Participative leader
Participative leadership also knows as democratic leadership is a type of leadership that allows everyone in the group to get involved in recognizing important objectives and developing procedures or tactics for reach of those goals. Participative leadership can be seen as someone who depends on the whole group to achieve the job, this type of involved leadership style can be utilized in business settings, volunteer organizations and even in the function of the home. A participative leadership style is a very important part of today 's business area. This style generates and preserves strong connections between the teams and the leader. This is perhaps the best type of business leadership style, which automatically lets personnel to give ideas and take certain of the essential choices, along with their manager. However, the final decision rests on the leader. As the term specifies, a participative leader allows the personnel to play a main part in any decision-making course, which allows employee to improve their performance. Then, instead of the leader just heaving direct, rigorous commands to the staffs, he turns to act like a guide and a tutor to the personnel, helping them in reaching their objectives. So, it is like 'let us do... ' rather than 'I want you to do (R. Stephen, 2012). The participative leadership style is reflected to be the best stable leadership. It raises the efficiency of manpower, while giving the liberty of expression well. Participative leadership has many advantages to fit in all setting. It encourages team members to share their thoughts and contribute in creating critical decisions. It also stimulates the growth of possible leaders’ .members. Participative leaders also make the employees believe that there is reason to remain in the business. Kurt Lewin along with others directed trials in 1939 and came up
References: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/participative-leadership-style.html http://rajenjani.wordpress.com www.interscience.wiley.com DOI: 10.1002/job.636