Leadership!
Persuasive Influence - Level 2
Leadership Styles
Leadership styles
- Bureaucratic
- Authoritative
- Innovative
- Pacesetting
- Democratic
- Affiliative
- Coaching
- Altruistic
Bureaucratic
Bureaucratic leaders:
- Establish and enforce rules
- Decisions are final
- Motivate through discipline and demands immediate compliance
- Information come from top-down
- Ineffective vs highly skilled individuals due to micromanagement
- Effective when choices are to be made in a short amount of time
Examples of Bureaucratic Leaders
- Adolf Hitler
- Joseph Stalin
Authoritative
Authoritative leaders:
- Provide long term direction and focuses on end goals
- Typically have the most experience than those under them
- Motivate by inspiring enthusiasm about the project
- Have a clear direction with set standards
- Infeffective when "hand holding" is required
- Effective when a change of direction or vision is requested
Examples of Authoritative Leaders
- Jeff Bezos
- Gregg Popovich
Innovative
Innovative leaders:
- Share a vision with their team of the future and pursues excellence
- Encourage innovative ideas
- Motivate through respect of members creativity
- Invite collaborative conversations
- Ineffective when risks make team members apprehensive
- Effective when solving complex problems
Examples of Innovative Leaders
- Elon Musk
- Benjamin Franklin
Pacesetting
Pacesetting leaders:
- Expect team members to work fast and embrace new projects
- Focus on productivity
- High standards are set from leading by example
- Communication of detailed instructions are not passed along
- Ineffective over a long period of time
- Effective when team members are self motivated and highly skilled
Democratic
Democratic leaders:
- Rely on consensus decision-making
- Comfortable with team members taking the lead occasionally
- Use collaboration and communication to receive input
- Style is ineffective when time is limited or team members without the knowledge or expertise to add quality contributions
- Style is effective when all team members have some knowledge to solve a problem
Examples of Democratic Leaders
- George Washington
- Abraham Lincoln
- Me!
Affiliative
Affiliative leaders:
- Create a cohesive unit by emphasizing teamwork and harmony
- Primarily effective with visionary leadership due to focusing on collaborative and emotional needs
- Motivate through creative positive personal relationships and avoiding conflicts
- Not effective when giving negative feedback and performance not emphasize
- Effective when repairing broken trust, increasing morale, and working through stressful circumstances
Examples of Affiliative Leaders
- Joe Torre
- Dalai Lama
Coaching
Coaching leaders:
- Concentrate on preparing team members for the future by building their skills
- Excel with groups that haven't realized their potential
- Motivate by challenging the individual
- Communicate with positive statements to generate a higher gratification
- Style is less effective when those being coached are hesitant to change
- Style is effective when in a one-on-one setting and individual is receptive to the close working style
Examples of Coaching Leaders
- Vince Lombardi
- Jim Harbaugh
Altruistic
Altruistic leaders:
- Personalize approach to meet the needs of the team
- Lead in order to better serve others
- Motivate by their empowering ethical approach
- Focus on listening, empathy, and commitment to community
- Ineffective if not given sufficient time to apply a long term perspective
- Effective in creating a positive culture and promoting high morale
Examples of Altruistic Leaders
- Henry Ford
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Toastmasters - Leadership
By Rick Shaw
Toastmasters - Leadership
Persuasive Influence - Level 2 - Leadership Styles
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