All language subtitles for 16 - 7 Leadership Styles English

Traditional leaders are very much transactional on the spectrum.

Their strengths are that they're decisive.

They have lots of common sense.

They follow through on commitments they dislike, waste of time, money, effort, etc. They pay great

attention to detail and they run very focused meetings.

But their weaknesses are that they find it hard to praise staff and they're stuck on closely following

the rules.

They're not out of the box thinkers.

Usually the next type of leader is the negotiating leader.

Their strengths are that they're adaptable, their negotiators, which means they're open minded and

able to change.

They find it easy to praise staff and they accept differences without being judgmental.

Their weaknesses can include forgetting commitments they've made, and they can be seen as unpredictable

towards staff and fickle about decisions.

The third type of leader is the charismatic leader.

Their strengths tend to be that they're democratic, they have excellent people skills, they're good

motivators, they're optimistic and hands on.

And of course, they have a lot of charisma and people want to be around them.

Some of their weaknesses can be that they need and seek praise for work done from their boss and others

around them.

They may run out of energy before everything is done and they may dislike formality and or authority.

There are four other leadership styles that aren't necessarily completely different from the three types

of leaders we just reviewed.

They tend to be integrated and can fall into more than one category.

And this is just another way to categorize leadership styles.

As they go through them, you'll see that they move from transactional to transformational as well.

So we have the towel style, the sell style, the style and the joint style of leader with the style

the leader identifies the problem, makes a decision and tells the team what to do.

There's no participation by the team in decision making.

It's a very directive style and can seem harsh in the wrong circumstances.

The sell style.

The leader makes the decision but tries to sell the benefits to the team to overcome any resistance.

So again, no participation by the team in the decision making.

But the approach is not so hard core in the consultative style.

The leader identifies the problem, but no decision is made until the teams consulted.

So the difference here is that the team gets to be heard and participate in coming to a decision.

The leaders ultimately still make the final decision, but not until everyone who has a contribution

has been heard.

With the participative or joint style, the leader defines the problem and the constraints for the solution.

The team then work together to make the decision on the solution.

So on this leadership style, the leader doesn't actually make the decision about what solution will

be followed.

The team is responsible for making that decision and the leader cares about the end result being the

best.