Leadership Style

There are many theories and models classifying leadership style. Here we introduce four popular models.

A disussion of findings which suggest that, contrary to expectation, the most successful leaders are characterised by modesty and humility underlined by fierce determination to get the best out of their staff and organisation.

A brief review of the work of Prof John Adair, who developed a three-dimensional model of leadership based on three leadership requirements.

This article profiles Barbara Kellerman’s book Bad Leadership, in which she suggests that bad leadership is an inescapable fact of corporate and political life.

Developed by Robert Greenleaf, servant leadership is a practical philosophy that teaches leaders to lead by example, promote community and channel their power and authority towards helping others reach their potential and gain fulfilment.

Skilled leaders will blend the use of authority and empowerment of their team to different degrees appropriate to the situation. This article briefly examines both styles.

There are periods in every organisation when radical change is necessary for survival. This requires a different sort of leadership. This article looks at what this is.

For leaders to be able to adapt their style successfully, they must be able to tune in emotionally to their surroundings, and to themselves. This article takes an in-depth look at this interesting subject.

Leadership depends on more than intelligence and emotional intelligence helps to identify six different leadership styles.

An examination of the psychological roots of narcissism, the positive and negative traits of the narcissistic leader, and how to identify and help leaders who are showing signs of destructive narcissism.

Many people, at some point in their career, will encounter a toxic leader. Here we look at different types of toxic leaders and offer some guidance on how to tackle them.

Understanding how people interact is an important part of effective leadership. Transactional analysis splits responses into three groups: people responding as an adult, child or parent. It is a simple yet accurate means of situating our own behaviour patterns within the wider context of human interaction.

The personal development steps managers can take to increase their self-awareness in order to develop their leadership capacity.

Some advice on how to deal with working for one of the most difficult types of boss – the destructive narcissist.

There is no shortage of bad business leaders, ranging from the ineffectual to the downright dastardly. But what can be done to make bad leaders better, or even prevent them from becoming bad in the first place? We suggest some fundamental things that organisations can do to encourage more effective and ethical leadership.

If someone you report to is showing signs of difficult behaviour, the process outlined in this short article will help you to consider how their behaviour affects you, and consider what you should do next.

If a member of your team is exhibiting toxic behaviour the process outlined in this short article will help you to approach the situation objectively and decide what action to take.

Some advice to organisations and individuals on how to prevent executive derailment.