02 Mar
Find Your Best Leadership Style: A Simple Guide to Gallup's Four Domains

Leadership Styles Vary – What’s Yours?

While there are many styles of leadership, Gallup has studied over one million teams and 20,000+ senior leaders and have identified four domains and associated styles of leadership:

Domain                                       Leadership Style
Relationship Building                    People-Oriented Leader
Executing                                     Process-Oriented Leader
Strategic Thinking                         Thought-Oriented Leader
Influencing                                   Impact-Oriented Leader

They feel that results will be obtained when the leader utilizes their unique and natural strengths and styles (what we call magic dust™), and that it’s essential for us to:

  • Know our leadership style
  • Deploy and develop our leadership style
  • Be aware of our leadership weaknesses and have strategies to mitigate them

In Jim Clifton and Jim Harber’s book It’s the Manager: Moving From Boss to Coach, they highlight what they view as the six biggest challenges in our current work culture from the perspective of Millennials and Gen Zers:

1.    they don’t just work for a paycheck, they want a purpose
2.    they are no longer simply looking for job satisfaction, they are pursuing development
3.    they don’t want bosses, they want coaches
4.    they don’t want annual reviews, they want ongoing conversations
5.    they don’t want a manager that fixates on their weaknesses
6.    they don’t view their job as just a job, they view it as their life

They also discuss the 34 Clifton Strengths which are linked to the domains listed above. These Strengths identify our focus, attention, and energy, and not the outcomes that may be achieved.  

DOMAIN RECAPS:

Relationship Building

The People Oriented leader is the glue that holds teams together, creates a culture of inclusiveness, builds trust, and genuinely cares.

Executing

This style of leader sets the pace for the team, digs in when needed, creates efficient systems and processes, and provides clarity.

Strategic Thinking

This leadership style listens to others, makes them feel their opinions count, sees the big picture, is a deep thinker and seeks root causes, and are open to new ideas.

Influencing

With this style, the leader inspires others to follow their and the organization’s purpose, vision, and goals, while seeking new levels of excellence.

Remember, all domains/styles add value. What’s important is the willingness to keep our natural strengths strong, and the commitment to continually develop the areas that don’t feel as natural.

Which leadership style sounds most like you? What are you doing to keep it strong?

Mike and Jan

 Self-awareness is the companion of good leadership.
–Merida Johns

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