Leadership Styles Autocratic Democratic Laissez-Faire
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- Leadership styles like autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire styles in the workplace have different strengths and weaknesses. Which leadership style or type of manager are you? This video looks at each style and touches on how each one has some usefulness depending upon the situation.
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The video mainly compares and contrasts autocratic style vs. democratic style of leadership and touches briefly on the laissez-fair style.
Autocratic Leadership = Boss-centered leadership with a high power distance between the leader and the employees.
Democratic Leadership = Team-centered leadership. The leader seeks input on decisions and delegates.
Laissez-faire Leadership = Hands-off leadership. In the French it means "Let do." In other words, let the people do as they choose.
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Was clear and really easy to settle in, thank you so much but I've a question.
How can we differentiate between Autocratic and Bureaucratic Leadership?
Hi Tabna. I don't normally hear Autocratic Leadership and Bureaucracy compared and contrasted in head-to-head fashion. In general, I see Bureaucracy (and any leadership within a bureaucracy) as representative of a type of organization or institution. In contrast, Autocratic Leadership is generally referring to the particular style an individual uses as a leader. It's quite possible that somebody working in a bureaucratic institution might display an autocratic leadership style (the two seem relatively compatible) but I've known many democratic leaders who happen to work in a bureaucratic institution. So, I don't see a direct comparison and contrast of the two concepts all that helpful. One is about the type of institution and the other is about an individual's style of leadership. Not sure if that helps, Tabna, but that's my point of view on it.
I think I got a better idea now from that, anyway thanks for looking into it. :)
Timestamps:
0:52 Autocratic leadership
2:08 Democratic leadership
3:07 Laissez-faire leadership
Using the correct style catered to the individual situation is key. It's tremendously effective at resolving conflict. I have a very difficult job, but it is made easy by using a rolodex of leadership tactics; like the ones described.
I guess leadership should be a mixture of all 3 these styles...All three are required at times but more of democratic and less of other two.
You raise a good point There's another leadership perspective that talks about adapting our styles to the situation. It's called the Situational Leadership Approach and it says what you have and gives the types of situations different styles make the most sense. Thank you for the insightful comment!
exsactly
@@alexanderlyon Contingency Leadership theory??
Thank you for this video Alex. I find that I practice, and hope people see me as practicing, a democratic leadership style. Listening to the different styles reminds me of a recent position that I resigned from where the manager practiced an unnecessary autocratic leadership style. It was a farse. So, it is important to know your leadership style, and as you state, know what others believe your leadership style to be as well. Equally important is the willingness to change your leadership style when necessary.
Thank you for your insightful comments, Mitchell. I appreciate your contributions.
Thank for good video
I’m a new student to business, thank you for this vid
Very explanatory. Thanks
Thanks coach Alex
You're welcome! :-)
Thank you help me with my Exam.
great job Ale
Thanks alex because of you i am not struggling at autocratic and lazzire faire and democratic in my grade 8
Thank youu! This was super helpful for my business exam studying :)
Glad it was helpful. :-)
I'm more of a Democratic & Laissez-Faire style leader, unless I'm training the follower, then I may lean towards the Autocratic style just a little; however, I'm always interested in feedback & what others may think about an assignment.
I am the democratic one. I strongly believe that together we can achieve more and that two heads is better than one. Thanks for the video
Me too. That's my normal style of leadership. I agree with you.
Thanks for the video it helped me a lot which type of leadership should I follow.
Glad it was helpful, Saadbin. I believe that good leadership changes lives. It's a really important topic.
If your boss leadership style is Laissez Faire, well it means he/she sees you as highly educated and highly motivated.
Could be!
Deng Xiao Penn said it does not matter if the cat is black or white. A Cat is good as long as it can catch the mice.
But Deng Xiao Ping is also making an assumption what is a good cat. Good according to who? Different people Will and Must have different definitions. So, he would be right if his definition is narrowly lifting 800million out of poverty in exchange for murders at TianAnMen or killings of Tibetans or Minority ethnic people there. By the way, who audited it's 800million and not 700million?
Let me cut to the chase. My point is what Deng said is right only if the Ruler is really Ultruistic. This means a Saint is required here. Mere mortals Deng is not perfect. If he is not perfect, can you expect a flawless system? Likewise, Democracy can work if the ruler is incorruptible and Ultruistic and wise and resourceful.
