Leadership Styles

My Leadership Style

Working independently within an organization such as my own allows me to exercise the

amount and type of control I like. For the company I work for, our compensation is entirely based on performance, also known as commission. Essentially, every agent in my firm is considered a leader since we are growing our own practice, or business. There are several types of leadership styles, and after conducting my research, I conclude that I am what is known as a free rein leader, which will be discussed. We all have goals as well; personal or business, goals are a vision of where or what we want to be some time in the future. To help us reach these goals, we must motivate individuals, increasing their drive to get to where they want to be.

As I mentioned earlier, I am in essence a business owner in what I do for a living. We manage others that work under us, or we train. The way I was trained, as well as almost everyone else who started in my firm, we were never micromanaged and given our own space and freedom to operate and work. A free rein leader lets groups or individuals lead themselves and tend to stay away from power (Peterson, 2009). I depend principally on the groups I lead to develop their own goals and create a plan to help cope with potential issues and problems that may arise. Similar to myself, the team or group members work independently by themselves and motivate themselves as well. Kinicki & Kreitner (2009) define leadership as “influencing employees to voluntarily pursue organizational goals.” This means that we must use tools to influence our employees and group members, such as motivation.

Going back to my workplace, again, almost everyone works independently and our managers follow the theory that every employee should work at their own pace. Because we work on commission and bonuses, the harder we work the more money we make... plain and simple. Therefore, aside from helping families and protecting their future...