LEADERSHIP STYLES

• LEADERSHIP - Guiding a group of people towards a common goal.
• LEADERSHIP STYLE - Is the manner and approach of providing direction, implementing plans, and motivating people. It includes the total pattern of explicit and implicit actions performed by their leader.
• KURT LEWIN - He performed the first major study of leadership style in 1939; who led a group of researchers to identify different styles of leadership.
• AUTHORITARIAN - Leadership style; the leader tells his/her employees what to do and how to do it, without getting their advice. This style is when you have all the information to solve the problem, you are short on time, and/or your employees are well motivated. This style should normally only be used on rare occasions. Using this style on a new employee who is just learning the job.
• PARTICIPATIVE - Leadership style; this style involves the leader including one or more employees in the decision-making process(determining what to do and how to do it). However, the leader maintains the final decision-making authority. Using this style with a team of workers who know their jobs.
• DELEGATIVE - Leadership style; in this style, the leader allows the employees to make decisions. However, the leader is still responsible for the decisions that are made. Using this style with a worker who knows more about the job than you do.