Week 2: Leadership Styles and Personality Types: Impact on Communication
Part 1: Individual
- Identity your leadership style and personality typology using the following instruments:
- Blake and Mouton Managerial Grid: Leadership Self-Assessment Questionnaire: https://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev-medicine/files/2010/10/Leadership-Matrix-Self-Assessment-Questionnaire.pdf
- Personality Typology Profile: http://www.humanmetrics.com/personality/typeLinks to an external site.
- Discuss the dominant leadership style and personality type of each group member and compare the similarities and differences related to the steps of the communication cycle/feedback loop. week 2
Part 2: With Your Group
- Suppose your group is an ad hoc task force charged with finding a solution for reducing call-outs by staff. Based on what you’ve learned about the communication attributes of each other, create a scenario that depicts how you envision communication and collaboration on this project among this group. Discuss what considerations might be taken based on how the different members give and receive information.
Solution: Leadership Styles and Personality Types: Impact on Communication
Based on the Blake and Mouton Managerial Grid, my leadership style is Team Leader (high task, high relationship). This type of leadership is where a leader leads by example and aims at fostering teamwork and encouraging the team to perform beyond their potential. This leadership approach is consistent with my trait as I focus on empowering my team members and encouraging them to perform to achieve both their personal and organizational goals. Such a leader strives to empower their followers to perform beyond the required expectations and work toward a shared vision (Steinmann et al., 2018).
From the assessment, my personality Typology Profile is ENFJ. I do believe that this personality describes me because I am social and compassionate. I also like structured planning but still balance it with adaptability….… Click to purchase full solution