Predictable Success — Leadership Styles

The Four Styles

Understanding how leaders think, decide and interact in groups and teams

V Visionary
O Operator
P Processor
S Synergist

What is a Leadership Style?

Leadership is any act that takes two or more people closer to their common goals. Your Leadership Style is the way you show up to do that — how you interact with others in groups and teams.

Everyone has a Base Style (their default) plus the other three operating at varying levels. This shows up in work, social, and family environments.

The Four Styles

V

Visionary

The big-picture thinker

Visual thinker who likes elegant solutions. Prepared to take controlled risks. Great fun to work with and highly motivational. Not excited by detail.

O

Operator

The one who gets it done

Ruthlessly focused on finishing things. Very direct. Output-focused and action-oriented. Irritated by anything that gets in the way of getting things done.

P

Processor

The systems builder

Puts systems and processes in place. Measure twice, cut once. Brings order, consistency, and scalability. Values data and precision.

S

Synergist

The team unifier

Concerned with the team, alignment, and getting people on the same page. The glue that holds V, O, and P together. Values collaboration and consensus.

The Predictable Success Lifecycle

1
Startup
2
Happy / Fun
3
Whitewater
4
Predictable Success
5
Treadmill
6
Big Rut
7
Rebirth
8
Death Rattle

Predictable Success maps the journey every organisation takes — from a Visionary founder with a spark of an idea, through growth, complexity and scale, down to deliberate rebirth.

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Making Decisions at Key Points in the Business Lifecycle

Understand the key drivers at critical points on the journey and put in place a decision framework to navigate your way through these seasons.

Whitewater
Growth outpaces structure. Crises multiply. Urgent and important blur together.
Predictable Success
Scaling without internal impediment. Vision and process in balance.
Treadmill
Over-dependence on systems. Innovation stalls. The organisation feels sterile.
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