the 8 archetypes of leadership. He says these recurring patterns of behavior influence a leader’s effectiveness. When a leader’s archetype and role or context in an organization aren’t aligned, it can cause disorganization and failure.
So, where do you fall in the leadership archetypes? Understanding your approach to leadership and why you do what you do, as well as the archetypes of other people, can help you improve and create efficient and cohesive teams.?
Here are the 8 archetypes of leaders:?
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Maximizer, Developer and Connector of People and Teams
1 年Great share Jacob Morgan. All people gravitate to their strengths and leaders are no different. To find our overarching style is important since this works for us. At the same time, it shows us where we can work on to propel us to be better leaders. IMO, each style at the right time for the right application will yield the best way forward - strategically speaking. In fact, I see lots of overlap, which is a good thing since each strength can help to foster other areas that can use sharpening. ...Having lots of tools in my toolbox helps as there are 4B+ people in the world and who knows which tool on which day might be the best one forward in our journey.
Manager, Human Resources | Engineer's Degree
1 年I think you don't fit into a single archetype; as a #leader you have to have multiple abilities to cope with different situations. Sometimes you are an innovator, while others a communicator, the processor or the coach (as my personal experience). A good leader has a combination of multiple factors to be able to know what to do in different situations (and not only difficult ones). #leadership #communicationskills.
Oracle
1 年Interesting reading. I would say, knowing your strong sides, taking in account the context you can use your advantage wisely and make your #leadership more effective. It is also important to pay attention to archetypes of people around you, so you can build your #communication successfully.
Speaks about Gen Z recruitment, retention & engagement and the multi-generational workplace | Supports senior leaders in the public, private and voluntary sectors so they can thrive in work and life.
1 年Nice model - great graphic too. I'm considering how well they could work as a set of leadership team characteristics.
Founder of Bossey Advisory Partners | Focusing On Growth (Both yours and mine)
1 年Seems like the best leaders are a combination of archetypes and successfully shift to match the need.