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    WHAT IS YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE?

    Fred Fiedler’s (1978) Least Preferred Co-Worker Scale (LPC) assesses your leadership
    style. Think of a person with whom you work least well. He or she may be some one you
    work with now or someone you know in the past. This co-worker does not have to be the
    person you like least but should be the person with whom you had the most difficulty in
    getting a job done. Describe this person by circling one of the numbers between each pair
    of adjectives:

    Pleasant :8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1: Unpleasant

    Friendly :8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1: Unfriendly

    Rejecting :1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8: Accepting

    Tense :1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8: Relaxed

    Distant :1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8: Close

    Cold :1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8: Warm

    Supportive :8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1: Hostile

    Boring :1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8: Interesting

    Quarrelsome :1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8: Harmonious

    Gloomy :1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8: Cheerful

    Open :8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1: Guarded

    Backbiting :1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8: Loyal

    Untrustworthy :1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8: Trustworthy

    Considerate :8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1: Inconsiderate

    Nasty :1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8: Nice

    Agreeable :8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1: Disagreeable

    Insincere :1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8: Sincere

    Kind :8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1: Unkind
    Key – LPC

    Add up the 18 numbers you circled to get a total between 18 and 144. According to
    Fiedler, if you scored 56 or less, you have a task-oriented style of leadership. A score of
    63 or higher indicates a relationship-oriented style of leadership. If you scored between
    56 and 63 you cannot be classified in either category.

    Questions for reflection and action plan

    1. Given your responses to the questionnaire, are you relationship or task


    oriented? Do the results of the LPC Scale match your own intuitions about
    what type of leader you are?

    2. According to Fiedler, what type of group would be the “best” type of group
    for you to lead? Which would be the “worst”?

    3. Think about the last time you acted as a leader in a group. Describe the nature
    of the interaction as the group worked on the task. What was the value of the
    three situational factors specified by Fiedler? Does his theory explain your
    relationship to the group?

    4. How might you consider changing your leadership style or the situation to be
    more effective?
    LEADERSHIP INTERVIEWS

    Donelson R Forsyth (1999)

    People have strong opinions and assumptions about leadership, which are not always
    consistent with the findings generated by theories and researchers. Explore these intuitive
    leadership theories by locating two respondents (one man, one woman) and asking them
    for a few minutes for their time. Roommates, friends, acquaintances are perfectly
    appropriate interviewees. Ask them the following questions and any others you think are
    important to add, record their answers in writing.

    1. Can you name two or three people whom you feel were or are great leaders?

    2. Is leadership an inborn talent or a learned skill?

    3. Are leaders powerful people who can impose their will on others?

    4. Do people like to work in groups that have leaders or in groups that are
    leaderless?

    5. Who makes a better leader, a woman or a man?

    6. Have you ever been in a group where the leader failed to carry out his or her
    duties property?

    7. Have you ever been in a group led by a skilled leader?

    8. If you were appointed the leader of a group- such as a jury or a group of


    employees in a place of business – What would be your most important
    duties?

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