Leadership styles are behavioral adaption to specific market situation. The more you’re able to execute leadership styles to specific situations the more valuable you’re for industries and companies.
[emaillocker id=”62228″]| Style | Characteristics | When Useful | Weaknesses |
| Coercive | Leader gives orders and expects to be obeyed | Turnaround Situations Disasters Dealing with problem employees | Inhibits organisation flexibility Weakens employeed motivation |
| Authoritative | Leader establishes goal and pushes people to follow | Business is adrift and needs direction Business is in a downturn | Leader’s goal may not be the best one. Experts may disagree with the leader |
| Affiliative | Leader assumes a “people comes first attitude”. | Need to build team cohesion Need to raise low morale | May allow poor employee performance unchecked Employee may not have sense of direction |
| Democractic | Leader gives employees role in decision-making. | Need to build organisational flexibility and responsibility | May result in indecision and a sense of confusion |
| Pacesetting | Leader sets high performance standards | Highly motivated employees can work on their own. | May feel overwhelming for employees who cannot attain the standards |
| Coaching | Leader focuses on personal development | Employees want to change and improve personally | Not successful when employees are resistant to change |
