One might think that his success points the way for all managers; however, not all managers face the same challenges. Here are the 6 leadership styles we have identified

1. WHAT KIND OF MANAGER ARE
YOU?
6 STYLES OF MANAGEMENT
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2. The words “leadership”
and “management” are
often used interchangeably.
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4. The Harvard Business Review
published an article exploring
several distinct leadership and
management styles.
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5. The study conducted in-depth
interviews and took a random
sampling of opinions of nearly 4,000
managers from a database of more
than 20,000 executives worldwide.
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6. SIX STYLES OF LEADERSHIP:
PROS & CONS
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7. Coercive
• Demands immediate
compliance
• No ifs, ands or buts
• Has the most corrosive impact
on an organization
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8. Pros
• Very beneficial during a
crisis or in turn-around
situations
• To be implemented only
when necessary
Cons
• Tends to destroy
morale, independent
thought and risk-taking
• Erodes motivation
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9. AUTHORITATIVE
• Most effective style for most
situations
• Visionaries who move people toward
a common vision
• Help people to see how they fit into
long-term plans
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10. Pros
• Employees know their
purpose
• Increases buy-in of the
organization’s goals and
strategies
• Standards and rewards
are known to all
• This approach affords
leeway to achieving
individual goals
Cons
• Ill-suited to teams where
subordinates are more
experienced
• Leaders of this type can
seem “pompous or out-of-
touch”
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11. AFFILIATIVE
• Beckons the team to follow and is all
about mandates
• Seeks to create harmony amongst
employees
• During stressful periods focuses on
teamwork in order to motivate them
• People, not organizational goals, come
first
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12. Pros
• A good “all-weather”
approach that is
particularly useful for
building team morale
• Improves
communication
• Repairs broken trust
Cons
• Inefficient especially in
times of crisis
• Can give the impression
of lack of leadership
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13. PACE-SETTING
• Leader uses personal best as
expectation
• Everyone expected to follow and
perform at their level best
• To be used infrequently
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14. Pros
• Everyone expected to
follow and perform at
their level best
• Should be used in
conjunction with
another leadership
approach
Cons
• Can lead to
micromanaging
• Can cause employees to
feel overwhelmed by
unreasonable demands.
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Coaching
• Helps leaders identify talents of team
members
• Shows them how to tie these strengths to
their professional goals
• Rarely used in most organizations
• Champions and empowers individual
employees to achieve

16. Pros
• Helps employees
identify strengths and
weaknesses
• Short-term failures
tolerated with an eye to
long-term successes
Cons
• An ill fit when
employees are resistant
to changing
• Motivational efforts can
be perceived with fear
or disregard
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17. While this study presents 6
styles, Dr. Peter Bemski, Dean of
the School of Business and
Technology Management at
Northcentral University,
suggests there is a 7th style.
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18. The 7th Leadership Style:
The key to being an effective
leader is to have a broad
repertoire of styles and to use
them appropriately.
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19. What kind of manager
would you categorize
yourself or your boss as?
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