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AFFIRMATIVE LEADERSHIP
- 19 de October de 2020
- Posted by: JUAN DANIEL PEREZ FERNANDEZ
- Category: Noticias
In the previous posts, we have seen profiles primarily characterized by a fast pace and goal orientation, such as Directive, Pioneering, and Energetic Leadership. Starting with this Affirmative style, we will explore more profiles characterized by a slightly slower pace, reflective nature, and a preference for stable environments.
Leaders who primarily use this style tend to be friendly, approachable, and positive. They often highlight the positive characteristics of others and their contributions, which builds a high level of trust with people. As they require a lot of harmony to be successful, they work hard to maintain conflict-free environments. They are not fast-paced and are very people-focused.
Best qualities: kind, supportive leaders who work to create a positive and respectful environment.
Barriers: Indirect communicators, conflict-averse leaders who fail to hold others accountable for their actions, lax and permissive.
Main Characteristics of Affirmative Leaders:
- Goals: friendship, acceptance, close relationships.
- Under stress: takes criticism personally, tries to please everyone.
- Fears: pressuring others, not being liked by others, appearing aggressive.
- Need: social acceptance.
- Judges others: by their ability to see the good in people, closeness, kindness.
- Pace: slow.
- Communication: indirect, carefully considers words to avoid hurting anyone
- Response to rules: flexible as long as they are flexible with people.
Disadvantages:
- Lax in decision-making.
- Permissive and less task-oriented.
- Avoids pragmatic people with a more solution-oriented and less personal approach.
- Avoids conflict.
Where they may also need reinforcement:
- Recognizing others’ flaws.
- Confronting problems.
- Holding team members accountable for their respective responsibilities.
Strengths:
- Tend to be friendly and approachable.
- Often use flattery easily.
- Capable of considering people’s needs.
- Less concerned with satisfying their own ego.
- Give groups a sense of belonging.
- Tend to be optimistic.
- Capable of seeing the different perspectives offered by team members.
If you have characteristics of this type of leadership, you are surely one of those leaders who are highly attentive to collective feelings, and above reaching the goal, what concerns you most is how the team arrives and if everyone arrives. The flip side of the coin is that while this type of leadership may be good for maintaining a positive atmosphere, adapting to changes or excessively competitive environments may undermine its spirit and end up becoming an unseen adversary. As you can see, each style still has an area of excellence and potential weaknesses that need to be addressed and faced.
The next DISC leadership style according to this model proposed by Scullard, Sugerman, and Wilhelm based on DISC is:
Inclusive Leadership
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