287 - Determining Your Leader Archetype Before You Hire with Kira La Forgia
On today's episode of the podcast I talk with La Kira La Forgia about the people leader archetype.
Find our your leader archetype at https://the-paradigm.com/quiz?affiliate=bradendrake1
Kira is the founder of Paradigm, a people operations/HR company that helps small business owners build out the standards of compliance for hiring employees, maintain a hybrid team of employees and contractors legally in all 50 states and build out their growth plans and people management strategies.
Kira created the People Leader Archetype quiz. After helping almost 70 businesses develop their HR compliance and growth plan, and while there are offers that stem from this, it's hard to coach on management without getting into the nitty gritty of who someone is.
Kira found that her vast experiences in management over the past 10+ years was always missing the ability to get advice that wasn't outdated, cold or targeted at white men. It all seemed to be about showing up and checking the boxes and Kira found that wasn't working.
She wanted to create a language based on organizational psychology to understand a person's values and the persona and values that you're bringing to work every day. It's not just your management style because that can change over time.
When you take the quiz you get a survival kit that includes ways to connect with people you manage who may not connect with your type.
Archetype 1 - Stone Cold Supervisor
Much like Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada, you can have really solid boundaries and be really direct and have everyone know what to expect from you which can be really beneficial to your team. Your strengths are being clear and straightforward. This can sometimes make your team feel disconnected so try a 15 minute check-in to answer questions and make them feel heard.
Archetype 2 - Open Book Boss
You're very transparent in the interest of open communication. You thrive on giving your team everything you can and boundaries are loose. Your team might not always have clear expectations of what you expect. Like Michael Scott, this can breed a lot of chaos. Your business needs more systems to add structure and intentionality and avoid toxic flexibility. A lot of first time entrepreneurs fall into this.
Archetype 3 - Efficient Executor
The Ron Swanson of it all, there's a really hard edge but there's so much care and heart behind each action and there is a motivation for a lowkey environment for the team that isn't obvious right away. It can look like you're not really putting your team in a place to excel or have their needs looked after first but realistically you're one of the more productive types of managers. You're hiring people who are looking for justice in their work environment because you're creating a fair work environment. These managers tend to have team members who retain for a long time.
Archetype 4 - BFF Boss
The Liz Lemon boss, values team happiness at work and gives a personalized approach. Most decisions benefit the team even more than the client. Have more frequent one on ones like once a month and set specific times for meetings. If you have to give more direct feedback, don't sugarcoat it but preface that it may be blunt.
Archetype 5 - The Balanced Mentor
In the middle of the archetype spectrum, the Balanced Mentor can see many sides of a discussion and can connect with lots of personality types. They can get a well balanced team with diverse personalities. You have lots of different interests and need to spend more time on your management skills because you have so many types of people on your team. Tends to be brutally honest.
Get in Touch with Our Guest
Kira La Forgia, Founder of Paradigm
Follow Kira on Instagram @theparadigmm
Listen to Kira's podcast, On the Up and Up
