Leadership Styles

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Ashridge management school highlighted four distinct management practices. They are autocratic (sell), persuasive (tell), participative (consult) and democratic (join). Each practice is has its own advantages and disadvantages. Different practice fosters under different business environment. It is unlikely that all stated practices fit given environment. The table below captures advantages and disadvantages of different styles.

Autocratic (Sell)	Persuasive (Tell)	Participative (Consult)	Democratic (Join)
Advantages
Quick decision making Enhance efficiency of repetitive task	Quick decision Team motivation Enhance performance	Team involvement in decision making agreement in decision making Team inspiration Enhanced performance	Committed team Consensus in decision Encourage upward communication
Disadvantages
One way communication Does not encourage initiative	One way motivational communication Does not encourage initiative	Time consuming Consensus ossification Myopic decision	Undermines manager's power Reduced quality Time consuming

 

Black and Mouton Managerial Grid: The Managerial Grid is based on two behavioral dimensions:

• Concern for People – This is the degree to which a leader considers the needs of team members, their interests, and areas of personal development when deciding how best to accomplish a task.
• Concern for Production – This is the degree to which a leader emphasizes concrete objectives, organizational efficiency and high productivity when deciding how best to accomplish a task.

Impoverished (poor) Leadership – Low Production/Low People - Disorganized

Country Club Leadership – High People/Low Production - focus on members

Produce or Perish Leadership – High Production/Low People - autocratic nature

Middle-of-the-Road Leadership – Medium Production/Medium People - balanced approach

Team Leadership – High Production/High People - focus theory Y

Adair's Action centered leadership: The three parts of Adair's Action-Centered Leadership model are commonly represented by three overlapping circles, which is a trademark belonging to John Adair. According to John Adair achieving the task, managing the team and managing individual are three core responsibilities of manager. Each circle represent the one of above mentioned task.

ACCA Article: Therories of leadership style