How would you respond as a leader, if someone asked you the question, “What is your strategic and practical approach to leadership?” Every leader should have an immediate response to this question that clarifies in specific terms both their strategic and practical approach to leadership. Integrity Leadership Development Inc has created, and teaches the Catalytic Leadership Model. This model proposes that leaders are to be a positive and transformative “catalyst of change” in the lives of others. In the world of chemistry, a catalyst is a substance that accelerates the speed and growth of a chemical reaction. In the world of leadership, the influence of a catalytic leader accelerates the speed of the personal, and professional growth of their people. The Catalytic Leadership Model is a bold, dynamic, impactful and effective leadership model that changes lives and delivers superior results. This leadership model is the combined union, intersection and convergence of servant leadership, transformational leadership, and situational leadership.
Servant leaders intentionally create relational environments. Transformational leaders intentionally create learning environments. Situational leaders intentionally create synergistic environments. These three overlapping, interconnected and equally critical approaches to leadership, when practiced together, support and strengthen one another. The Catalytic Leadership Model is designed to invite leaders and their followers to enter into a partnership with one another to accomplish their mission, goals and objectives together. Servant leaders grasp that leadership is fundamentally about leaders establishing a relational bond and connection with their people. They approach their relationships with their people primarily as servants, and secondarily as leaders. They passionately place the needs, concerns and well-being of their people above their own self-interest through their humble and respectful leadership.
Catalytic leaders are transformational leaders. A transformational leader is a leader who pursues, and continually experiences growth in their own lives, while functioning as a “change-agent” in the lives of their followers. Transformational leaders are catalysts of change in the lives of others because they refuse to live in a state of stagnancy, or give others the option to do so! Situational leaders acknowledge there is no one best leadership style. The leadership style they choose with their people is dependent upon the level of skill and will that exists in their people to complete a specific task or project. Situational leaders are students of their people, and strive to be in sync with all of their people creating a synergistic environment with their team. Every leader needs a strategic and practical approach to leadership. If you are looking for a strategic and practical leadership model, consider the Catalytic Leadership Model. It has the potential to transform your life and leadership, while empowering you to lead others with the goal of changing their lives!
