77. The Relationship between Leadership Style and Buy-In
Concept
If you took the self-assessment instrument at
https://virginia.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1RCmSEI7nmt4TyJ
you have a rough assessment of your preferred, self-aware, style, that is, the balance among Level One, Two, and Three techniques.
We might then ask, “What is the relationship between those three styles and follower buy-in?” Which style gets more buy-in from followers?
My view, and this is my view based on observations of the organizations who tend to use one style or another, is that when people use Level One techniques, they can get anything from passion to active resistance but that the modal (most common) responses are on the lower end of the buy-in scale. Coercion and ...
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