Leadership

Leadership and organisation style (dreamlab adaptation)

The Leadership style is our own quick reflection on how you tend to lead a group. Four styles, under a minute. There are no right answers and no better direction; each is a tool with its own cost. Based on the widely described four-style leadership model.

Four short sketches of how someone tends to lead a group. Rate how much each one sounds like you. There are no right answers. Answer based on how things have actually been.

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  1. 1. Directive: You decide and tell. When stakes are high or time is short, you step in, make the call and expect it to be followed. The cost is dependency: a team that always waits for your word stops thinking for itself.

  2. 2. Coaching: You ask questions and draw answers out. You believe the best solution is the one the person finds themselves, with your nudge. The cost is patience: it takes longer, and some problems need a faster hand on the wheel.

  3. 3. Consensus: You bring everyone in and decide together. Buy-in matters as much as the outcome; a supported plan beats a perfect one. The cost is delay: consensus takes time, and the loudest voice can dominate what looks like agreement.

  4. 4. Delegating: You hand the decision over and step back. You trust the person with the context and let them own it. The cost is detachment: distance can feel like abandonment when support is still needed.

A dreamlab construction. The four-style model is described in many management sources; this wording, selection and scoring are our own, not copied from any copyrighted instrument. Free for us to use and change.