The Leadership Grid

Описание: Yet another behavioral approach to leadership is the Leadership Grid (originally called the Managerial Grid). The Leadership Grid provides a means for evaluating leadership styles and then training managers to move toward an ideal style of behavior.

The horizontal axis represents concern for production (similar to job-centered and initiating-structure behaviors), and the vertical axis represents concern for people (similar to employee-centered and consideration behavior).

The 1,1 manager (impoverished management), who exhibits minimal concern for both production and people. The 9,1 manager (authority-compliance), who is highly concerned about production but exhibits little concern for people. The 1,9 manager (country club management), who has the exact opposite concerns from the 9,1 manager. The 5,5 manager (middle of the road management), who maintains adequate concern for both people and production.
And the 9,9 manager (team management), who exhibits maximum concern for both people and production.

According to this approach, the ideal style of leadership is 9,9. The developers of this model thus created a multiphase training and development program to assist managers in achieving this style of behavior. Companies have used the Leadership Grid, and anecdotal evidence seems to confirm its effectiveness in some settings.