LEADERSHIP STYLESAmir Akbar

LEADERSHIP CONTINUUMClassical Leadership Style

Leadership behaviorcan be classified in terms of how much involvement leaders have with people related VS work related issues

The Boss Centered Versus Employee Centered Leadership Continuum

• The behavior chosen characterize different leadership styles.

• The leader can be highly boss centered and concentrate on work related issues more rather then employees

• The leaders can be employee centered, for which employees are more important than work.

• There are ranges from high boss centered to high employee centered.

The Autocratic-Participative-Free-Rein Continuum

AutocraticStyle

ParticipativeStyle

Free-Rein

Amount of authority held by leader

Autocratic Leadership Style

• Retain more authority for themselves• Make decision confidently and ask groups to comply• Usually, not concerned about group attitude

towards decision• Task oriented, emphasis task accomplishment• Typical autocratic behaviors include :

– Telling people what to do– Asserting themselves– Serving as a model for team members

Participative Leadership Style

Share decision making with group member

Consultative • Confer with group before making a decision• Retain final authority to make decision

Consensus • Leaders strive for consensus• Concerned worker give their inputs• Decision is taken when all involved agree Russell Salzman

Executive Director Chambers of Commerce

Free Rein Leadership Style

• Complete Delegation• Leader gives virtually all authority and control to group• Leadership is provided to group indirectly• Group is given a task – leader does not interfere• System works effectively with motivated / experienced

employees

ENTERPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP STYLE

• Strong achievement motive & sensible risk taking

• High degree of enthusiasm & creativity• Tendency to act quickly when opportunity

arises• Constant hurry• Visionary perspective• Dislike of hierarchy & bureaucracy

GENDER DIFFERENCES Women

GENDER DIFFERENCES

Women• Exhibit cooperative style• Are better listeners than males• Find participative management style• Women care more than men• Women are likely to praise workers more than men• Men tend to manage by punishment & women by reward• Men incline towards command & control, militaristic leadership style

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CONTINUUM

• Continuum is some thing that is step by step and the first step is not much different from the second step and the second step is not much different froSm the third step but if you compare the first step and the last step its totally different