Personal Leadership

Personal Leadership Style

Section 1

Leadership Style

We all are aware of the ever-changing styles and forms of leadership styles that all individuals have molded and transformed according to their need, styles, difference or simply inability to adopt or deliver certain traits or qualities required. Considering leadership styles that have emitted by individuals around the world and in several organizations, Kurt Lewin, one of the pioneers in the field of managerial skills and expertise, has put forth and identified three key and distinct styles of leadership:

Autocratic

Participative

Laissez-Faire

Autocratic or Authoritarian Style

As the title suggests, autocratic leadership has been in the books of history and iterated and continuously practiced by people within a community, organization or even countries around the world. Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Chingez Khan and many other people that have extracted from history have displayed eminent and intricate examples of autocratic and staunch leadership styles with their people and all around them. With autocratic leadership, the need to succeed and gain power almost becomes overwhelming. What this mean is that all the decisions that are undertaken for the purpose and objective of making effective use of people around the workplace. The suggestions or advices that are intended by the subordinates are not entertained and that all the final decision making authority rests with the higher authority alone (Martin, 2011).

Participative or Democratic Style

This leadership clearly suggests the most effective form of leadership that is practiced in today's era of rapid development and expansion. In order to make effective and efficient use of individuals that are available as a resource to the organization, the democratic leadership style favors decision-making by the group as shown, such as leader gives instruction after consulting the group (Martin, 2011).

Laissez-Faire or Free Rein Style

Also, called a more open-environment approach to lead the organization, this approach although is suggested ...