What is a coaching leadership style anyway? And, how is it linked to Primal leadership ? Daniel Goleman has defined six different leadership styles to chose from in any given situation. These six styles comes from Goleman´s work on emotional intelligence , which sets out the underlying competencies associated with successful leadership (see table below from unc-blog ). Goleman encourages leaders " to view the styles as six golf clubs, with each one being used in a different situation ." A coaching leadership style is appropriate "to help competent, motivated employees improve performance by building long-term capabilities. Leadership characteristics for this leadership style: "listens, helps people identifying their own strenghts and weaknesses, counselor, encourages, delegates. This style is successful because "it connects what a person wants with the organisation´s goals". From the Wishful Thinking , creative coaching and training blog , I foun