8.7. SUMMARY
For everyday decisions and actions, your personality is likely to determine how you act. To make sure that your actions will be effective, you may want to change your work environment so that it matches your personality (Fiedler et al., 1977).
If you are a high LPC (see Section 8.1), avoid environments that are too easy (you have much control) or too difficult (you have little control) for you as a leader. In other words, foster an environment in which you have moderate control and influence, which is common in R&D organizations. Then, your leadership style should be participative or relationship-oriented.
If you are a low LPC, your ideal, then, is to be liked, to have no conflict among your subordinates, to have a clear task, and ...
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