Leadership Power Style Survey

How aware are you of your own leadership power style?

A leadership power style refers to a particular polarity continuum that presents itself in social interactions leaders face. On one side of the continuum, there is the assertive power style and on the other side, there is the accommodative power style. Most leaders have an inherent bias towards one side or the other though neither is "right" or "wrong". Agile leadership requires leaders to seek a balance of both sides of the continuum, drawing from the positive attributes of each and knowing when to employ what approach.

Take Our Power Style Assessment to Learn More

Take our short survey assessment to explore aspects of how your leadership power style shows up in your thinking, behavior and other characteristics that others experience as your leadership presence. You’ll receive a personalized report that provides the results of your assessment, additional insights into agile leadership, and balancing power styles as well as ongoing actionable content through our newsletters to help you improve your leadership.

Dig into our resources relevant to power styles

Now that you've learned your power style, take a look at these resources related to learning how to leverage your power style in various settings.

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Leadership is Language: How Our Leaders' Words Impact Our Thinking

By Jesse Fewell • March 22, 2023
ALJ Guide Jesse Fewell debriefs David Marquet's latest book, Leadership is Language. Jesse uncovers the paradox of leadership whereby a decision reveals itself to be wrong, but leaders commit to the decision anyway, often with catastrophic results. Marquet offers an alternate solution.
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39: Leadership Power

By Relearning Leadership Podcast • February 8, 2023
Pete explores the concept of leadership power and how it impacts your presence as a leader.
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31: How to Make Every Conversation Better Part III: Difference and Influence

By Relearning Leadership Podcast • November 16, 2022
What do great debators know that we don't? Pete shares insights from two of his favorite mentors in this episode to help us better understand why differences are so challenging to overcome in crucial conversations and how an unintuitive approach to differences can shift conflict to alignment.
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22: The Illusion of Control

By Relearning Leadership Podcast • February 24, 2022
Pete talks with Mette Bjerrekaer and ALJ Guide Bent Myllerup about the illusion of control and what it means, as a leader, to let go. They discuss how letting go of control shapes culture and how to leverage conversation as a way to guide that change.
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The Default Power of a Leader

By Pete Behrens • June 20, 2021
When it comes to leadership, there’s an inherent bias that creates a dynamic between a leader and those whom they lead, where power is unintentionally or unconsciously transferred to the person in the leadership position.
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Why Leaders Need to Relearn Leadership

By Tracey Wilson • March 26, 2021
Traditional ways of leading are failing to meet the challenges of our time. Leaders face global disruptions where what was learned is no longer valid. Read more:
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Power Styles: An Individual’s Journey to Find Balance

By Rashmi Fernandes & Tracey Wilson • February 10, 2021
A leadership power style refers to a particular polarity continuum that presents itself in social interactions leaders face.
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2: Navigating a New Boss

By Relearning Leadership Podcast • February 2, 2021
Josh Forman, a Director of Engineering from a high-tech scale-up organization, shares his story of navigating the vast changes in his company and specifically dealing with a new COO. Following Josh's interview, Pete talks with Rachel Weston Rowell, a leadership teams coach specializing in startup and scale-up organizations, to discuss Josh's story and what all leaders can learn from it.