Four Quadrants of Leadership
If you visualize leadership as a process of attending to 4 “quadrants†you will have the bases fairly well covered. They are Human Resources, symbolic, structural and political. “Human resources†deals with the importance of relationships, it involves servant leadership, empowerment and identifying individual’s strengths. “Symbolic†is what one traditionally associates with “leadersâ€. It involves casting and communicating a vision, inspiring, and modeling. “Structural†involves environmental scanning, analysis and assessing needs which along with getting to know your people from the HR quadrant informs the vision. Finally, the “political†quadrant involves establishing coalitions, networks and collaboration.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, this was insightful and does help me to approach improving on ones leadership skills.
William,
this is a helpful way to conceptualize the leadershi process.
Dr. Ryan Meers
