Presentation on two leaders
What is a leadership style?
Leadership styles are a leader’s way of giving direction, creating plans, making them happen, by giving hope, motivating his people.
Definitions of main types of leadership styles?
Authoritarian :
-an authoritarian leader, sets goals individually, He is the one making all the decisions.
-He keeps strict control over his followers by keeping close tabs on policy's and procedures given to followers.
-Direct supervision is what they believe to be key in maintaining a successful environment ex: police officer directing traffic
Paternalistic Leadership:
-By hearing paternalistic, we understand the father role the leader can play.
-Plays kind of the same role as authoritarian by taking conern of his followers lives, but In return he receives the complete trust and loyalty of his people.
-The leader holds a very strong relationship with his followers
-Of course every father has a favourite son, so the problem here, is that the leader may sometimes suffer from favouritism.
Democratic:
-The decisions are made by the whole group.
-He encourages people to fell good about what they do.
-For him, everyone has to play the same part in the group.
there are other types of leadership styles also, such as:
-laissez-faire
-transactoinal
How did Mahatma Gandhi become a leader?
- Mahatma Gandhi was the leader and freedom fighter of Indian nationalism
- Born and raised in a Hindu environment,he was trained in law at the Inner Temple, London In 1888
- he joined the Vegetarian Society, was elected to its executive committee, Some of the vegetarians he met were members of the Theosophical Society, which had been founded in 1875 and which was devoted to the study of Buddhist and Hindu literature. They encouraged Gandhi to join them in reading their religious books both in translation as well as in the original. Not having shown interest in religion before, he became interested in religious thought.
- Left England
Leadership styles are a leader’s way of giving direction, creating plans, making them happen, by giving hope, motivating his people.
Definitions of main types of leadership styles?
Authoritarian :
-an authoritarian leader, sets goals individually, He is the one making all the decisions.
-He keeps strict control over his followers by keeping close tabs on policy's and procedures given to followers.
-Direct supervision is what they believe to be key in maintaining a successful environment ex: police officer directing traffic
Paternalistic Leadership:
-By hearing paternalistic, we understand the father role the leader can play.
-Plays kind of the same role as authoritarian by taking conern of his followers lives, but In return he receives the complete trust and loyalty of his people.
-The leader holds a very strong relationship with his followers
-Of course every father has a favourite son, so the problem here, is that the leader may sometimes suffer from favouritism.
Democratic:
-The decisions are made by the whole group.
-He encourages people to fell good about what they do.
-For him, everyone has to play the same part in the group.
there are other types of leadership styles also, such as:
-laissez-faire
-transactoinal
How did Mahatma Gandhi become a leader?
- Mahatma Gandhi was the leader and freedom fighter of Indian nationalism
- Born and raised in a Hindu environment,he was trained in law at the Inner Temple, London In 1888
- he joined the Vegetarian Society, was elected to its executive committee, Some of the vegetarians he met were members of the Theosophical Society, which had been founded in 1875 and which was devoted to the study of Buddhist and Hindu literature. They encouraged Gandhi to join them in reading their religious books both in translation as well as in the original. Not having shown interest in religion before, he became interested in religious thought.
- Left England