INTRODUCTION
Leadership is unique to a particular person to another. The skills adopt by leaders can be from experience, training or formal education. Adaptations of type of leaders are also unique and the ways the leaders lead are reflection of themselves. For instance, if a person is a visionary person, when he or she becomes a leader, they will become a visionary leader. Provided this, leaders must also equip themselves with other style of leadership that are able to ensure towards the academic achievements of students. Apart from that, training, Inservice trainings, seminars and workshops held by the education department government can drive attention towards the effective leadership style that will lead to better learning environment students’ academic achievement in an institution or school(http://www.articlesbase.com/leadership-articles/).
According to Balcon (year) (http://www.articlesbase.com/leadership-articles/), teachers has the role of leadership in the school as an autocratic leader, democratic, participatory and laissez faire. Autocratic leaders implied as leader that has no confidence and trust to subordinates and never delegates, motives by treats, little communication and teamwork. Next, the democratic leaders have complete confidence and trust to subordinates and allowing them to make decisions. The motives are by setting goals, participation and sharing ideas Please give reference support. While laissez-faire acts upon the policy of non-interference and subordinates are free to do their work in pre-planned criteria and this leadership normally do not enjoys authority Please give reference support. According to Balcon (http://www.articlesbase.com/leadership-articles), the types of leadership stated are Transformational, Transactional or Laissez Faire Leadership.
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