Therefore, I agree with Deng but based on additional assumption of altruism. Where Deng is wrong is his assumption and definition and the fact that it's not just Dictatorship which can be the best form of govt. Democracy also can be the best form if done right. For example, a Benevolent Dictatorship can be a Democracy in terms of allowing elections. The style is dictatorial but elections allowed. Hybrid is what I talking about.
Thanks, Alex. I am wondering if you can extend and structure this slightly differently? For example, you talk about the S&W of the Autocratic style but not about the S&W of Democratic styles, just the characteristics - so it is not easy to compare. You might, for example, say that in a crisis, you don't want a democratic style: democratic decision making (see Vroom and Yetton's work) works less well when you have either conflict or time issues. You don't, for example, want a democrat in charge of an army platoon, right or when you are deciding who to make redundant? But maybe you cover these issues in a different video... ;) Best wishes and GB. Peter Morgan, PhD.
Its very simple to learn and understand about the types of management styles...
Can you explain about management as an art?
Interesting idea. I don't have a video on that but I'll give it some thought.
Thank you sir
Very informative video...will definitely help with my essay
Happy to help, JoJo C. Thank you for the encouragement.
People have diferent profile, you can't use just one approach for everybody. There are diferent levels of commitment and motivation in each one. So we must master all the three styles and be wise when and how to aply then. Thats the art of leadership.
Thats the way I prefer.
Hi, ESM. You're very right about this. These three styles do not account for the situational factors involved. I'm usually democratic (and sometimes laissez-faire) but at times I have to get more autocratic, especially when deadlines are short and there's a lack of direction. There's another theory of leadership called the Situational Leadership Model that explains how leaders can and should pivot their approach to meet the needs of the moment.
i think in different situations leadership style also different sometimes we need to be autocratic, sometimes democratic sometimes Laissez-Faire but personally i enjoy Laissez-Faire
It is vary good. I love it too mach.
thank you
You're welcome, Ali. Glad the video was helpful.
Helped me with my exams... Thanks...
Great! Happy to help. :-)
I usually follow democratic leadership approach. But in some cases, I mix both democratic and autocratic. It means, I take feedback and opinions and if I find those feedbacks are far away from the project vision, I ask them to follow my instruction. So leadership approach for me is totally vary with case to case.
Hi, B & K. Thanks for your example. Situations vary. Good point.
I was trying to know which my boss in
Which do I choose ngolo or wes
Wes
Personally I would choose ngolo, he has the better shaped head and will be a lot faster with the movement
Don't choose wes he has a wham head
Ngolo is out of this world, not with the way he plays but literally because of his strange head
@@kiangossling806 you're not that guy pal
I love democratic and laissez -faire leadership.
Yes, me too, ghen. I'm not into autocratic.
@@alexanderlyon yeah. Thanks for sharing.. Hoping for more videos about leadership from you.
Are there Follower styles?
I'M a democratic leader.thank u for the video it helps mi recognised which leader i am.defenetly a democratic but if i have an exellent worker why not to use lassie -faire.
Good point. I'm very much the same. I am currently a supervisor and I have great, high-educated people. So, I can just let them do it.
can u explain of Govt role in laissez fair model.?? how u see it??
I don't know of many national governments that are laissez-faire. My area is mostly the study or workplaces and the leadership styles in the video fit best when explaining how individual people handle themselves as leaders.. Many healthcare settings and educational settings use laissez-faire leadership. They high the right people and let them do what they do. We do have a libertarian party in the USA, which prefers less government involvement, smaller sized government. But, I'm not sure that these leadership styles in the video, which are tied to individual leaders, can be extended quite so far as to fit cleanly when describing government systems. I'm not sure my answer helps but that's the best I've got for you. Thank you for the question.
yeah but you explained it pretty well on how laissez thinkers did not want the goverment to interfere by meang "hands off"
Thank you for the encouragement. :-) I'm going to make a note in the description about the literal translation. Thank you for letting me know.
no problem :)
Is democratic political or is it a different meaning?
