Leadership Style and Versatility

Summary:	Understand how personal style, behavioral traits and one's versatility have an impact on the workplace and the ability to lead.
Benefit:	Greater awareness of your leadership style in the workplace and an increased ability to adapt to differences in people improves communications, reduces interpersonal tension, and allows employees to focus on productivity.

Class Objectives

Understand two basic dimensions of human behavior that create differences in personal/communications styles and be able to describe and differentiate four basic social styles
Understand the strengths and potential blind spots of each social style, especially as it applies to the role of the leader
Understand the various preferences of each style and know how to deal most effectively with each of the styles - especially when supervising others
Understanding the importance of adaptability/versatility to effectiveness as leader.
Describe and differentiate four basic communication styles, including the strengths and potential blind spots of each style
Understand the importance of style recognition to effectiveness as a leader
Create and commit to an action plan for sharing and applying understanding of style to improve relationships with others at work
Create and commit to an action plan for sharing and applying an understanding of your profile to improve relationships with those in your organization

Be aware of how you are perceived in your workplace
Reduce tension in and improve effectiveness of various interpersonal relationships at work
Facilitate discussions with others regarding differences in styles and how to maximize the benefits/minimize negative impacts of style differences

*Assessment Instrument:*	Wilson Learning Social Style Profile
*Course Length:*	One Day