Types of Leadership

LEADERSHIP STYLES

Charismatic leadership  
Charismatic leaders are noted for: their ability to inspire and motivate followers to perform at high levels, and to be committed to the organization or the cause

Mother Teresa

 

Transformational Leadership 
Transformational leadership is a style of leadership where the leader is charged with identifying the needed change, creating a vision to guide the change through inspiration, and executing the
change in tandem with committed members of the group.

  

Martin Luther King

 

Autocratic leadership 

An authoritarian leadership style is being used when a leader dictates policies and procedures, decides what goals are to be achieved, and directs and controls all activities without any meaningful participation by the subordinates. This leader has full control of the team leaving low autonomy within the group.

Adolf Hitler

Democratic leadership 

The democratic leadership style consists of the leader sharing the decision-making abilities with group members by promoting the interests of the group members and by practicing social equality.

Barack Obama