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