My Leadership Style And Situational Approach

In my current position, I am the third lead supervisor in charge of approximately 180 personnel. When one person goes on their two week vacation, I have to cover down on those duties until they return so it’s important that I know all the responsibilities of the two positions above me. My leadership style is very approachable and I make myself part of the team. When I say approachable, this doesn’t mean that I have to be liked and accepted by my personnel, but I build a relationship that gives them confidence with me. Another respected trait I feel I own is that I am willing to teach and train my employees. Leadership is a quality which includes experience, responsibility, skill, intelligence, the power of organizing individuals, and social interaction (Northouse). It is the ability of the leader to persuade their team members to work with confidence and on their own. The Situational Approach, developed by Hersey and Blanchard, best describes me as a leader. With the Situational Approach, the leader must determine what is needed in a particular situation and assess their employees to know how competent and committed they are to performing a given task. I’ve recently taken another management course with American Military University (AMU), and …show more content…
In my personal life I can be more direct in conflict. In the business atmosphere, they are rules and policies to follow. I don’t care for conflict, but I definitely don’t like let things linger. I am very direct and feel that when an issues comes to surface it needs to be handled as soon as possible. One of the advantages of conflict resolution is collaborating which leads to finding a resolution beneficial to all parties involved (Huebsch). Some of the potential disadvantages is that collaborating doesn’t always find a compromise. Within my company, these options are not utilized, Ethics and corporate complaints are on high alert for calls from here in