{"id":33758,"date":"2021-06-04T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/honeybook.site.strattic.io\/?p=33758"},"modified":"2023-09-28T04:12:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T11:12:01","slug":"how-to-discover-your-leadership-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbb.dev.reliablepenguin.com\/blog\/how-to-discover-your-leadership-style","title":{"rendered":"How to Discover Your Leadership Style & Leverage It to Build Your Dream Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Leadership doesn\u2019t begin the day you send your first offer letter. Your leadership currently and already exists within you. Are you tapping into it? Stretching it? Growing it? Strengthening it for that moment you expand your influence to a team? For entrepreneurs, going from solopreneur to team leader is an exciting milestone. The first step into team building is a season of expansion, opportunity and growth. We cast vision, draw up an organizational chart and dive headlong into creating job postings as we\u2019re brimming with optimism, hope and a pinch of, \u201ccan I do this?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Creating opportunities for others to pursue purpose and meaningful work is one of the most beautiful gifts an entrepreneur can give this world. However, too many business owners aren\u2019t fully prepared for the responsibility that comes with the privilege of leadership on the other side of hiring.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most entrepreneurs wait to prioritize leadership growth until after their team fills out, (if even then), once they begin to feel the growing pains of a dysfunctional team. But, this misstep can be avoided and its effects eliminated when entrepreneurs prioritize their leadership development, discovering and leveraging their unique leadership style well before that first hire says, \u201cI\u2019m in!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The truth is, the team of your dreams deserves the leader of theirs and they won\u2019t accept anything less.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how to discover, own and lean into your unique leadership style so you can leverage it as you build your dream team and serve your hires with the leadership you always craved!<\/span><\/p>\n

Ask Yourself: Why Do Leaders Exist?<\/h2>\n

Your answer to this question will reveal a lot about your motivations, your expectations for your team and how you work in a team setting. See, at the very human core of it, leaders drive our collective evolution. On a more philosophical level, leaders exist to usher us into our brighter future, a new and better reality. The same applies to your leadership even within the context of your business.<\/span><\/p>\n

Four Must-Know Reasons Why Leaders Are Needed<\/h2>\n
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  1. Leaders are the ones tasked with straddling two realities – both the future and the present. They\u2019re the ones called to see, capture and communicate a vision – or a depiction of a future, better reality.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Leaders must be the ones who are responsible for bringing the collective, the team, efficiently and effectively into that better tomorrow.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Leaders are the ones who can perceive opportunity, understand and evaluate risks and influence a group of people to move out of their comfort zones.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. No matter what your skills or traits are, you are a leader if you can see a vision for a better tomorrow if you\u2019re not okay with settling for the status quo and if you\u2019re dedicated to using your strengths to work with others to strategize & enact action to bring it about.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Pro Tip:<\/b> Leaders do all this by utilizing and leveraging their unique leadership styles!<\/span><\/p>\n

    Embrace Your Leadership Style and Empower Your Team:<\/h2>\n

    Your leadership style is the external manifestation of your beliefs and values, the outward expression of what you believe to be true about human nature and what you believe to be true about the purpose of work.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Your style is a conglomeration of your behaviors and actions when you\u2019re guiding a group of people toward a common goal. It completely sets the tone and guides the culture of your team by seeping into how you build relationships, communicate and serve others.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Our styles are so dynamic because they\u2019re built within our subconscious and are realized by our actions and behaviors. There are many different categories of styles and if you do an internet search you\u2019ll find that some of these general styles feel in alignment with you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    The thing is, every unique style is different because every human is different. Just like no two Enneagram archetypes are the same. There are similarities as well as differences even within archetypes because our environments, education, experiences, worldviews, beliefs, values and expectations that frame our personalities are so varied.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Your style is your own. You can define leadership for yourself, evolve into who you want to be and the kind of leader you want to be, as well as take control of the roots of your style and shape it intentionally.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    What Makes Up our Leadership Style?<\/h2>\n

    Let\u2019s dig into some of the components I believe come together to create our styles – or, simply, our behaviors when in a leadership role. They are, our philosophy, strengths and weaknesses, communication styles and our motivation and inner\/outer expectations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Of course, there are a million different tests that you can take to learn more about yourself in each of these areas, but I urge you to refrain from diving into personality or strengths tests until you\u2019ve done this work yourself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    This process is about becoming self-aware and that\u2019s a muscle you have to strengthen and a practice you must cultivate. Tests give you a set of answers that ring true but frame your perception of yourself, instead of supporting your research.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Leadership Philosophy<\/b>: Your answer to the questions, \u201cWhy do leaders exist?\u201d; \u201cWhy are leaders needed?\u201d; and \u201cWhy am I destined to lead?\u201d shape your leadership philosophy, or, your systematic approach to leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Your leadership philosophy is also built on your perception of work and your thoughts on how humans relate to work. See, leaders only exist where work needs to be done. What do you think this says about humans and work?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Evolutionarily, there may be certain hard and fast answers to these questions, but none of that matters. What matters here is what you believe to be true – because what you believe becomes what you think, what you think becomes how you act and how you act creates the world you live in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Leadership Styles that Will Inspire Your Team<\/h2>\n