Quiz Results
You’re an Octopus
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What Does This Mean?
As the leader of your business, you are acting like an octopus. And your employees/team members are acting as working arms or extensions of the head (you).
In truth, in a real octopus, there are neurons in the tentacles. But their entire “mindset” is to serve the head. And, if one of the staff members (aka tentacles) is severed, the head can grow another one, almost exactly like the previous one.
What Kind of Leader Is This?
You are a micro-leader/manager.
This type of business owner is essentially duplicating him or herself in current team members, and new hires. Team members work individually and are dependent on the “head” for motivation and direction.
How Is This Affecting You and Your Business?
This type of leadership is a drain on you and your business. Everyone works harder than necessary to get things done. Productivity and profitability are consistently sabotaged by poor teamwork, mistakes, and a lack of accountability.
Though you, or your leaders, direct everything, you may not be trusted. You are continually putting out fires and weary of having to put so much energy into managing people who don’t take initiative. Your business may be struggling, and possibly even declining.
Stop Being an Octopus Leader
As an Octopus Leader, you are undoubtedly affecting your team in ways you don’t intend. Research proves – as goes the leader, so goes the team. This means that your attitude, behavior, and perspective is directly overlayed onto your team. They will act and interact like you.
But the good news is, YOU can change your leadership style, and thereby change your team. How?
By accessing our Commonsense Leadership training. It has 40 years of proven success. It’s easy to learn, quick to implement, and gives you skills and confidence to be the BEST leader you can be.
Check your email for an invitation to watch a free introductory training on this training system that has helped thousands of leaders find success.
What Are The Other Three Types of Leaders?
Cattle Dog Leader
Each of the cattle in the herd makes an individual contribution, and even tend to band together in one “team” – however, their direction is not clear. They need some force to drive them otherwise they would be content to eat the grass where they stand.
Enter – the cattle dogs. They are very efficient at getting the herd to collectively move in a desired direction, but they do so by nipping at everyone’s heals.
Shepherd Leader
After gaining the trust of the sheep herd, the shepherd walks in front, leading the sheep in the desired direction. There is peace. The sheep are banded together and support each other. The shepherd sets the pace, the direction, provides what the sheep need to feel fulfilled, and protects them from danger.
It is a pleasant existence, but there is no power to be assertive, to be competitive, or aggressively reach goals. And, if the shepherd isn’t there, the sheep scatter. The business completely depends on the leader’s presence and leadership.
Air Traffic Control Leader
The “organization” is an entity in and of itself. There is no dependence on a leader for success. There is a clear structure, excellent information flow, and efficiency systems that work well regardless of who the Air Traffic Control (ATC) or pilots are. People fill roles – roles are not determined by people. Indeed, EVERY pilot has a clear role and specific responsibilities. And each work in an interdependent team dynamic for the good of the whole.
The ATC serves to facilitate, lead, guide, take requests and assess them based on the good of the whole, and get everyone safely to reach their achievement. That way, the entire organization consistently reaches a massive number of small goals, all working together toward the entire organization’s goal – safe landings.
This quiz is primarily for fun and not based on a scientific process. However, after multiple decades of interactions with leaders, we think you’ll find the results quite accurate. AND, it’s fun to compare notes with other leaders to see if you are talking to an Octopus, Cattle Dog, Shepherd, or Air Traffic Controller.
