The document discusses three main leadership styles: autocratic, where the leader makes all decisions with little group input; democratic, where the leader involves the group in decision-making and values their opinions; and laissez-faire, where the leader provides little guidance and allows the group to make decisions independently. It also analyzes when each style is most effective in different contexts like teaching, parenting, and managing based on the level of guidance and involvement needed from the leader.
2. What is a Leader?
The person who leads or
commands a group,
organization or country
Has a vision and leads
the group towards a
common goal that
needs to be achieved
(Cherry)
4. Autocratic Leaders
Characterized by individual
control over all decisions and little
input from group members
Provide clear expectations for
what needs to be done, when it
should be done, and how it should Hitler was an
be done. autocratic leader
Best applied to situations where because nobody
there is little time for group had a say in what
happened and
decision-making or where the
they couldn’t
leader is the most knowledgeable speak out against
member of the group (Cherry) his regime or
Example: Hitler they’d be killed
5. Autocratic Leaders: Effects on
Teams
Positive Negative
-Helps New Members by -decision making is less
teaching them how to creative
perform a task so they have -doesn’t develop good
a set of clear expectations relationships between group
-allows knowledgeable members
members to direct new -lessened commitment: the
members in terms of leader takes credit for all the
appropriate behavior until success
the new members are -high stress: members feel
capable of making stressed due to high
decisions on their own expectations and a low
(Slusher) feeling of worth (Slusher)
6. Democratic Leaders
Generally the most effective leadership
style
Offer guidance to group members, but
they also participate in the group and
allow input from other group members
Encourage group members to
participate, but retain the final say over
the decision-making process.
Obama is a
Members in this group were less
democratic
productive than the members of the
leader because
authoritarian group, but their
the elected
contributions were of a much higher
members of
quality(Cherry).
government have
Example: Barack Obama a say just as much
as he does
7. Democratic Leaders: Effects
on Teams
Positive Negative
-inspires better creativity, cooperation, -not a lot of work
motivation and communication among
employees.
may be
-invites workers to discuss the factors that will accomplished due
influence a particular decision, workers have a to the amount of
better understanding of the reasoning behind time spent on
the decisions that are made.
-Workers are more committed to their group’s discussion
goal because they feel that their input has (Webster)
importance
-Democratic leaders often work with their
employees to set workable goals rather than
dictating what might be unobtainable goals.
(Webster)
8. Laissez-faire
Least productive of all three
groups
Offer little or no guidance to
group members and leave
decision-making up to group Ghandi was a
members. (Cherry) laissez-faire leader
because he
encouraged
peaceful protesting
and he didn’t direct
the group, they all
came together to
work towards a
common goal
9. Laissez-faire: Effects on Teams
Positive Negative
-While this style can be -It often leads to poorly
effective in situations where defined roles and a lack of
group members are highly motivation.
qualified in an area of -More demands on the
expertise (Cherry) leader
-Little cooperation and were
unable to work
independently (Cherry)
10. Scenarios
You’re in a company meeting and the
leader is talking about ways to achieve their
goals.
1) What would an autocratic leader do?
2) What would a democratic leader do?
3) What would a laissez-faire leader do?
11. Scenarios: Autocratic
Theautocratic would
not consult the rest of
the team and set their
own goals and
assume that the group
members would
achieve them up to
their expectations
12. Scenarios: Democratic
A democratic leader
would discuss with the
group members, goals
that would be
obtainable. An example
of these are the SMART
goals - specific,
measurable,
achievable, relevant
and timely.
13. Scenarios: Laissez-faire
Would not set long
term goals for the
group to achieve
and allow members
to work at their own
pace and
independently
15. Teaching: Autocratic
Effective Not Effective
-Works best in applied -In a class where students
classrooms, where students are to work independently
are pushed and motivated (ex. This Peer Tutoring class)
by their teachers to do their -In an Academic class
best where students can take
responsibility and initiative
for their own learning
-Doesn’t prepare students
for University
-Not an encouraging
learning environment
16. Teaching: Democratic
Effective Not Effective
-Mutual cooperation -In cases where students are
between a teacher and a a bit shy and afraid to speak
student up, prefer to work
-Would work best in both independently (ex. ESL class)
applied and academic
classrooms
-Creative groups such as art
and drama classes
-Makes students feel
involved in their own
learning and helps to
develop their people skills
17. Teaching: Laissez-faire
Effective Not Effective
-In IB classrooms where -Applied classes
students are committed to -Elementary school
developing learning skills
and working independently
-Online learning classes
19. Parenting: Autocratic
Effective Not Effective
-When you have rowdy -When the children are old
children enough to make their own
-Young children choices and decisions
-Need to instill discipline at a -Can seem oppressive and
young age untrusting
-Would effect the child’s
confidence and relationship
between the child and the
parents
20. Parenting: Democratic
Effective Not Effective
-Gives your child more -When children are very
freedom to develop their young and don’t have the
own choices and morals common sense to make
-Learn how to be more rational decisions
independent while still being
guided
21. Parenting: Laissez-faire
Effective Not Effective
-When teenagers are above -In children ages 0-17 when
the age of 18 and head off children need their parents
to University/College to instill good morals and
shape them to be
responsible, young adults
23. Managing: Autocratic
Effective Not Effective
-In businesses/companies -In work places where work
where the tasks are more involves everyone’s input
independent (ex. and decisions are
Construction Companies) influenced by the whole
-Certain decisions, such as group (ex. Magazine
those that affect worker company)
safety, should be handled
by experts and should not
be open to discussion
24. Managing: Democratic
Effective Not Effective
-In work places where work -Where the leader is the
involves everyone’s input expert in that field and they
and decisions are don’t need the input of their
influenced by the whole co-workers
group (ex. Magazine
company)
25. Managing: Laissez-faire
Effective Not Effective
-If the leader monitors what -When time is limited and
is being achieved and there are urgent deadlines
communicates this back to to meet
the team regularly -Need someone to take
-When individual team charge and the workplace
members are very requires direction
experienced and skilled self-
starters
26. Leadership vs. Management
Leadership Similar Management
-an original -involve -a copy
-a leader innovates influence, -a manager
and develops working with maintains
-a leader has a people, concern -a manager has a
long-range about effective short range view
perspective goal -accepts the status-
-a leader accomplishment quo (Prussakov)
challenges the (TeamTech) -controls or directs
status-quo people/resources in
(Prussakov) a group according
-Leadership is setting to principle or values
a new direction or that have already
vision for a group been established
that they work with (TeamTech)
(TeamTech)
