Definition of 'Leadership Grid'
A model of behavioral leadership developed in the 1950s by Robert Blake and Jane Mouton. Previously known as the Managerial Grid, it is based on two behavioral dimensions - concern for production, plotted on the X-axis on a scale from one to nine points; and concern for people, plotted on a similar scale along the Y-axis.
The model identified five leadership styles by their relative positions on the grid:
Impoverished (concern for production = 1, concern for people = 1) Produce or Perish (9,1) Middle of the Road (5,5) Country Club (1, 9) Team (9, 9)
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