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Leadership Orientation

Work style · O*NET

Leadership Orientation is one of O*NET's work styles — the personality tendencies people bring to a job that affect how well the work is done , grouped under Proactive and Growth Oriented. O*NET describes it as: "A tendency to lead, take charge, offer opinions, and provide direction at work." It is rated for 891 occupations and ranks low among work styles by how much it matters on average.

How it's measured

O*NET scores each occupation on this work style with a Work Styles Impact (WI) value — higher means the style matters more to doing the work well. The figures here are those occupation-level scores: a description of which jobs lean on this trait, not a judgment about pay, difficulty, or whether a job is "good," and not a claim about any individual worker.

Economy-wide average 0.68 Mean across all 891 rated occupations
Range across occupations -0.81–3.00 Lowest to highest occupation score (spread 3.81)
Impact vs. other styles 12th pct Where this style's average ranks among all O*NET work styles

Occupations where this style matters most

The occupations that score this work style strongest.

Occupation Impact
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 3.00
Chief Executives 3.00
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 3.00
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 3.00
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 3.00
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 3.00
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 3.00
Legislators 3.00
First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand 2.96
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 2.96
General and Operations Managers 2.93
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 2.87
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents 2.87
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 2.80
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 2.77
Industrial Production Managers 2.74
Medical and Health Services Managers 2.74
Coaches and Scouts 2.71
Natural Sciences Managers 2.71
Sales Managers 2.71
Construction Managers 2.68
Emergency Management Directors 2.68
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 2.68
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 2.68
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 2.64
Architectural and Engineering Managers 2.61
Producers and Directors 2.61
Social and Community Service Managers 2.61
Chefs and Head Cooks 2.58
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 2.58
Information Technology Project Managers 2.58
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 2.58
Treasurers and Controllers 2.58
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 2.55
First-Line Supervisors of Passenger Attendants 2.55
Project Management Specialists 2.55
Advertising and Promotions Managers 2.52
First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators 2.52
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 2.52
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 2.52
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 2.49
Food Service Managers 2.49
Loss Prevention Managers 2.49
Security Managers 2.49
Clinical Nurse Specialists 2.46
Farm Labor Contractors 2.46
Financial Managers 2.46
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 2.46
Human Resources Managers 2.46
Media Programming Directors 2.46
Public Relations Managers 2.46
Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors 2.43
Computer and Information Systems Managers 2.43
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 2.43
Emergency Medicine Physicians 2.43
Facilities Managers 2.43
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers 2.43
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 2.43
Gambling Managers 2.43
Music Directors and Composers 2.43

Occupations where this style matters least

The occupations that score this work style weakest — where it is least central to the work.

Occupation Impact
Models -0.81
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons -0.75
Cooks, Fast Food -0.71
Machine Feeders and Offbearers -0.71
Medical Transcriptionists -0.71
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials -0.71
Telephone Operators -0.71
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters -0.70
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners -0.70
Tapers -0.70
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand -0.68
Dishwashers -0.68
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers -0.68
Prepress Technicians and Workers -0.68
Proofreaders and Copy Markers -0.68
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service -0.66
Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters -0.66
File Clerks -0.64
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products -0.64
Pharmacy Aides -0.64
Data Entry Keyers -0.63
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners -0.63
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters -0.63
Interpreters and Translators -0.63
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer -0.63
Pourers and Casters, Metal -0.63
Sewers, Hand -0.63
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment -0.61
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders -0.61
Upholsterers -0.61
Word Processors and Typists -0.61
Floor Sanders and Finishers -0.59
Packers and Packagers, Hand -0.59
Shampooers -0.59
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers -0.58
Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers -0.58
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand -0.58
Sewing Machine Operators -0.58
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners -0.56
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic -0.56
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers -0.56
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders -0.56
Helpers--Carpenters -0.56
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers -0.56
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers -0.56
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic -0.56
Motion Picture Projectionists -0.56
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks -0.54
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders -0.54
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers -0.54
Medical Records Specialists -0.54
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders -0.54
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic -0.54
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders -0.54
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic -0.54
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators -0.54
Rock Splitters, Quarry -0.52
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing -0.52
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders -0.52
Watch and Clock Repairers -0.52

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

  • O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Leadership Orientation." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/work-styles/leadership-orientation

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Leadership Orientation. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/work-styles/leadership-orientation

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-leadership-orientation,
  title  = {Leadership Orientation},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/work-styles/leadership-orientation}
}

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