Result of your test: participative manager

You are a "participative" type of manager

You pay particular attention to interpersonal relations within your team. The trust and the communication with each of your colleagues are the foundations of your management. But managing also means guiding your team and making decisions. Perhaps you could consider the more decision-making aspect of your communication and pay more attention to operational issues.

Your strengths

You bring people together.
You know how to establish dialogue within your team.
You know how to generate team cohesion.
You involve your colleagues.
You're a good listener.

The participative manager in high-stakes situations

Two examples:

In a conflict situationThe "participative" manager will act as a mediator and bring together employees in conflict. They will listen to everyone and encourage dialogue between them. In the absence of a solution, he will not make a decision and will put off resolving the dispute until a later date.

Faced with a budget cutAt the end of the year, he will bring his staff together to discuss the various possible allocations of the new budget. He will seek to satisfy as many needs as possible.

Your areas for improvement

Develop your powers of persuasion

Why is this?

In any decision-making process, there is a risk of disagreement that could block the progress of projects. Your ability to convince is therefore essential to win support in a climate of trust. This legitimises and secures your decisions.

How do we do it?

Learn how to manage your communication as a whole (verbal, paraverbal, non-verbal), use factual argumentation techniques, adapt your arguments to the person you are talking to, listen so you can bounce back on comments...

Strengthen your leadership

Why is this?

An assertive leadership attitude helps to guide discussions, avoid fragmentation and facilitate decision-making. It relies heavily on self-confidence. Leadership is not the prerogative of a few, it's a skill you have to learn!

How do we do it?

Work on thebody anchor and breathing, practise expressing yourself fluently, learn to get to know you betterto understand and manage your emotionsIn all circumstances, adopt a positive frame of mind that will be infectious.