LEADERSHIP STYLES

1. Autocratic
Characteristics

Tells
others what to
do
Limits
discussion
Group
does not
experience
feeling of team
work

When Effective

When Ineffective

Time is
limited
Individual
s lack skill and
knowledge
Group
doesnt know
each other

Goal is to develop a
sense of team
Members have some
skill/knowledge
Group wants an
element of spontaneity

2. Democratic
Characteristics
When Effective
When Ineffective
Participat
When
When task needs to
ive style
situations
be done quickly
Leader
change
When group is too
encourages
frequently
large to effectively
group to be part
Complex
communicate to
of decision
decision making
Members do not have
making
required
much skill or organization
Leader
Learning
keeps members
environment
informed
3. Bureaucratic
Characteristics
When Effective
Manager is
Repetitive
by the book
tasks
Everything is
Large
done according to
companies or
procedure or policy
groups that require
reliable, consistent
results

When Ineffective
When task
requires innovation,
creative, or outsidethe-box thinking
Heart-based,
people oriented
situations

4. Laissez-Faire
Characteristics
When Effective
When Ineffective
hands off
Group
Group
style
members are highly
members lack
Little direction
skilled, motivated
knowledge or
is provided and
and capable of
experience
group is given
working by
Members do
freedom
themselves
not know each
All authority
Group
other
or power is given to
members are more
Group is
the group
knowledgeable than
dependent on
the leader
guidance and
leadership
5. Monarchy
Characteristics
Power is
inherited and
passed down the
Royal family line
( hereditary)

When Effective
Quick
decision making
required
When group
does not require to
spend time and
effort in choosing a
new leader

When Ineffective
When group
wants an opinion on
who rules
When there
isnt an effective
leader; hard to
change

6. Communism
Characteristics
When Effective
When Ineffective
Governments
When groups
whenever
owns all land and
individual freedom
anyone wants any
property, all
is a minor asset
sort of free will
production and
Aiming for a
overall
distribution is
balanced society
financial gain is
controlled by the
required
state, in theory
everyone is equal
and works towards
sharing wealth.