"leadership and it's styles"

Leadership:

"Leadership is the ability of an individual or a group of people to influence and guide followers or a group of an organization."

Role of leadership:

• Decision-making

• Visionary

• Team-builder

• Communicators

• Motivation

• Problem-solving 

• Take authority

• Powerful person

• Critical thinker

Importance

The importance of leadership:

• Decision-making

• Motivation and inspiration

• Guidance and direction

• Team cohesion

• Talent development 

Leadership Styles:

• Distributed leadership

Distributed leadership is a leadership approach where authority and decision-making responsibility are shared among individuals within an organization and a team.

• Autocratic leadership

Autocratic leaders usually make choices based on their ideas and judgments and rarely accept advice from followers. Autocratic leadership involves absolute, authoritarian control over a group (verywellmind.com).

• Democratic leadership

Democratic leadership is a leadership style in which members of the group participate in the decision-making process (verywellmind.com).

• Bureaucratic leadership

Bureaucratic leadership is a management style that follows a hierarchical structure (HR-glossary).

• Transformational leadership

Transformational leadership is a leadership style where leaders inspire and motivate their followers to achieve extraordinary outcomes and exceed their expectations.

• Instructional leadership

Instructional leadership refers to the role of school leaders in supporting and guiding teaching and learning within their institutions.

• Situational leadership

Situational leadership is a leadership style in which a leader adapts his or her leadership style to the current work environment and/or the needs of the team (indeed.com).

• Transformational leadership 

Transformational leadership is defined as a leadership approach that causes change in individuals and social systems (langston.edu.com).

• Servant leadership

Servant leadership is a leadership style that prioritizes the growth, well-being, and empowerment of employees (shrm.org).

• Laissez's fair leadership:

Laissez-faire leadership, also known as delegative leadership, is a type of leadership style in which leaders are hands-off and allow group members to make decisions (verywellind.com). Researchers have found that this is generally the leadership style that leads to the lowest productivity (verywellmind.com).