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Positive Leadership Styles
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Positive Leadership Styles

February 19, 2016January 26, 2021 Editor Comments Off on Positive Leadership Styles

Is there such a thing as a positive leadership style? Potentially all leadership styles have their positive attributes if applied correctly and in the right circumstances. But then we come to the issue of how many leadership styles there are.

The number seems to depend on who you ask, or what you read. To some, there are three main leadership styles, and to others, there are five. Others believe that leadership styles can be organised into thirteen categories. Well, we’re going for compromise by looking at six different leadership styles, their pros and cons depending on the prevailing circumstances.

1. Democratic Leadership

This is an obvious one – a democratic leader wants decisions arrived at through a general consensus. This style of leading will work where the participants need to be part of the plan or goal, as their participation in the decision-making process makes them more likely to commit to achieving the end result. However, where difficult and quick decisions are needed, taking the democratic route would inevitably result in problems.

2. Transactional Leadership

The transactional leader offers his followers rewards for their achievements and punishes them for any mistakes they make along the way. This form of leadership works best in cases where there are well-established rules regarding performance, which makes evaluating performance more straightforward. It also goes without saying that in cases where it is difficult to gauge individual contribution, this style of leadership would not be very effective.

3. Pacesetting Leadership

With this form of leadership, the leader acts as a guiding example to the followers. The only way this style would work is if the followers are loyal to the leader and can put aside their personal differences for the sake of going by what the leader expects of them. However, where the followers are independent thinkers or the leader picks obvious favorites among his followers, this style of leadership would eventually fail to work out.

4. Authoritarian Leadership

The authoritarian leader acts dictates terms to his/her followers. The leader makes the calls and the rest have to follow. This style of leadership is most appropriate when those in need of leadership need a leader who they believe protects their general wellbeing. However, in cases where all the members of the community are as well informed on how to reach the end goals as the leader, this style would be less effective.

5. Laissez-faire

This is a rather relaxed way of leading. With this form of leadership, the leader gives his followers lots of leeway in the decision-making process and generally stays out of the way. The laissez-faire style of leadership is great where independence among the employees is more desirable. However, in cases where employees would slack off in their duties if left to their own devices, this leadership style would be a terrible miscalculation.

6. Transformational Leadership

Transformational leaders are risk-takers, have big personalities, and are constantly challenging the limits by motivating their followers to think outside the box. Generally, this form of leadership is great in cases where excitement and new frontiers can be challenged. Consequently, this style of leadership cannot work as effectively in well-established industries where innovativeness might be frowned upon and strongly resisted.

Conclusion

There are many ways to lead and all the styles have something positive. None of these styles can work in all circumstances, and you need to know which style would be better for the leadership circumstance you are dealing with. Some leadership situations require the leader to make the followers support his/her way of thinking, while other styles call on the leader to encourage independent thinking among the followers.

 

 

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