What are the 8 Dimensions of Leadership?

How important is it to be
multi-dimensional
as a leader for success?

But can’t we honestly portray other characteristics - not just our most dominant self - and strengths when the situation calls for it? Directness and being straightforward are valuable, but what if something else is called for to achieve the best outcome with a team member? Can you be more than one face, more than one dimensional and STILL be yourself?

While we each have one or two primary strengths, to be the best leader for a variety of team members, other strengths should include these leadership faces: Pioneering, Energizing, Affirming, Inclusive, Humble, Deliberate, Resolute, or Commanding – are you all of those? And can you be authentic, true-to-yourself, genuine and still be multi-dimensional?

The 8 Dimensions of Leadership

To be an effective leader you need to know your strengths—but that’s only part of the story. You also need a broad perspective on all the behaviors needed to be an effective leader. This book provides both.

Using the third-generation DiSC ^® online personality assessment — one of the most scientifically validated tools available — The 8 Dimensions of Leadership helps you identify your primary leadership dimension.

Whether you are a Pioneering, Energizing, Affirming, Inclusive, Humble, Deliberate, Resolute, or Commanding leader, the authors help you understand the psychological drivers, motivations, and “blind spots” characteristic of your style.

To get the most out of The 8 Dimensions of Leadership,  you'll want to respond online and receive the one-page Leadership Map tells you your primary leadership dimension, and two dimensions that you may need to work on. This Map is designed to guide you through the book.

Use this link to read Bob's Leadership Map - it whets your appetite for more detail about your own leadership style - you'll want your own map and the book to give you the thorough description of the DiSC strategies for becoming a better leader.

Get excited about the opportunity before you - the chance to expand your leadership framework! The 8 Dimensions of Leadership will help you do this by walking you through a five-step process:

But there's even more you'll want to learn...

When you've completed the book, practiced some of the behavioral adaptations, I'm sure that you'll be interested in your own complete 363™ for Leaders Report.

This unique report provides behavioral perspective from your boss, your direct reports and you; you all respond online to a series of statements that will provide a summary of how others view you as compared to yourself.

The report then outlines three specific strategies for you to focus on - moving you toward more a multi-dimensional approach to effectively leading others.

Read a sample
363 for Leaders here

So it's simple:

1. Complete the initial assessment - receive a personalized one-page Leadership Map describing your primary leadership style
2. Read the book, The 8 Dimensions of Leadership
3. Practice adapting your behaviors to develop multifaceted approaches to leadership
4. Register for a 363™ for Leaders Report to receive more thorough feedback from coworkers and your boss to compare to your own perceptions of self
5. Use the focused strategies of the 363™ for Leaders Report to target specific behaviors
6. You’re working on your on self-development!