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<h2 id="behavioral-elements">Behavioral elements</h2> <p>Grid theory breaks behavior down into seven key elements:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Element</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td><i>Initiative</i></td><td>Taking action, driving and supporting</td></tr><tr><td><i>Inquiry</i></td><td>Questioning, researching and verifying understanding</td></tr><tr><td><i>Advocacy</i></td><td>Expressing convictions and championing ideas</td></tr><tr><td><i>Decision making</i></td><td>Evaluating resources, choices and consequences</td></tr><tr><td><i>Conflict resolution</i></td><td>Confronting and resolving disagreements</td></tr><tr><td><i>Resilience</i></td><td>Dealing with problems, setbacks and failures</td></tr><tr><td><i>Critique</i></td><td>Delivering objective, candid feedback</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Behavior_modification/dIlI7Wan">Behavior modification</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Leadership/37hL95TH">Leadership</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Three_levels_of_leadership_model/c8Mx6EA1">Three levels of leadership model</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Blake, R.; Mouton, J. (1964). <i>The Managerial Grid: The Key to Leadership Excellence</i>. Houston: Gulf Publishing Co.</li> <li>Blake, R.; Mouton, J. (1985). <i>The Managerial Grid III: The Key to Leadership Excellence</i>. Houston: Gulf Publishing Co.</li> <li>McKee, R.; Carlson, B. (1999). <i>The Power to Change</i>. Austin, Texas: Grid International Inc.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Blake, Robert Rogers; Mouton, Jane Srygley (1961). The Managerial Grid: Problems and Possibilities of Improving Production Through Participation of People. University of Texas. Retrieved 14 June 2024. <a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Blake" target="_blank">/wiki/Robert_R._Blake</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>McKee, Rachel K.; Carlson, Bruce (1999). The Power to Change. Austin, Texas: Grid International Inc. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Marc Helmold (2021). New Work, Transformational and Virtual Leadership: Lessons from COVID-19 and Other Crises. Springer Nature. p. 74. ISBN 978-3-030-63315-8. <a href="978-3-030-63315-8" target="_blank">978-3-030-63315-8</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>