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From Mahatma Gandhi to Jack Welch, and Martin Luther King to Rudolph Giuliani, there are as many leadership styles as there are leaders.

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10 of the most frequently talked-about leadership styles, some good, some bad.

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Autocratic Leadership

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Autocratic leadership

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Autocratic Leadership

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Autocratic leadership

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Autocratic leadership

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Autocratic leadership

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Autocratic Leadership

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Bureaucratic leaders

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leader exerts high levels of power over his or her employees or team members. People within the team are given few opportunities for making suggestions,

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very appropriate style for work involving serious safety risks

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where large sums of money are involved

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inflexibility and high levels of control exerted can demoralize staff, and can diminish the organizations ability to react to changing external circumstances.

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charismatic leadership style

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leader injects huge doses of enthusiasm into his or her team, and is very energetic in driving others forward.

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tend to believe more in him or herself than in their team.

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collapse if the leader were to leave:

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success is tied up with the presence of the charismatic leader

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democratic leader will make the final decision, he or she invites other members of the team to contribute to the decision-making process

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increases job satisfaction

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helps to develop people’s skills

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control of their own destiny, and so are motivated to work hard by more than just a financial reward.

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things happening more slowly than an autocratic approach, but often the end result is better

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team working is essential, and quality is more important than speed to market or productivity.

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a leader who leaves his or her colleagues to get on with their work

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be effective if the leader monitors what is being achieved and communicates this back to his or her team regularly

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refer to situations where managers are not exerting sufficient control.

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the leader is totally focused on organizing, supporting and developing the people in the leader’s team.

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lead to good teamwork and creative collaboration

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most leaders use both task-oriented and people-oriented styles of leadership. 

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a leader who is often not formally recognized as such

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leads simply by virtue of meeting the needs of his or her team, he or she is described as a “servant leader”.

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servant leadership is a form of democratic leadership

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