Laissez-faire Leadership Style

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Laissez-faire leadership style. Write a 625 word paper, describing laissez-faire leadership style.

Develop a matrix with the leadership style, covering the pros and cons of the leadership style.

Performance Evaluation and Leadership Example Matrix."
 

Leadership Style	Description of Leadership Style	Pros of Leadership Style	Cons of Leadership Style
(Example) Transformational Leadership

 

Laissez-faire Leadership Style

Laissez-faire leadership refers to the behavior through which leader allows team members to take decision on own. It’s like a delegation of authority from the leader to individuals. It is the style where leader develops trust and healthy relationship with team members. Leaders with this style give minimum guidance to subordinates and believe to control less to achieve natural objectives. It is believed that people work more effectively when they are left alone to respond to their responsibilities and obligations with their own ways (Northouse, b2011).    

Pros and Cons of Laissez-Faire Leadership

Laissez-faire leadership is quite effective in the situation where the project or plan includes highly skilled people. The people with enough motivation and capability can work under this type of leadership more effectively. It is free approach that provides environment to think and do without any fear.  On the other hand, this leadership style is not applicable in situations where people are with lack of knowledge or experience for the completion of any task (Northouse, 2011). If any leader applies laissez-faire leadership with such team member then the project will surely go off-the track and deadline can be missed as well.  

Leadership Styles Matrix

Leadership Style	Description of Leadership Style	Pros of Leadership Style	Cons of Leadership Style
Transformational Leadership	Leadership style in which leader is more devoted towards followers to give and take best output from both of sides (Bertocci, 2009).	This leadership model creates an enthusiastic working environment which develops self motivation among followers. Through such self motivation some followers will become future leaders.	This leadership style is totally based on leader’s characteristics which can sometimes develop a risky situation in success of the plan.
Transactional Leadership	This type of leaders focuses on followers’ motivation with rewards or punishments.	This method is best to motivate team members towards a particular part of the work.	In this method, followers only do whatever leader say which stops their thinning out of the box (Ricketson, 2008).
Autocratic Leadership	This is the traditional form of leadership in which all power to take decisions in the part of the leader. There is very little room for followers’ suggestion on any topic.	At the time of stress, Autocratic leadership is the most suitable way to face. This leadership style is used by the military and other urgent circumstances.	This leadership style consists one way communication which becomes frustrated for followers. Also, it develops the environment of fear for followers which are quite negative aspect (Hood, 2007).
Bureaucratic Leadership	It is the style that works with some guidelines or rules. Leaders in this style wants that their followers must follow the rules that is prescribed in book of management.	This style is used in risky situations or where large sums of money are involved. Also, it is effective style where routine work is involved such as manufacturing.	The drawback of this style if that it is ineffective in organizations where people work with flexibility, innovation and creativity (Gray, 2004).
Charismatic Leadership	It is a leadership style in which leaders are work of enthusiast people. It is quite similar in transformational style. But, charismatic leaders focus on themselves and don’t want to make any change in process.	This leadership contains great responsibility and includes a long term commitment from leaders.	In this leadership style, leader more believes in themselves which can develop a problematic situation if leader leave the project or organization (Sousa, 2003).
Democratic/Participative Leadership	It is the most communicative form of leadership in which leaders give importance to team members’ ideas and suggestion. But, the last decision is taken by the leader only.	This type of leadership style facilitates highly productive workforce with provision of job satisfaction.  It also helps to develop team members’ skill with the involvement in the decision making process.	Due to involvement of all team members, the process of decision making takes huge time which can affect the whole plan quite effectively (Rothwell, 2011).
Task-Oriented Leadership	These leaders are focused on getting the job done with the assessment of proper structure in place, organize, and monitor work.	Task-orientation style of leader facilitates timely work done by the team because team member may become lean sometimes at the workplace.	These leaders don’t think of team members’ skill or personal development which may develop a feeling of dissatisfaction among team members (Arnold, 2008).

References

Arnold, G.E. (2008). Examining the Relationship Between Leadership Style and Project Success in Virtual Projects. USA: ProQuest.

Bertocci, D.I. (2009). Leadership in Organizations: There is a Difference Between Leaders and Managers. USA: University Press of America.

Gray, D. (2004). Public Services (uniformed). Heinemann.

Hood, J.D. (2007). Transformational and Transactional Leadership Styles: An Exploratory Investigation of Traditional and Nontraditional Student Perceptions. USA: ProQuest.

Northouse, P.G. (2011). Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice. London: SAGE.

Ricketson, R.S. (2008). An Exploration of the Relationship of Leadership Styles and Dimensions of Courageous Followership. USA: ProQuest.

Rothwell, J.D. (2011). In Mixed Company: Communicating in Small Groups, 8th ed.: Communicating in Small Groups and Teams. USA: Cengage Learning.

Sousa, D.A. (2003). The Leadership Brain: How to Lead Today's Schools More Effectively. Corwin Press.