Leadership Styles and Principles (copy)

Flashcards covering key concepts related to various leadership styles and their definitions.

Autocratic Leadership

It’s a “command-and-control” type of approach that has become less prevalent in modern times but still has value in certain situations.​

Democratic Leadership

seek input from others before makingdecisions and consider their direct reports to be equal in the job of getting the work of the department or division done. ​

Laissez-Faire Leadership

A hands-off leadership style allowing employees significant autonomy and independence in how they work.

Participative Leadership

A leadership style that encourages team members to participate in the decision-making process, fostering collaboration.

Coaching Leadership

an approach taken by leaders who are committed to developing the potential of others.

Affiliative Leadership

A leadership style centered around emotional support and strengthening relationships within a team.

Transformational Leadership

leadership style that is used in situations where the company or department is going through aperiod of change.

Situational Leadership

A flexible leadership style that adapts based on the specific circumstances and needs of the team.

Servant Leadership

A leadership philosophy where the leader prioritizes serving their team members' needs and supporting their goals.

Rugged Individualism

A term associated with self-reliance and independence, often linked to laissez-faire principles in leadership.

Leadership styles

are classifications of how a person behaves while directing, motivating, guiding, and managing groups of people.​

Leadership styles

refer to the behavioral approach employed by leaders to influence, motivate, and direct their followers

Leadership styles

determines how leaders implement plans and strategies to accomplish given objectives while accounting for stakeholder expectations and the wellbeing and soundness of their team.​

Leadership styles

adopted by any leader, is usually a combination of their personality, life experiences, level of emotional intelligence, family dynamics, and way of thinking.

Effective leadership

has more to do with leadership style.

True

a leader’s ability to take charge and know whether a situation requires an executive decision or a more consultative one is vital.

ability

a leader needs to have the _____ to know the most effective leadership style that is suitable for an organization or situation to succeed.

Autocratic

The phrase “my way or the highway” is a good way, to sum up the overall approach of _______ leaders.

democratic

Under ________ leaders, employees have the autonomy to make decisions on their own and feel empowered to get their work done their way.

Herbert Hoover

As the 31st President of the United States, he had avery hands-off leadership style, trusting his teams to act based on their experience and expertise.

leverages

The pros of a participative leadership style are that it ________ the knowledge of the group and serves to engage and motivate employees.

participative

The ___________ leadership style, as it sounds, is a style that encourages employees or team members to participate in the leadership of the team.

Steve Jobs, Andrew Carnegie, and Richard Branson

Well-known business leaders who had a coaching style of leadership include _______, _________, and __________

hands-on

Affiliative leaders are _________ but unlike more authoritative leaders in a more supportive than directive way. ​

transformational leadership

During the pandemic—especially when it first emerged—many organizations needed to rely on ___________ to help their teams and employees change course to handle how they created and delivered theirproducts and services differently.​

benefit

Start-up companies or companies in competitive markets can ______ from transformational leaders because they can help motivate employees to achieve lofty and challenging goals.

Situational leadership

It’s a leadership style that is adaptable and flexible, requiring a high level ofexpertise and confidence from the leader.

expertise and confidence

Situational leadership is a leadership style that is adaptable and flexible, requiring a high level of _______ and ________ from the leader.

directing, coaching, supporting,and delegating

Situational leadership requires leaders to be able to exhibit four different forms of leadership style: _____, ______, ______, and ________ depending on the situation.