1. Leadership and Management
What is your style?

3. Three Leadership Styles
There are three different styles of Leadership:
Autocratic
Democratic
Laisse-faie

4. Autocratic

5. Autocratic Strengths Weakness Quick Decision Making
Can appear to be a “bully”
Clear team expectations
Team is leader dependent
Identify problems early
Stifle creativity
Crisis management or tight timelines
Increase workload of leader

6. Democratic

7. Democratic Strengths Weakness People feel valued
Social Pressures to conform to group
People perform well when leader is absent
Decision making can take a long time
Commitment to achieving goals
Indecisiveness can creep in
Commitment to organization
Inefficiency can happen

8. Laissez-faire

9. Laissez-faire Strengths Weakness Team efficiently performs task
Unskilled team = less productive
Team feels trusted and respected
“out of sight” “out of mind” syndrome can happen
Leader spends less time on decision
Silos can happen

10. Management Style

14. Goleman’s Six Leadership Styles