When used to describe the leadership style, Democratic is unrelated to political beliefs.
beaurocratic leadership style
in developing countries mean asian countries has autocratic style which is successful bcz in these countries workforse is not educated, politics made societal norms down;so they need to push toward work tasks and laissez style ofcourse happens in highly motivated workforse who has education, strong work cultures and countries having green organization.
tnx
A poor leader will lock into any of these three. A successful leader will determine their subordinate's skill level in whatever task is being performed and apply the style that makes sense. Authoritarian (Directive) supervision is a fantastic way to supervise a brand-new task. People get frustrated if they aren't told exactly how to do a new complicated process, but they don't always want to read the manual on their own, either. Participative supervision is a great way to let subordinates dip their toe into deciding how the task should be performed, but the leader makes the final decision. Laissez-faire (delegation) should be applied only when the subordinate has already mastered the task. Ultimately, the supervisor is responsible for verifying that these are being performed up to standard. Sticking to only one style will guarantee that your organization will fail when the work environment or tasks significantly change.
Dear Coach - One among other attributes to being a coach is act neutral. You said you prefer Democratic leadership, but you did not mention the downside of Democratic leadership, as you did to Autocrat leadership. Is it only just because you prefer that style? Just an observation.
Hi, Samir. Democratic leadership is the style I personally use, my preferred style when I'm in a leadership role. But on your first comment, being a coach is not about being neutral. It's my job to help clients get results. I know lots of leadership coaches and the only thing their clients want is good results. If both research and practical experience shows that one approach is better, then that's what I'll likely recommend. The advice is given on a case-by-case basis and is customized but neutrality is not a conversation that a clients has ever brought up when they contact me. If you're interested in learning more about these three styles, I have an in-depth video series on all three of them. th-cam.com/video/opDFifEyGHA/w-d-xo.html
I hate school I gotta watch this shit but it's a good video
What leadership style are you???
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Democratic leader. democracy wins
Communication Coach Alex Lyon... My boss is democratic leader...
But still can't figure it out
You can usually tell when somebody is under stress. They often will fall back on their dominant style.
I'm definitely a democratic, "okay guys...", type of leader: although I can step into being autocratic when something needs doing, and doing now, or into laissez-faire if I am working with someone who knows what they're doing, and I deliberately step back to not step on their toes. However, my natural leadership position remains democratic.
I'm similar. I start with democratic, that's my default. I then adjust based upon the situation.
Congrats. That means you're a situational leader then.
I have Democratic style of leadership
Decentralized leader ship
laissez faire actually means "let do"
Thank you for clarifying. I don't speak French but I've seen it explained as let people do as they choose. I just explain it as hands-off leadership. But, again, thank you for clarifying. :-)
I am Autocratic
I disagree with your point that autocratic leadership necessitates presence.
A good autocrat creates a loyal circle of deputies whom he demonstrates close proximity to.
If the leader is not present, the deputies can take over.
I hear you and you are free to disagree with me but I wasn't merely giving my opinion. To be clear, research studies shows that productivity definitely goes down when autocratic leaders are not in the room. If the top leader hires other autocratic deputies to be there when he/she is not around, then autocratic leaders are still present. That is certainly one way to keep productivity up. But, if ALL autocratic leaders leave the room, productivity drops. Thats what the studies show. In contrast, when a democratic leader leaves the room, productivity remains high.
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Yes, that’s correct. I would say it also depends on company culture at large. If the entire entity functions as a dictatorship or patriarchy, I think it can be counterproductive to use the democratic approach, the higher you climb the ladder. That’s just my experience/opinion though. German companies work a lot like that.
@@hallabalooza Thanks for your point of view and examples, The Great Fritz. I appreciate the dialogue.
Democratic leadership style
Laissez faire, I'm not into physical activity.
Iam Autocratic and am not so successful.
Thanks for your comment, Bala. Autocratic leaders are often efficient but followers sometimes have a hard time with that style.
from French: laissez faire: 'let do' not "hands off"
You are correct. Some other people explained that already. I really wish I could go in and edit what I said but I can't. I did put it correctly in the subtitles and description below the video and I did another solo video on the Laissez-Faire style and I explain it there too. Ah well. I'm going my best.
@@alexanderlyon I did thoroughly enjoy your video though. I felt all your talking points were well thought out and deliberate for each leadership style. This video helped me to better understand each. Please keep up the great work on your future videos! Also, thanks for the reply!
Democratic leader ship
When the cats away... The mice will play....
I am transformational but from your choices i would say democractic
u saved my ass thanks
i am none of the types.I have come here because of my exam
Autocratic leader
Democratic
Is Donald Trump a Laissez Faire President or just a lying venal character??
I’m a communist leader
Thank you help me with my Exam.
Democratic
Me too. I like to work for democratic leaders as well.