Firstly, it's a spectrum, none of us are fully creative nor reactive in our leadership style, we all have of elements of both.

Let's first explain what we mean with creative and reactive leadership.

Reactive leadership describes a leadership style that primarily operates from a position of fear, fear to lose our  sense of safety.

When sense of safety is challenged a reactive leader tends to instinctively behave in ways to mitigate the threat.

For some it's to become overly compliant and pleasing, others become overly controlling and autocratic, yet some become protective and arrogant.

Reactive leadership costs of lot of energy and reactive leaders tend to become lonely as it's not much fun to work for these leaders.

Creative leadership describes a leadership style that primarily operates from position of authenticity, courage and curiosity.

Creative leaders have sense of purpose that calls stronger than their need for ego safety. These leaders show up with integrity and lead by engaging others to join their journey and by enabling others to create.

The Leadership Circle Profile maps both your Relationship behaviours, that's how you relate to those you interact with on a daily basis, and your Task behaviours, that's your ability and style through which you engage with work, across the spectrum of Creative and Reactive leadership.