Leadership Style 1 Checklist
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if Done
Leadership Behaviors
Meeting purpose clarified?
Transferable skills and enthusiasm acknowledged?
Goal set by the leader?
Agreement to provide direction (Style 1) reached?
Timeline and checkpoints set?
Priorities clarified?
Roles defined?
Boundaries defined?
Action/learning plan defined? By whom? ____________________________
Direction given?
Resources and information provided?
Feedback (on how) provided?
Leader checked for understanding and alignment?
Follow-up meetings set up?
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Leadership Style 2 Checklist
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if Done
Leadership Behaviors
Meeting purpose clarified?
Concerns, ideas, and opinions solicited and listened to?
Goal discussed and clarified?
Agreement to provide direction and support (Style 2) reached?
Perspective on progress provided?
Explanations of why given?
D2 involved in problem solving?
Action plan with rationale developed? By whom? ____________________________
Redirection and reteaching provided?
Feedback and coaching provided?
D2 felt encouraged and supported?
Confidence in individual’s potential expressed?
Leader checked for understanding and alignment?
Follow-up meetings set up?
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Leadership Style 3 Checklist
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if Done
Leadership Behaviors
Meeting purpose clarified?
Ideas and concerns listened to?
Goal set/reset collaboratively?
Agreement to provide support (Style 3) reached?
Questions asked to facilitate self-reliant problem solving?
D3 decided how?
Action plan developed? By whom? ____________________________
Leader expressed confidence and encouraged?
Leader asked, “How can I help?”
Leader offered to remove obstacles?
Successes acknowledged?
D3’s competence and contributions acknowledged?
If motivation was low, ways to make the goal or task more interesting or challenging
suggested?
Did leader offer to reconnect?
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Leadership Style 4 Checklist
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if Done
Leadership Behaviors
Meeting purpose clarified?
Goal reviewed? By whom? ____________________________
Agreement to use Style 4 reached?
D4 evaluated progress on the goal?
D4’s creativity on the goal encouraged?
D4’s autonomy supported; influence expanded?
D4’s growth supported; new opportunities explored?
D4’s talent on the goal leveraged with others?
Resources offered?
D4’s contributions acknowledged?
Leader committed to action on D4’s ideas?
Plan for informing the leader discussed?
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