Anyone can be a leader.
Whether at work or in your daily lives.
When you tell someone to order a pizza, or teach your kid how to read.
You are displaying leadership qualities.
It’s all about the situation and the type of leadership styles.
So, what are types of leadership?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each style?
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Before we start, I want to clarify that the
leadership styles we’re going to talk about are the approaches
a leader would use to influence
or guide their followers toward
a particular goal or objective.
These five types of leadership styles are different from the six EMOTIONAL leadership
styles that affect people’s emotions and team atmosphere,
which we will talk about in another video.
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Number one
Transactional Leadership
Transactional leadership is considered conservative
or traditional.
Like the name suggests, transactional leadership is
"I give you this and you give me that."
A transactional leader would give an instruction, and it is expected that the team members perform
the tasks accordingly.
Managers are famous for using this type of leadership.
This style is also called exceptional leadership, because it’s the
exceptional ones that are rewarded or punished.
If you did well, then you’re rewarded.
If you did poorly, you’re punished or receive no reward.
An example of this would be telling your friends to order a pizza.
If they succeeded in ordering a pizza, the reward is that you all get to have dinner.
If not, the punishment is that you and your friends go hungry.
The leader may seem impersonal, as this style is very direct.
But the benefit of this leadership style is that the instructions are clear, therefore
there is less chance of misunderstanding or confusion.
However, they may find it hard to gain the trust of their followers and may
limit their followers’ creativity.
Number two
Transformational Leadership
Like the name suggests again, this type of
leadership focuses on transforming the people they lead.
The leader sees the potential in people, and they want to bring out those potential for
their own benefits (the followers themselves) and for the company or organization.
They often allow the people to have more freedom, and they encourage more creativity and innovation.
This approach focuses on personal strengths and weaknesses and deal with them accordingly.
A transformational leader also leads by example.
As a result, this kind of leader is often considered to be inspiring or empowering.
An example of this is a music teacher who thinks you’re better on the piano compared
to on the guitar, and want you find your strength to make yourself shine.
As a transformational leader, you will often encourage people to step out of their comfort
zone and push their limit.
This type of leadership is good when both the leader
and the followers have the same goal
The disadvantage of this leadership style is that conflict may arise as when changes
take place, since everyone will have a different perspective
or an approach to manage those changes.
Number three
Servant Leadership
Instead of leading or inspiring, a servant
leader supports and guide the team’s effort.
They put the needs of their followers first, and then their own needs second.
Servant leaders are very good at listening, they're empathy, they're committed,
good at persuading and building a community.
Servant leaders are highly emotional intelligent,
because they are aware of other people’s needs.
Servant leaders are usually the one to start a movement
or support a good charity or a good cause.
Servant leadership allows working culture to be very positive and the trust between
all team members to be strong.
This type of leadership is becoming more popular over the years because the leaders make the
followers feel understood.
One disadvantage, however, is that this type of leadership
puts priority on others too much,
and sometimes the leader may neglect their own needs.
Number four
Laissez-Faire Leadership
The term “laissez-faire” is the French
phrase for “leave it be”.
The laissez-faire leadership has an approach that is very hands-off.
They often leave the team to perform their tasks
and let the teams manage themselves.
It uses the idea that most people hate to be micromanaged.
Where micromanagement is your supervisor hovering and asking for every detail,
laissez-faire leaders do not ask and trust that you will get the work done.
This type of leadership is often used in organizations or teams
that have very well-established protocols and working system.
This type of leadership is actually very popular in IT setting,
the supervisors will not be asking to see every single written code
as the programmers are experts at what they do.
They (the leader) perhaps just want a weekly update.
An advantage of this leadership is that trust and independence allow the work to be performed
better, due to the lack of restrictions and pressure.
However, if the protocols and working system are not well established, teams may fall into
chaos as a leader is not around to supervise.
Also, laissez-faire leaders often feel absent, because they leave the team to be.
Number five
Charismatic Leadership
A charismatic leader will use eloquent communication skills
to inspire their team members to work towards objectives and visions.
Charisma leader will use compelling arguments to attract or charm others into devotion.
They often persuade unity among the team members by getting everyone excited
using well described vision and the end goal.
This type of leadership can be very inspiring and boost the morale of team.
On the other hand, they may focus a lot on their charisma
and neglect important tasks or expertise.
Many followers may be blinded by the halo effect and follow this type of leader with
bias, even with the leader is clearly wrong.
The halo effect, also known as the halo error,
is when you have a positive impression of a person for one area
but it’s carried over to another area.
A simplified example of the halo effect is when you see a good-looking person,
you are more likely to think that person is also a nice person or a kind person.
This is a type of cognitive bias.
There are no good or bad leadership styles, as they all have their benefits and drawbacks.
What is important is to know what leadership style to use at the right time and at the
right circumstance.
Now that you know the 5 types of leadership styles,
do you want to know how to APPLY and use them?
Do you want to know what situation needs which kind of leadership?
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Which type of leader are you?
Have you used one or more of the 5 leaderships mentioned?
Let me know in the comment section down below, and I will see you all next week Sunday.
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