The Three Styles of Leadership

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Different situations call for different leaders. Whatever the situation a leader will rise to meet the needs of others. A baseball captain is well prepared to lead a group of baseball players, but won’t be able to lead a group of soldiers into battle because different situations call for different traits in leaders. In order to be a great leader, the leader must recognize what and who they are as a leader. Furthermore, a leader must recognize what style of leader they are. To understand the styles of leadership; we look into Lewin’s styles of leadership: authoritarian, democratic or laissez-faire and effectively develop and use good leadership skills in order to improve as a great leader. So by understanding the styles of leadership and knowing how to effectively use these good leadership skills are steps required to become a great leader.

When it comes to leadership, there are 3 different styles in which a leader can fall into Authoritarian, democratic or lassiez-faire as according to Lewin’s style of leadership. In order for a leader to ultimately improve, very first thing to do is recognize style of leadership the leader falls into and what are its advantages and disadvantages. We first look into Authoritarian, it is defined “Authoritarian leaders assume positions of intellectual and behavioral superiority in groups” (Beebe & Masterson p.215). Meaning authoritarian leader is a dictator; this leader will dictate policy, procedure, goals and have full power. An advantage of being an Authoritarian leader is that, there will be a clear defined leader, leader will keep group on task, and mainly helps group complete task on hand. However, the disadvantage of being an Authoritarian leader is that, the group members may not have a sa...

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...m being a normal leader to a great leader, overall the leader will be will prepared in any situation and will be able to lead any group at any given moment.

Works Cited

Beebe, Steven A., and John T. Masterson.(2009) Communicating in Small Groups: Principles and Practices. 10th ed. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, (pg.215, 217)

Lewin, K., Lippit, R. and White, R.K. (1939). Patterns of aggressive behavior in experimentally created social climates. Journal of Social Psychology, 10, 271-301

Myatt, Mike. (2012. Feb. 22). 5 Keys of Dealing with Workplace Conflict. Retrieved Apr. 22, 2014 from http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemyatt/2012/02/22/5-keys-to-dealing-with-workplace-conflict

Simonton, Ben. (2012). Your Most Important Leadership skill: Listening. Retrieve Apr. 22, 2014 from http://www.bensimonton.com/most-important-leadership-skill-listening.html

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