Advantages and disadvantages of different leadership styles
Leadership is a personal relationship in which one person directs, coordinates and supervises others in the performance of a common task. Leadership seems to be a matter of aligning people towards common goals and empowering them to take the actions needed to reach them. The ability to influence an individual/group towards the achievement of common goals to solve problems on their own. The styles of leadership The terminology style is roughly equivalent to the leader’s behavior. It is the way in which the leader influences the followers Luthans, (1977). There are many ways to lead and every leader has own style. Some of the more common styles include autocratic, democratic leadership and laissez-faire. In the past several decades, management experts have undergone a revolution in how they define leadership and what their attitudes are toward it. They have gone from a very classical autocratic approach to a very creative, participative approach. Somewhere along the l...