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10 Main Leadership Styles: 41 Traits and 28 Strengths

Innovation, influencer, servant, and results-driven can all be attributed to good leaders. However, the personalities of leaders determine how they choose to lead others, provide directions, and implement decisions – their leadership style. It is rarely though that an individual has traits of only one leadership style: depending on personality and experience, a successful leader...

What Is Transformational Leadership? (The Benefits and Impact)

In the last decade, the term transformational leadership has been widely used to describe leaders who seem to change the status quo and inspire teams to give their all. It looks like a new concept that has caught on with more of a corporate emphasis on caring about social issues that go beyond mere profit....

Charismatic Leadership: The Good, Bad, and Best Practices

Charismatic leaders are individuals who use their personality and communication style to gain the admiration of followers. Typically, they can communicate effectively, possess emotional sensitivity, put a considerable emphasis on social ties, and can maintain emotional control in numerous situations that may cause stress or troubling emotions. It is not surprising that many political leaders...

What is Autocratic (Authoritative) Leadership? Pros and Cons

Autocratic Leadership is also known as Authoritarian Leadership. All processes operate under rigid rules and procedures, creativity and free-thinking are not a priority. The competencies of the leader matter tremendously, as most of the decisions are made by the individual. Group members are not allowed to be in positions of leadership, so all rests with...

What Is Transactional Leadership? (Pros, Cons, How-to’s)

A leader who employs a transactional leadership style believes in granting rewards based on employee performance. They function in a heavily structured environment that encourages employees to achieve their best through rules and regulation. Typically, transactional leaders stick by the status quo and are not as open to a flow of creativity and innovation that...