Types of Leaders

This document will help you in understanding the concept of Types of Leaders

Autocratic leader: A leader, who tends to centralize authority, dictates work methods, make unilateral decisions and limit employee participation.
Charismatic leader: A leader who attracts followers through his or her personality. This leader has a trait of good speaking ability and has a way of convincing people in an articulate manner.
Democratic Leader: This type of leader tends to involve employees in decision making, delegate authority, encourage participation in deciding work methods and goals, and use feedback as an opportunity for coaching employees.
Leaders: Persons who are able to influence others and who possess managerial authority.
Leadership: The process of influencing a group toward the achievement of goals.
Transformational leader: This leader attempts to instill in followers the ability to question not only established views but those views held by the leader himself.