18 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Integrated Journal for Research in Arts and Humanities ISSN (Online): 2583-1712 Volume-4 Issue-3 || May 2024 || PP. 18-23 https://doi.org/10.55544/ijrah.4.3.4 Analysis of Leadership Styles of Blake and Mouton: A Comparative Study of Leadership Interactions in Different Environments Ali Abd Al Razaq Alaboody 1 , Dhrgham Ibrahim AL. Shukri 2 and Mohammed Hamed Albander 3 1,2,3 Faculty of Administration and Economy, Al Muthanna University, IRAQ 1 Corresponding Author: ali_alaboody@mu.edu.iq www.ijrah.com || Vol. 4 No. 3 (2024): May Issue Date of Submission: 25-04-2024 Date of Acceptance: 01-05-2024 Date of Publication: 06-05-2024 ABSTRACT The study aimed to identify the impact of leadership styles according to the leadership network model developed by Blake & Mouton (1978), which are: permissive leadership style, strict leadership style, moderate leadership style, social club management style, and team management style - in choosing business strategies. Followed by insurance companies according to the classification of Michael Porter (1985), who classified them into three strategies: cost leadership strategy, differentiation strategy, and focus strategy. To achieve this goal, a questionnaire was developed and distributed to a sample of 100 iraqi insurance company managers. 79 valid questionnaires were retrieved, with a recovery rate of -79%. After conducting the necessary statistical analysis, the study reached the following results: 1- There is no effect of the leadership styles according to the Blake and Mouton model in choosing the cost leadership strategy, as the study showed no effect of the permissive style, the moderate style, the social style, and the team leadership style in choosing the cost strategy, and it showed an effect - only - of the strict style in choosing the cost leadership strategy 2- There is an effect of leadership styles according to the Blake and Mouton model on choosing a differentiation strategy, as the study showed an effect of the permissive, moderate, sociable leadership style and the team leadership style on choosing a differentiation strategy, while no effect was shown For the strict style in choosing a differentiation strategy 3- There is an effect of leadership styles according to the Blake Moton model in choosing the focus strategy, as the study showed the presence of this effect of the strict, moderate, social, and team leadership styles in choosing the focus strategy Keywords- Vision, Communication, Empathy, Integrity, Influence. I. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY The success or failure of business organizations in the current business environment, which is based on high competition at the local and global levels, is often due to the efficiency and effectiveness of their administrative leaders. As evidence of this, once the appointment of a chief executive officer (CEO) as director of a company is announced, the value of its shares begins to rise before the president begins his actual work, and before the results of his work appear (Lepsinger, 2006). The topic of leadership and its role in strategic choices has received wide attention Researchers in strategic management, the study (O'Regan & Ghobadian, 2004) showed that the presence of effective leaders of organizations that work to develop and implement strategies appropriate to the internal and external work environment are certainly capable of developing the performance of their organizations, improving the quality of performance and achieving excellence. Bennis (2001) believes that the business environment today requires a shift in leadership roles, whether in building knowledge or innovations and inventions, and the performance of the organization has become greatly influenced by the leadership style exercised by the administrative head. The Iraqi insurance sector, as one of the service sectors in the Iraqi economy, has witnessed a significant expansion, as the volume of demand for it has increased, and the nature of the services provided in it has diversified. Statistics from the Iraqi Federation of Insurance Companies on its website indicate that