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I
Score
3
II
Quality
2. people-pleasing
Score
4
5. exhorter
9. controlling
4
3
6. spontaneous
10. informal
4
3
13. competitive
17. demanding
21. perfectionist
25.
confrontational
29. results-focused
22.
accommodating
26.
procrastinating
30. emotional
33. powerconscious
37. dominating
34. conflictavoiding
38. contemplative
Total Score
2
29
Total Score
4
3
4
16. visionary
20. nontraditional
24. questioning
7. efficient
11. politically
sensitive
15. closureoriented
19. concern for
routine
23. planner
IV
Quality
4. changeoriented
8. innovative
12. persuasive
27. formal
31. detached
35. informationfocused
39. detailintensive
Total Score
28. long-run
focused
32.
experimental
36. activist
40.
controversial
Total Score
5
42
III
Quality
3. organized
Score
5
3
38
Score
4
3
3
3
3
Enter your total score for columns I-IV. The style with the highest points total signals your
dominant, or preferred, management style. The higher the score for your preferred style relative
to the other three styles, the more that style probably dominates your behavior. More than one
high score among the four shows you have a broad managerial-style repertoire the capacity to
utilize more than one style.
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Style Matrix
Consider the following descriptions of management styles:
Style I: Commanders
(decisive, exhorter, controlling, competitive, demanding, perfectionist, confrontational, resultsfocused, power-conscious, dominating)
Commanders combine the directive interpersonal style with a strong relationships orientation,
they like being in the drivers seat and thrive on using legitimate power to achieve ministry
results.
Style II: Shepherds
(people-pleasing, spontaneous, informal, sharing and participative, sensitive, accommodating,
procrastinating, emotional, conflict-avoiding, contemplative)
Shepherds are relational like commanders, but they prefer to facilitate (guide, encourage, equip)
ministry members rather than to overly direct them.
Style III: Maintenance Managers
(organized, efficient, politically-sensitive, closure-oriented, concern for routine, planner, formal,
detached, information-focused, detail-intensive)
Maintenance managers use formal, official policies and procedures to efficiently direct ministry
activities in a way that permits independent action and decision-making, minimizing the need for
group deliberation and participative management. They favor orderly, routine operations run by
the book.
Style IV: Entrepreneurs
(change-oriented, innovative, persuasive, visionary, non-traditional, questioning, long-run
focused, experimental, activist, controversial)
Entrepreneurs like to operate independent of organizational bureaucracy with an eye toward
facilitating change and innovation. They yearn to start projects hooked to a tantalizing vision of
ministry progress.
Commander
A
A
D
A
B
C
D
A
B
D
Shepherd
D
B
B
B
C
D
A
D
D
A
Maintenance
B
C
C
C
A
B
C
B
A
C
Entrepreneur
C
D
A
D
D
A
B
C
C
B