Leadership Styles
Fortune’s Path has identified four styles of leadership: the finder, the maker, the delegator, and the decider. Most folks use a combination of styles, but one or two tend to dominate. What’s your leadership style? Take our assessment and find out.
Four Leadership Styles
Finder
Enjoys research & learning
Collects things & ideas
Starts tasks by gathering information
Maker
Dives head-first into tasks
Learns by doing
Comfortable with working alone
Delegator
Gets things done through other people
First instinct is to think of who is right for the job
Comfortable collaborating with leadership & subordinates
Decider
Likes being in control
Enjoys reviewing options
First instinct when given a task may be to redefine the task
Well-Known Finders
Bill Gates
Charles Darwin
Jane Goodall
Barack Obama
Well-Known Makers
Martha Stewart
Benjamin Franklin
Jack Dorsey
Well-Known Delegators
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ronald Regan
Richard Branson
Well-Known Deciders
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Oprah Winfrey