To what extent do your traits contribute to your preferred leadership style?

1. When working with others, do you focus more on the task or relationships with those you’re working with? Why?
2. Which is more important to you, task leadership or relationship leadership?

Choose one of the following additional questions to answer:

• Do you agree that task- and relationship-oriented leadership behaviors lie along a continuum? Why or why not? Where would change behaviors fit along this continuum?
• Do you believe that one orientation (task or relationship) is more effective than another? Why?
• How can you tell what leadership style would be most effective with a given group?
• To what extent do your traits contribute to your preferred leadership style? How easy is it, then, to change your leadership style when needed?
• Do followers have preferences regarding how they are led? If so, what does that mean for leaders? How might they take that into account in determining leadership behaviors?
• Is it more important to be comfortable with your leadership style or to adapt to the circumstances? Explain.