Leadership Styles

- Presented by Neha Thakur

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Autocratic Style Bureaucratic Style Consultative Style Participative Style Laissez-Faire Style Paternalistic Style Neurocratic Style Sociocratic Style Situational Style

Autocratic Leadership

Autocratic leadership

Extrem e form ofleadership Leaders have a lot ofpowerover their people. Staff and team m em bers have little opportunity to m ake suggestions Autocracy.m p4

Autocratic leaders

hinks of them selves as sole decision m aker Shows little concern about other!s opinion "ocuses on com pleting goals #ictate tasks to be accom plished

Autocratic leadership
Best used in

$n situations like crises. %hen decisions must be made &uickly and without dissent. "or instance' the military.

Autocratic Leadership
Benefits :

Downside :

incredibly efficient. #ecisions are made &uickly' and work gets done efficiently.

(ost people resent being treated this way. )ften lead to high levels of absenteeism and high staff turnover.

*ureaucratic Leadership

Bureaucratic Leadership

*ureaucratic leaders work +by the book+ "ollow rules rigorously and ensure that their people follow procedures precisely

Bureaucratic Leadership

Appropriate when..

Appropriate for work involving serious safety risks ,such as working with machinery' with toxic substances' or at dangerous heights- or where large sums of m oney are involved. .seful in organi/ations where employees do routine tasks ,as in m anufacturing-.

Bureaucratic Leadership

The downside :

$t0s ineffective in team s and organi/ations relying on flexibility' creativity' or innovation. Leaders achieve their position because of their ability to conform to and uphold rules' not because of their &ualifications or expertise

Consultative Leadership

Consultative Leadership

Leader consults subordinates before taking decisions Leader is m ore open m inded 1 welcome suggestions Superior makes the decision 1 is responsible for the decision 2elation between superior and subordinate is inform al

Consultative Leadership

No urgency of decision Suggestions of subordinates are vital in decision a!ing Subordinates are atured and can provide suggestions " co ents Consultative. p#

Participative Leadership

Participative Leadership

Leader not only consults the subordinates' but allows them to take part in decision m aking

*oth leader and the group share responsibility for the decision m aking

he relations are inform al 3articipative leadership.m p4

Participative Leadership
Suitable $hen% &he approach can be ost suitable $hen $or!ing as a tea is essential' and $hen (uality is ore i portant than efficiency or productivity. For instance ) Sports *roup decision a!ing is re(uired ature follo$ers

&here are e+perienced and

Participative leadership
Benef its :

Downside :

&ea e bers tend to have high ,ob satisfaction and are productive because they-re ore involved in decisions. .elps develop people-s s!ills.

/t can often hinder situations $here speed or efficiency is essential. For instance' during a crisis' a tea can $aste valuable ti e gathering people-s input. So e tea e bers ight not have the !no$ledge or e+pertise to provide high (uality input.

&ea e bers feel in control of their destiny' so they-re otivated to $or! hard by ore than ,ust a financial re$ard.

Laissez-Faire

Laissez-Faire style
4A great leader who uses laisse/ faire leadership needs to assemble a great team of high achievers and performers who do not need hands on supervision5

Also known as the 4#elegative Leadershipor"ree 2eign Leadership 5 style

Leader shares problems with the group Superior allows subordinates to take decisions Superior and subordinates shares responsibility 2elations are very informal

Laissez-Faire

6ery little guidance from leaders 7om plete freedom for followers to make decisions Leaders provide the tools and resources 8roup mem bers are expected to solve problem s on their own Laisse/ "aire.mp4

Paternalistic style

Paternalistic Style

Leader acts as the father figure of their people. 2esponsible of taking care of their people!s needs. $n turn' the followers will have to give full trust to the leader. 3aternalistic.mp4

Aim s at creating a fam ily atm osphere within the organi/ation

Neurocratic Style

Neurocratic Style

9eurocratic leader is highly a task oriented one. #oes not consult his subordinates in decision making. akes their own decisions.

Sociocratic Style

Sociocratic Style

he Sociocratic leader tries to run the organi/ation :ust like a Social 7lub. 8ives less im portance to production and m ore im portance to friendship. ries to keep his subordinates very happy. So' he creates a warm and good social environm ent. sociocratic.m p4

Situational leadership

Situational Style

Videos

.o$ Situational Leadership 0or!s. p# Steve 1obs tal!s about anaging people. p#

Conclusion
No leadership Style can be ter ed as a best style it all depends upon the situation