An Insight into Leadership Types

Transactional

In transactional style people are motivates through rewards and punishments. Employees receive rewards such as bonuses when they accomplish goals. Under this leadership style, the primary duty of subordinates is to do what their manager has assigned them to do.

                        

Transformational

This leadership style depends on high levels of communication between management and employees to meet goals. Leader encourages employees and enhance productivity through communication and high visibility. Leaders focus on the crucial issues of the organization and delegate smaller tasks to the team members to attain objectives.

Laissez-Faire

The laissez-faire leaders do not perform direct supervision of employees. They never provide weekly or monthly feedback to their staff. Highly experienced and well trained employees requiring little guidance fall under the laissez-faire leadership style. The disadvantages of laissez-faire style are low production, no control and high costs.

 

Autocratic

The autocratic leadership style gives managers solo decision making power without acquiring advice of others. Managers practice complete authority and impose their own choice on employees. No one can challenge the decisions under autocratic leadership style. 

Participative

This usually called democratic leadership style, participative leadership style invites team members and peers for decision making, but the responsibility of making the final decision rests with the participative leader. It motivates employees and provides high self esteem. This style helps attain the challenges, when there is a need to make immediate decisions.

AIMAN SOHAIL