Effective leadership starts with acknowledging that different situations call for different leadership styles. The practice of “leadership”—influencing behavior to achieve a desired result—encompasses ...

Discover the Leadership Grid—a model assessing leadership styles across five types. Learn how concern for production and people shapes effective leadership.

Organizations worldwide are currently in a highly competitive environment, and employee performance is one of the key factors to ensure a business thrives. But without proper leadership, most ...

Every leader knows from personal experience that managing people is not a one-size-fits-all kind of thing. I actually wrote about this in my book Managing for Dummies. An approach that works with one ...

Being a great leader means recognizing that different circumstances call for different leadership styles. Here are three common ones and when to deploy them. Coercive leadership, which entails ...

To succeed with bosses who have different leadership styles, it's essential to respect their unique approaches and demonstrate flexibility by adjusting your work habits to meet their expectations.

Let's look at the individual leadership styles. As we do, ask yourself which one(s) you most identify with -- and be honest with yourself on the answers. Autocratic leadership can be defined as ...