Moving from Directive to Driven as a Leader

Current leadership skill level: Directive. Directive leaders hinder drive and creativity from teams. Directive leadership is against the willingness of the team taking initiative to be creative (Li, Liu, & Luo, 2018). A leader who is driven does the opposite. A driven leader fosters high-level creativity and autonomy (Li, Liu, & Luo, 2018).

How to build drive as a strength: To develop drive a leader should test various leadership styles such as participative and directive to see which one fits them best. Leaders should conduct self-evaluations on regular basis. Leaders should also seek opportunities to enhance their regulatory modes to address different team structures (Li, Liu, & Luo, 2018).

Li, G., Liu, H., & Luo, Y. (2018). Directive versus participative leadership: Dispositional antecedents and team consequences. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 91(3), 645–664. https://doi-org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.1111/joop.12213