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RE: Who are you really? Episode #2: Leadership
Nice job done on this post. It's an eye opener. No effective style over the other and effectiveness depends on the time, season, mindset and the people to be led... Thank you for this @kingswisdom
Thank you for this kind comment !
You're right, there's no absolute style of leadership. Unfortunately, there is still people (and companies) who believe that.
Hope to see you soon @pearlumie !
I enjoyed this post and these two comments because they, in a way, bring psychology full circle for me. Psychology shows us over and over that our behaviors are dynamic and can very rarely be boiled down to one category.
The duality of nature and nurture are present in every behavior, with virtually no behavior being 100% attributable to one cause over the other.
Similar to your description of varying leadership styles, psychology shows us that there are several different learning styles (visual, kinesthetic, etc.)
The study of psychology will keep revealing these varieties, while also revealing how alike we all are!
Also, your post reminds me of something I learned about in my Learning and Cognition class recently. When people are intrinsically motivated (motivated by the "voice within" and internal reasons) they are generally much more productive in the short and long term than when they are extrinsically motivated (motivated due to an external source, like rules and consequences). Considering this, it would seem as though authoritarian-style leadership is not ideal if you want your employees to experience long-lasting, self-driven motivation for their work!