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Why is Commanding Leadership Style Still Abundant?
Chivande, Lecturer, Zimbabwe, Member
The commanding leadership style demotivates workers. And even if it worsens the employer <> employee relationships, and even if workers will not produce the best results under this type of leadership style, unfortunately it seems this style is still dominating professional institutions. Makes me wonder, why is it still so omnipresent?...
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Commanding Leadership Style
Stuart Langridge, Manager, United Kingdom, Member The commanding leadership style is about managers that are unable to encourage or motivate staff to fulfil their best potential because they have set ... |
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Leadership Style
George Yeh, Consultant, China, Member It is all about self confidence.... |
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Commanding Leadership and Underlying Fear
Tamara Moore, Management Consultant, United States, Member Autocrats have underlying fear. By controlling everything in their world (and everyone elses) they falsely believe they are safe.
However ... |
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Why Commanding Leadership Style
John Spenceley Controlling managers are not appointed by their subordinates, but by people who are looking for people who can promise delivery.
Those who have ... |
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Ego, Fear and Keeping Knowledge to Themselves
Glen T. Mashburn, Consultant, United States, Member There can be a complicated answer to this question. The persistence of "commanding leadership" often has to do with an individual "leader's" ego, t... |
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When is a Commanding Leadership Style Required?
David Wilson, Manager, Canada, Premium Member When would you expect to see a commanding leadership style used? Are leaders properly trained? Or do they just react to situations based on the... |
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Reasons for Commanding Leadership Style
kamholtz, United States, Member This style has its place in management. General para military and military organizations will utilize this method most often.
The problem arrive... |
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Why the Commanding Leadership Still Exist..
JACK COOK, Consultant, United States, Member Command leadership still exists for the same reason the ancients carved idols-- fear of the future.
Also a critical mass of workers/peo... |
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Command Leader Style is Male Dominated
Garth Nowland-Foreman It's a male dominated model.
But I think its also a factor of paying leaders too much. If one person gets paid 10-100 times the sal... |
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Commanding Leadership can be Necessary
Dilip Khanal, CEO, Nepal, Member The commanding leadership might not be bad in many cases. A leader has to lead the team for achieving the goal. Some types of goals demand for comm... |
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People Without Leadership Skills
Jesper Jensen, Student (MBA), United States, Member With 14 years of experience as an officer in the air force I have seen my share of commanding leadership styles and have found the people utilizing th... |
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Reasons for Commanding Leadership
Don Jayakody, Consultant, Sri Lanka, Member Commanding leaders try to hold on to power rather than believing in connecting with and supporting others.... |
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Special Circumstances such as a Crisis
GS RADJOU, CEO, France, Member In time of crisis people need to have clear directions and leaders with a hand on the running of the organization.
Long-term vision is th... |
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Leaders are Role Models
Deb Bynum, Manager, United States, Member Effective leadership skills come from a combination of experience and education along with the ability to communicate with people. It may sound trite ... |
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Why Commanding Persona..
jim morse, Project Manager, United States, Member The leader is accountable and visable..
2nd... Look and understand the nature of "power'... It is essential.. And dangerious...
I am glad ... |
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Commanding Style Organisation Head
P Bhaskaran, Manager, India, Member This kind of commanding leadership style will not work for long and will not produce the best results. It deflates peoples motivation and fuels the co... |
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Dealing with Commanding Leader Style. Solution
selven, Student (University), Mauritius, Member I highly believe that commanding leadership styles is still present due to the use of traditional appraisal systems in which managers are typic... |
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Why do Commanding Styles Win Top Jobs
John Spenceley Just as a stage is designed by sexual selection for battle with sexual rivals and a peacock is designed for seduction, so a man’s psychology is design... |
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Lack of Humility + Position of Power
Nicolas Stampf, Project Manager, France, Member For me, it boils down to two things: a lack of humility making a manager believing his idea is right and a position of power that easily... |
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Command and Control is not Leadership
Sven T. Berg, CxO / Board, United States, Member A 24+ year career in the military has taught me that the ability to command or control (C2) is not leadership. C2, at best, can garner compliance, but... |
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Commanding Style Leadership is Needed
Radha Raj, India, Member Whether it is demoralising or not, the fact that this style of leadership is continuing shows that followers require clear guidelines and time frames ... |
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Micro Management > Demotivation
Sally Rimmer, Project Manager, United Kingdom, Member Having recently changed from a manager who knew the value of delegation and allowed the people they were managing to do their jobs, a change to a m... |
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Contingent Micromanagement
Dr. Luis De La Cruz, Professor, United States, Member Fred Fiedler (1967) argued there is no one best way to lead. A leader is more effective if his or her style matches power position, situation, and con... |
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Commanding Leadership and Discipline
Sylvia Grant, Consultant, Australia, Member Commanding leadership is superfluous in an environment where people practice:
1) Personal discipline,
2) Thought discipline, and
3) A... |
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Commanding Leadership Style and Birth Dates
edward sevume, Sweden, Member @francina namgongo: I too was born in the 60ies and I do not believe in a commanding leadership style. The notion that commanding leadership might be ... |
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Leadership Qualities
Sylvia Grant, Consultant, Australia, Member In my experience the best leaders are those who:
1. Have the confidence to be humble and admit they are only human like everyone else.
2. Ha... |
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