Leadership Styles

Leadership styles:

https://upraise.io/blog/management-styles-types/

https://vistatec.com/pacesetting-leadership/

Directive:

Responsibilities: Manager initiates projects, defines guidelines and the quality to meet. Boundaries, tasks, deadlines and other rules are set. Popular style of management

Contributions: Doesn’t rely on others ideas, feedback or suggestions.

Task or people orientated: task orientated, active role in setting clear objectives

Most effective when: team members are unskilled/inexperienced workers that need a lot of direction, urgent situations,

Advantages: structure, clarity, speed, accountability, urgency and consistency.

Disadvantages: limits creativity, adaptability and a sense of autonomy

Authoritarian:

Responsibilities: total decision making power and absolute control over subordinates. Very little input from group members. Demands obedience from workforce, close supervision.

Contributions: Doesn’t rely on others ideas, feedback or suggestions.

Task or people orientated: task orientated, less time wasted discussing and sharing ideas, decisions are made in the best interest of the company’s performance and objectives.

Most effective when: situations where absolute control is required, constant changes or a crisis, urgent situations

Advantages: structure, clarity, speed, accountability, urgency and consistency, improved communication

Disadvantages: limits creativity, adaptability and a sense of autonomy, can be demotivating and create a high pressure working environment

Democratic (participate):

Responsibilities: Members of the group are involved in the decision making process, they seek feedback and input from others. Gives others autonomy, distributes power and gains consensus.

Contributions: Relies on others ideas, feedback or suggestions.

Task or people orientated: people orientated, decisions are made in the best interest of the people

Most effective when: where group members are skilled and eager to share their knowledge.

Advantages: creating employee satisfaction, therefore reduced employee absenteeism rates and labour turnover, encourages…