motivational analysis of organizations

STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP STYLES INSTRUMENT DISCUSSION GUIDE
Use the following questions to stimulate a discussion in your group:
1. Which of the eight leadership styles do your scores on the Strategic Leadership
Styles Instrument suggest that you are most likely to use? In what ways are these
styles important to your work?
2. What are your key subordinates’ leadership styles? What behaviors could you
use to improve your relationships with those people? What behaviors should you
avoid using?
3. What are your key peers’ leadership styles? What behaviors could you use to
improve your relationships with those people? What behaviors should you avoid
using?
4. What is your supervisor’s leadership style? What behaviors could you use to
improve your relationship with that person? What behaviors should you avoid
using?
5. What suggestions would you give to the following people about how to relate to
you better and what to avoid doing?
a. Your supervisor
b. Your peers
c. Your subordinates
6. Which leadership styles are most needed in your organization if it is to adapt
successfully to its changing environment? Which behaviors may need to be deemphasized?
7. To what extent do the behaviors of your leadership style fit with those most
needed by your organization? In other words, is your leadership behavior part of
the solution or part of the problem? In what ways?
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