Some Questions On Leadership Style

Introduction

Some questions to determine how are you perceived by others as a leader:

Questions

- What are people saying or not saying to you?

- Are you the last person to know about 'bad news'?

- Are people comfortable mentioning any issue/challenge to you?

- How engaged are people you work with?

- Are people working as individuals or as a team?

- How productive is your team?

- Are there any 'undiscussables' for your team, eg unresolved issues, ignored conflict, challenges that cannot be discussed, etc?

- Is there authentic feedback?

- How do you react to feedback, ie ignore it or evaluate and, if required, implement?

- Do you self-reflect, ie to take time out to evaluate your feelings, emotions, reactions, thinking, etc?

- Are you receptive to new ideas and differing points of view?

- Are you willing to implement new things?

- Are you able to recognise when your leadership style needs to change?

(source: Michelle Gibbings, 2023d)