Management and Leadership Styles
Management and Leadership Styles
Autocratic Leadership
- Autocratic leaders make decisions without consulting their teams. This style is considered appropriate when decisions need to be made quickly, when there’s no need for team input, and when team agreement isn’t necessary.
Democratic Leadership
- In contrast, democratic leaders make the final decisions, but they include team members in the decision-making process. They encourage creativity, and people in these organisations often feel engaged and motivated.
Laissez-Faire Leadership
- Laissez-faire leaders give their team members a lot of freedom in how they do their work, ensuring interventions and guidance when necessary.
Transformational Leadership
- Transformational leaders motivate their team to be their best. They often achieve great things with their teams because they create a stimulating or engaging work environment.
Transactional Leadership
- Transactional leaders set clear objectives and goals for their teams and uses reward and punishments to motivate its employees. They need to set clear standards of performance.
Bureaucratic Leadership
- Bureaucratic leaders follow rules rigorously, and ensure that their team also strictly follows procedures. This style can be useful when detailed and routine work needs to be performed.
Charismatic Leadership
- Charismatic Leadership style portrays enthusiasm, assurance, dominance, and the ability to communicate effectively. They inspire and motivate team members to perform at their highest potential.
Each leadership style carries its own set of pros and cons, and unique situations call for specific styles of leadership. Being aware of these styles can help you understand and deal with leadership scenarios more effectively.