Inside Asian Gaming

IAG MAY 2021年5月 亞博匯 78 COLUMNISTS I n March 2018, I published an article in Inside Asian Gaming called, “Gaming and the nine intelligences” in which I briefly discussed the nine kinds of intelligences put forward by the Harvard psychologist, Howard Gardner. I then identified nine senior executives in our industry who I thought exemplified each kind of intelligence. This article received an excellent response, and to this day I still field comments about it from avid IAG readers. Fast forward to March 2021. I have not really met any senior executive in the past 12 months thanks to COVID-19 restrictions on travel and casino closures in various countries. This year gave me time for contemplation and reminiscing, and I began to piece together the leadership styles of various senior leaders I have either met over the years or have heard a great deal about. I am a passionate student of archetypes, so I thought it would be a great idea to look at the leadership archetype of some industry leaders in gaming. THE EIGHT LEADERSHIP ARCHETYPES Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries, a Dutch management scholar and psychoanalyst, has spent decades studying executives from all over the world and their patterns of behavior. These observations have led him to discover eight distinct archetypes of leadership, which are based on a number of recurring patterns of behavior that influence an individual’s effectiveness within an organization. Here is a brief description of the eight archetypes Kets de Vries uncovered. 我 在2018年3月為《亞博匯》撰寫了一篇名為「 博彩與九種智能類別」的文章，並於文中簡 單地討論了九種由哈佛心理學家Howard Gardner提出的智能類型，之後我就在我們 的行業中找到了九位我認為能夠代表每種類 型的高層管理者。該篇文章贏得了很好的迴響。時至今天，我依然 會從熱心的《亞博匯》讀者收到他們對文章的意見。 穿梭至2021年3月，此前的12個月都因新冠疫情導致在多個 國家出現旅遊限制及娛樂場暫停營運，所以我未曾有機會與任何 高層會面。這一年讓我有時間去進行沉思及回想舊時記憶。而我 亦開始從多位我在過去曾經遇過或者廣泛聽聞的一眾高級行政 人員身上，拼湊出多種領袖風格。我非常熱衷於研究各種典型，因 此我覺得深入探討博彩行業一些領袖的領導風格典型，會是一個 非常好的構思。 八種典型領導風格 荷蘭管理學者及心理分析學家Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries花 了幾十年時間去研究世界各地行政人員及他們的行為模式。從仔 細觀察中，他得出了八種獨特的典型領袖風格。這些風格的背後 都是一系列重複的行為模式，影響著一個人在機構中的效率。以 下是Kets de Vries所提出等的八種典型領導風格。