What Great Leaders Know About Top Down Management – Planview AdaptiveWork

What Great Leaders Know About Top Down Management – Planview AdaptiveWork

Leadership style is an essential aspect of managing a company. Matching the leadership style with the company culture and situation is crucial to managing people successfully. Traditional management styles, such as the top-down approach, are still useful and popular, but modern employees find it demoralizing when it's done wrong. Successful leaders know how to facilitate this method while keeping the team engaged. They know when to switch to the top-down approach, such as when unresolved conflict, high risk, urgency, or empowerment is required. It's not about being bossy, but leadership applied in the right places.

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