Types of LeadershipTypes of Leadership

Leadership and Ethics

Bishop Kearney High School

Dr. Hays

Autocratic Leadership

• One in which one person runs everything

• Makes all the decisions

• Does not consult others

• Expect to be obeyed without question

• Not well liked

When Is Autocratic Leadership Needed?

• Important to obey orders without question

• Examples:• Firefighters• Soldiers in combat• Police officers

Democratic Leadership

• Managers work with employees• Why?

• To make decisions

• Listening is critical• Everyone meets and listens to others opinions

• New ideas are encouraged• Leaders still make final decision• Assumes people have ideas

Free-Reign Leadership

• Requires that leaders set goals for employees and managers

• Leave them alone to get job done

• Places most trust and confidence in workers

• Deal with broader decision making

• Have to be available to resolve problems and answer questions

Delegating

• What is delegating?• Giving managers and employees the power to run

things and make decisions• Reasons for delegating:

• Not enough time

• More important work

• Employees own production process

• Employees develop own potential

Leadership in Teams

• What is a self-managed team?

• Work groups that supervise themselves

• Manager’s role replaced by the team leader

History of Leadership Teams

• Stared in Japan• Came to US in 1980’s• Stresses people working in teams and making

decisions as a group• Leader is team player rather than boss• Leader learns a range of jobs rather than just one• Team usually works on single project

• Makes project goal oriented rather than task oriented

Organization of Self-Managed Teams

• Two ways• Team selects one team leader• Each team member employs special skills, but there is

no team leader

• Which do you think would be more effective?• As a team leader, do not give orders• Motivate team members • Work toward a shared goal• Evaluate each other’s performance

Advantages to Self-Managed Teams

• Are more goal oriented than task oriented• Have a chance to learn each other’s job and obtain

new skills• Learn to participate and cooperate• Learn to solve their own problems

• Disadvantage:• Some people do not have skills or initiative to work

together productively

Homework

• Leaders often have different ways of inspiring the people who work for them. Write a brief essay (at least one page and no more than two) discussing reasons why leaders delegate and empower employees.