Identify your leadership style

There is no one style of leadership that will fit every person who plays a senior role in their organization; leaders have different definitions of success and approaches to achieving it, says William Taylor, author and cofounder of Fast Company magazine, in a column for Harvard Business Review. Every leader brings his or her own experiences to the role, which can shapes leadership style.

Taylor identified the four basic leadership styles and has also created a quiz to help readers identify which style they fall under. The four leadership styles are:

• The classic entrepreneur: Leaders interested in competition and success through building great products and companies
• The modern missionary: Leaders who aspire for significance by building something original and meaningful
• The problem solver: Leaders who focus on concrete results and are the first to confront challenges and identify new opportunities
• The solution finder: Leaders interested in incremental results achieved from the contributions of others in the organizations

Source: Harvard Business Review