LEADERSHIP STYLES Authoritarian This is a direct leadership style where, without team negotiation or explanation, the leader will give orders that the team are expected to obey. An authoritarian style is used when the leader wants as much power and decision making control as possible. The team are usually working to a tight deadline and will have no personal relationship with the leader. The members of the team should be familiar with being led by an authoritarian leader and should be well motivated. The army would use this style of leadership when having to make quick life-or-death decisions.
Following orders also instill discipline within the ranks. Orders come from the top ranks down to the lower ranks. Following those orders ensures everyone is on the same page to get the task done in the most efficient manner possible. If someone does not follow the orders given for a task and decides to do the task in their own way, the risk of failure is increased and more likely. It can have a very costly outcome The first lesson of leadership is learning how to follow orders.
Let’s start by looking at laissez-faire. This style is very unique and different to all other styles. The reason being, the leaders are very ‘hands-off’ and allow the group members to make their own decisions to achieve the goal. Unlike people-oriented or transformational methods, laisse-faire leaders have pretty much nothing to do with the rest of the team. A laisse-faire leader will allow his team to make their own decisions and determine their own approach to completing the task at hand.
Supervisors should always be aware and encourage employees to discuss any issue with them. This will make sure that and problems the employees have, they can be dealt with early instead of turning them into grievances against the company and its workers. This would be the second best practice. When problems are dealt with when they first come up and employee feels like what concerns them is also what concerns the company and is therefore dealt with then and there or the supervisor can find out ways to deal with them. When problems are not dealt with they can become conflicts against the company that can take long times to settle since they employee most likely found someone who would listen to them.
Once mastering these techniques, not only will you not get scolded for absences and late appearances, you will also look like a squared away, punctual soldier, with the look of being a motivated individual. Punctuality and responsibility for your own actions are key if you want to make being in the military as a career, let alone in the civilian world. Now, time management is a very easy technique to master, but the trick about it is that it is not something you just get, it is something you work for and is solely based on the individual involved. If you really work at it, stay motivated and practice using this technique, then it will come to you quickly and will be in your personal arsenal in your pursuit of seeming squared away. On the other side of that coin though, if you are generally unmotivated, lazy, or just plainly don't care, then
Some of the traits were very well represented by Grace. Her high levels of energy, persistence and effort show some of the most important traits that a leader must have: Drive. Her desire to manage other people and help them to grow in the company, her honesty and integrity are some good qualities easy to see in Grace. Skills are also associated with a successful leader and Grace has some. Although I don’t believe this is her strong side, she develops some emotional and social intelligence.
The same thing applies for rewards two soldiers do the same thing an NCO can not give one of them a higher reward. There are three types of duties specified duties which are those related to jobs and positions, directed duties which are not specified as part of a job position or MOS or other directive, and implied duties which often support specified duties. A good leader executes the boss’s decisions with energy and enthusiasm; looking at their leader, soldiers will believe the leader thinks it’s absolutely the best possible solution. As a leader we must ensure that our soldiers clearly understand their responsibilities as members of the team and as representative of the Army. Responsibility is being accountable for what we do or fail to do.
This is indeed the core of the officer's existence and, Without it no hope exists of grappling with the tasks of command. It is seen at its simplest in warlike operations, but the power to lead smoothest the way of every task in every branch of a military organization, whether in war or peace. It breathes that vitality into an organization that will take a collection of men, buildings and machines, and waken them to purposeful effective life. How is this done? First, and perhaps ideally, by innate force of character.
Below are all the different types’ leadership styles used in the public services and comparing all there advantages and disadvantages. Authoritarian Authoritarian leadership is a very direct leadership style where the team members MUST do what the team leader has said, if the work is not completed efficiently enough there will be consequences. This approach is not generally considered to be the most appropriate way to get the best response from a team in ordinary working life, but in the armed forces where urgency and pressure is needed to succeed, it is a necessary leadership style. Advantages Disadvantages Maintains order and discipline The team will rely just on the team leader to tell them what to do Decisions are made by only experienced leaders that know what they are doing Team members may feel devalued and fearful of punishment Allows inexperienced recruits to know how and when to do something Team members might not like being ordered what to do all the time without them being told why they have to do it Role of the team leader. The team leader I have chosen to identify is a Lieutenant in the Army.
There are many different means and styles of leadership, one of which is by autocratic means. Autocratic leadership is based upon an approach whereby the manager retains the maximum amount of power that they can. All decisions are derived from this leader and no consultation takes place. We shall examine the applicability of an autocratic leadership style in contemporary organisations and also look at some alternative styles. Autocratic leadership Is a more traditional and classical approach to management relying upon threats and punishment to influence its employees.