leadership styles
Ways bosses lead
Leadership styles are the characteristic approaches people use when directing, motivating, and managing others.
Common styles include autocratic (centralized decision-making), democratic (collaborative input), laissez-faire (hands-off delegation), and transformational (inspiring change through vision).
Most leaders blend styles depending on context: Her leadership style shifts from collaborative in planning to directive in crisis.
- autocraticRuling with absolute authority
- iron fistBrutal autocratic rule
- command and controlCentralized military leadership system
- inspirationalArousing drive or hope
- paternalisticRestrictive under guise of care
hands-on approach · organizational culture · commanding · coercive · flexible · emotional intelligence · facilitative · consensus-building · transformational · inclusive · empowering · consultative · open door policy · micromanaging · affiliative · transactional · egalitarian · charismatic
- leadershipboss, CEO, manager, director, executive
- Leadership Resources
- recreation leadershipcamp counseling, youth programs, summer camps, facilitation, supervision
- executive coachingfeedback, goals, sessions, coachee, listening
- Management Skillscoaching, mentoring, feedback, delegation, motivation
- cross-cultural trainingcultural competence, cultural sensitivity, cultural norms, cultural values, cultural adaptation
leadership stylesfollowership
State of being led
subordination · tyranny · autocracy · democratic leadership · dictatorship
leadership stylesleaderlessness
Lacking someone at helm
chaos · rudderlessness · power vacuum · headlessness · anarchy