Leadership Styles economic

He thought he would be leading a fulfilling job, but is struggling to keep their heads above water. Not everyone is equipped to be a good leader and not all leaders are using the same style. The best leaders have intuition, imagination, willingness to learn on the job, and enough flexibility to make course corrections.

Leadership Styles

If grown in the 40 and 50 in the world "Leave It to Beaver", we understood, trusted and felt safe within a hierarchical system than the police, our parents and teachers, and certainly the vice principle, known for the discipline. Leadership style was like the element of Earth - solid, earth, concrete, stable and designed to maintain the status quo that has generated little dynamism and change.

The 60 and 70 of the children brought flowers, Maggie Trudeau and the Rolling Stones. The world moved from Earth to Water that has created instability as we explore "who we were." The style element of water was expressed by Pierre Trudeau pirouetting behind the Queen and her famous phrase "just to watch me." We tested the waters through workshops whole person and alternative lifestyles.

With 80, 90 and entering in 2000 came the style element of leadership that fire, things heated up as we went from "how we feel" to "get out of my way." We did not think the rules applied to us as we ran in our traffic lights need to be the first and fastest. We have become ego-centric and the principle of '"I", as opposed to previous "Me" generation took over. We do not care how our greed influenced the rest of the world. We consumed.

Now a good part of 2000 with the "new normal" and the style of leadership demonstrated by Barack Obama Air, we see him apply a vision of interdependence, while talking, listening and responding to the tensions in the world. The Toronto Star said Jan. 20 that "Obama is a positive change George W. Bush era of irresponsibility in the market, unjustified war, the lack of respect for the Allies, and lack of respect for international law".

And the Huffington Post, January 21, wrote, "because there is no other work that prepares you to become president, the best presidents are those with the ability to learn on the job and the desire to over-correct. First of all, the Obama White. house must admit that it is moving in the wrong direction then he needs to put all hands on deck, throwing overboard some who currently have their hands on the wheel - and turn hard to change course. "

What style of leadership is needed in today's economic times?

Although the status quo style of the Earth provides the economic system is stable, there is little dynamism and conservation of resource decisions. In this style, do not question the system, because they depend on it for our survival and safety.

The style of water allows maximum freedom of expression, the recognition of feelings, is all-inclusive and ever evolving. Resources are explored, connected, used, and supplied, however, not always effective. We are still dependent on the economic system, but we have at hand and to point out its faults, as we learn that we can not throw the whole system more just because it's not perfect.

The style focus is strong and led by those who are the most powerful way to use the resources in any way that suits them. Paying little attention to replenishing those resources, Fire uses the market for personal gain. Here we begin to move into independent behaviors, with little regard for the entire economic system.

The style Air understands that when a part of the economic system is concerned, the entire system is affected. The interdependence is recognized and best use of resources must have a sustainable future. And 'inclusive, future-oriented and aims at high standards of operation that apply to both intuition and imagination.

Leadership styles can teach us how to survive, sustain, and strive.

- From the Earth, we learn that, although management of resources is necessary, the management is about control, while leadership is flexible. The flexibility allows the leaders to respond to change.

- From Water, we take the individual reports and see them as links in a chain, affecting the whole people as feedback to help leaders understand the impact of their decisions on human capital.

- From Fire we use motivation as a force to help others achieve motivates like nothing more than satisfying the need. From Fire, we learn to manage differences and encouraging comparisons to be expressed because the ideas are difficult as we grow.

- And by Air, leadership skills needed in today's economy, with its different expressions have the intuition, defined as the penetration of mind, and imagination, defined as the ability to make mental images.

That no more status quo of the Earth or shooting susceptible feely Water or Fire from the fashionable styles, today's leaders must provide intelligent, creative ways to address the economy while creating a sustainable future. A good leader must have the courage to admit when heading off course and the strength to keep his hands off the wheel to make course corrections as required .......