From the course: Adapting Leadership to Behavioral Styles
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Directiveness and how to measure it
From the course: Adapting Leadership to Behavioral Styles
Directiveness and how to measure it
- One of the key measurements in interpersonal dynamics inventory is directiveness. Directiveness is a measure of how often what is perceived as attempting to manage or control situations or people. Essentially, it's how often you speak up. Directiveness isn't a measure of the type of speak up associated with commenting on others. It's the directiveness about saying what you think, what you want, what you need. Or by acting in a way that takes control. In this lesson I'm going to walk you through the three key elements to understanding directiveness as a behavioral trait. And how to measure for it. The element to understanding directiveness is frequency. How often you're directive. We can all be directive occasionally. If your child's walking to the street, you're likely to say, "Don't go in the street!" No matter how shy or quiet you are. If there's a fire, you aren't going to go, "Hey, you know, when you get a…
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