
◆ strategic thinking
◆ integrity
◆ vision communication
◆ business savvy
◆ change leadership.
Let’s now consider a real-life example of how an inexperienced
leader used key managerial styles to develop a young team and yield
spectacular business results.
Dave Bennett’s story
As director of the international PR firm Manning Selvage & Lee, Dave Bennett heads
the division handling PR for technology businesses. Below, there is a fuller profile of
how Dave has used authoritative, democratic and coaching styles to grow his division,
but first, hear how these styles are reflected in the way he works with two colleagues:
‘I recruited my deputy, Nick, through a recruitment ...