Flexing Your Management Style for Maximum Impact

More than 90% of managers said they flex between styles and that doing so is essential. Yet only 60% of employees said their manager exercises this ability.*

Your style determines how you communicate, make decisions and exercise power. That means as a manager, your style is impacting how work gets done and how people feel about being part of your team.

So how often do you think about the way you’re perceived by others? Are you the manager you think you are?

Since there isn’t a “best” style that meets every need, managers must learn to flex their styles depending on the team’s goal, context and changing situations. This course will help you accurately identify and leverage a range of management styles, so you use the best style to fit the specific work scenario, the people you’re interacting with and the culture of your organization.

*Based on survey data from over 1,100 U.S. knowledge workers, summarized in AMA’s Whitepaper, Management Styles: Are You the Manager You Think You Are?

• Know your management style and recognize how it’s expressed and perceived
• Select the appropriate style for a particular context and use it to build trust, influence and motivation
• Apply communication tools to make style adjustments and improve outcomes
• Practice selecting and implementing styles aligned to typical workplace scenarios
• Identify situations where style adjustments can improve results and design a plan to implement them regularly

• Identifying your management style and learning to apply multiple styles
• Practicing the application of management styles to help employees feel valued and empowered
• Using styles to communicate, create clarity and improve accountability within your team
• Flexing styles to accommodate changing contexts and circumstances
• Employing communication techniques that sync with your desired outcomes
• Aligning your style to your company’s culture to improve collaboration and engagement