Only Five Ways To Lead ...

• Authors: Charles Farkas & Philippe De Backer.

• Directors at Bain & Co.• 2 Years and interviewed 161 top

executives on six continents.• Result: 5 Distinct Leadership Styles …

means of getting results.• Most CEO’s use all of the approaches but

focus on a couple of traits as primary.

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• Five Distinct Leadership Styles– Strategic Approach– Human Assets Approach– Expertise Approach– Box Approach– Change Approach

Only Five Ways To Lead ...

• Five Distinct Leadership Styles– Strategic Approach - CEO acts as the

company’s top strategist (20%).– Human Assets Approach - CEO

manages for success through policies, programs and principles (30%)

– Expertise Approach - CEO possess a specific proprietary expertise, to focus the organization.

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• Five Distinct Leadership Styles– Box Approach - CEO establishes a set

of rules, systems, and procedures; a well defined control environment.

– Change Approach - CEO acts as a change agent; creating new and different methods (18%).

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• Gillette and Digital Equipment Corp.– Human Assets Approach vs. Expertise– Gillette: People mangers … stressed global

work force.– Digital: driven by technology and engineers.– Digital: Now attempting the change

approach to rescue the company