Types of leadership

Introduction of what exactly is Leadership is and Leadership Qualities and Types Of Leadership

1. Types Of Leadership

2. What is Leadership? Leadership is an influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes and reflect their mutual purpose. Being a leader means defining and exhibiting moral and ethical courage and setting an example for everyone. Leadership skills are an essential component in positioning executives to make thoughtful decisions about their organization's mission and goals, and properly allocate resources to achieve those directives . Leadership skills are an essential component in positioning executives to make thoughtful decisions about their organization's mission and goals, and properly allocate resources to achieve those directives.

3. Leadership Qualities Confidence To be an effective leader, you should be confident enough to ensure that other follow your commands . As a leader, you have to be oozing with confidence, show some swagger and assertiveness to gain the respect of your subordinates. Inspire Others Probably the most difficult job for a leader is to persuade others to follow. It can only be possible if you inspire your followers by setting a good example . As a leader, should think positive and this positive approach should be visible through your actions.

4. Good Communicator Until you clearly communicate your vision to your team and tell them the strategy to achieve the goal, it will be very difficult for you to get the results you want . Decision-Making Capabilities Apart from having a futuristic vision, a leader should have the ability to take the right decision at the right time. A leader should think long and hard before taking a decision but once the decision is taken, stand by it. Creativity and Innovation In order to get ahead in today’s fast-paced world, a leader must be creative and innovative at the same time. Creative thinking and innovation is what makes you and your team stand out from the crowd.

5. Fair   is what people want. Good leaders don’t have favourites in the team. They reward for results not partiality; they promise fairness . Appreciative   A wise leader values their team and the person. Success is only achieved with the help of others. What’s more, genuine appreciation provides encouragement, develops confidence, and builds on strengths. Responsive   Good leaders are responsive to the needs of those they lead. They adjust their behaviour to best match the situation. They listen to their team; they value their team.

6. Types Of Leadership Authentic Leadership It is an approach to leadership that emphasizes building the leader’s legitimacy through honest relationships with followers which value their input and are built on an ethical foundation. Generally, authentic leaders are positive people with truthful self-concepts who promote openness.

7. Autocratic Leadership Autocratic leadership is a management style wherein one person controls all the decisions and takes very little inputs from other group members. Autocratic leaders make choices or decisions based on their own beliefs and do not involve others for their suggestion or advice. This type of leadership style is seen mostly in businesses which are relatively small with fewer employees. 

8. Laissez-Faire Leadership is a style is where all the rights and power to make decisions is fully given to the worker. This was first described by Lewin , Lippitt and White in 1939, along with the autocratic leadership and the democratic leadership styles. Laissez-faire leaders allow followers to have complete freedom to make decisions concerning the completion of their work. It allows followers a self-rule, while at the same time offering guidance and support when requested.

9. Transformational Leadership is defined as a leadership approach that causes change in individuals and social systems. In its ideal form, it creates valuable and positive change in the followers with the end goal of developing followers into leaders. The process of transformational leadership aims at influencing changes in attitudes and assumptions held by organizational members and building commitment for organizational goals and objectives .

10. Transactional Leadership is a part of a style of leadership that focuses on supervision, organization, and  performance. It is a style of leadership in which  leaders promote compliance by followers through both rewards and punishments. Leaders using transactional leadership as a model pay attention to followers work in order to find faults and deviations. This type of leadership is effective in crisis and emergency situations as well as for projects that need to be carried out in a specific way.

11. Bureaucratic Leadership This type of leadership is based on the official duties that are to be looked upon staying under a chain of authority. The leader has to apply a full system of rules both for decision making as well as for the management .  This type of leadership leaves no space to explore new ways to solve issues and in fact work by book. This type of leadership is normally followed in hospitals, universities, banks and government organizations to reduce corruption and increase security.

12. Charismatic Leadership is visionary and works by infusing high amount of energy and enthusiasm in his team. He sets as role model for his team and drive others to show high level of performance. This type of leader is committed to the organization and believes more in him rather than his team. The presence of charismatic leader works as a boost for rest of the employees and therefore such type of leader should be committed to the organization for the long run .

13. Participative Leadership This is among the styles of leadership , focuses on the involvement of members of the group while making decision. Participative leadership is more of a participative form of leadership. This type of leadership can be applied to different types of organization. Schools and government can be good examples of this type of leadership. The whole group gets to participate in the leadership but the leader is required to listen to every member and also choose who gets to be in the group.

14. Directive Leadership provides guidance about what should be done and how to do it, scheduling work, and maintaining standers of performance. Thus, it may be inferred that directive leadership is effective as the subordinators has an external locus of Control, lacks experience, has a high need for clarity or a low need of achievement. Also, when the task is unstructured, or there is conflict between work groups, a more directive style would be useful.

15. Supportive Leadership show concern for the needs of the employees, leader is friendly and approachable. Supportive Leadership would be more suitable for highly structured tasks, under bureaucratic and formal authority relationship. In supportive Leadership, leader support to their subordinates officially and some time personally also. Leader always try to fulfill their requirements, it boost employees moral also.

16. Achievement Oriented Leadership encourage employees to perform at their highest level by setting challenging goals, emphasizing excellence and demonstrating confidence in employees abilities. Achievement Oriented Leadership is largely suitable for unstructured tasks, where the subordinate need for achievement is high .

17. Conclusion Leadership is basically the ability of an individual to take challenges and decisions in order to achieve the goal of the organization. However , a good leader does not blame his employees rather learns from mistakes and motivates their employees and subordinates not to repeat the same mistake again . These leadership styles are followed by most leaders in the world.

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