1. Participative Leadership:
It is also called as the democratic leadership style in which participative leadership values the input of team members and peers. The final decision is made by the participative leader. This type of leadership boosts employee morale as employees make contributions to the decision-making process. Shirish thinks this works great, when a company needs to make changes within the organization, the participative leadership style helps employees accept changes easily because they play a role in the process.
2. Autocratic Leadership:
The autocratic leadership style allows managers to make decisions alone without the input of others. Managers possess total authority and impose their will on employees. No one can challenge the decisions of autocratic leaders. This leadership style benefits employees who require close supervision. An authoritarian style of leadership may create a climate of fear, where there is little or no room for dialogue.
3. Paternalistic Leadership:
It works in a way that the leader acts as a father figure by taking care of their sub ordinates as a parent would. Leader provides complete concern for his followers and in return he receives trust and loyalty of the followers. They treat each other like family inside and outside workforce. It is possible for leader to incline towards favoritism. According to research those who follow this leadership style have better organization skills.
4. Laissez-Faire Leadership:
This is a leadership style where all the rights and power to make decisions is fully given to the worker. It is also known as “hands-off” leadership style as the leader delegates the tasks with little or no direction to the followers. This type of leadership allows followers to have complete decision making freedom. This style is effective for highly skilled, experienced followers.
5. Transactional Leadership:
This type of leaders focus on motivating followers through system of