3. Pros and Cons of Achievement-
Oriented - High Self-Actualization (HSA)
leader
PROS
Communicate clear goals
Set deadlines for performance targets
Leader visibility to coach, guide, advice and help the teams
Rewards tie to performance
Cons
Focus more on the task than the concerns of the team
Tendency to push the team too hard to produce results
May cause burnt out and high labor turnover.
4. Low Self-Actualization (LSA) Difficult
Leadership Style
Set Unachievable Goals
Drive their team to accomplish them
Exploit and take advantage of their
subordinates
Blame their subordinates for their mistakes
5. Autocratic -High Egocentric (HE)
Leader
•Full control of the subordinates
•No sharing of power.
•Focus on the task
•Do the job my way
•Set challenging goals for subordinates
•Push subordinates to make things happen.
6. Pros and cons of an Autocratic -High
Egocentric (HE) Leader
Pros
Suitable for leading subordinates with simple and
routine jobs, for example, military and police
organizations.
Cons
Not suitable for jobs that requires innovation and
creativity
7. Low Egocentric (LE) Servant leadership
• Share power and authority
• Collective decision making
8. Pros of Servant Low Egocentric (LE)
leadership
•Decisions are based to serve the best
interests of the organization and its
employees.
•Facilitating the growth of employee needs
•Increase employee empathy
•Better customer service
9. Cons of Servant Low Egocentric (LE)
leadership
•Leaders lose their power to get things done.
•Longer time to make a decision
•Leaders must accommodate the requests of
their subordinates
•Leaders can be considered soft and weak
10. Democratic/Participative - High
Sociocentric (HSO) Leader
•Focus on building high performance team
•Do the job together
•Set goals together
•Decision by consensus
•Share power, responsibility and accountability
11. Pros and Cons of Democratic - High
Sociocentric HSO) leader
PROS
Enhance job satisfaction
Facilitate the contribution of ideas
Better creativity
Cons
Slow down the decision-making process. May not work
well in places where making fast decision is crucial
12. Task-oriented - Low Sociocentric
(LSO) Leader
•Focus on getting the job done
•Unconcern about the teams concerns
•Push people to produce results
13. Pros and Cons of a Task-oriented -
Low Sociocentric (LSO) Leader
Pros
14. Bureaucratic -High Security (HSE)
Leader
•Focus on the administrative and clerical
tasks
•Do the job by the book
•Strict adherence to rules and regulations
•Work scope clearly defined
•Responsible for one’s job
15. Pros and Cons of a Bureaucratic -High
Security (HSE) Leader
• Naturally, this works well in certain roles –
such as health and safety – but can stifle
innovation and creativity in more agile, fast-
paced companies.
16. Laissez-faire Low Security (LSE)
leadership
•Do the job your way
•Hands of approach to decisions
•Employees are empowered to get on with
their tasks as they see fit
17. Pros and cons of a Low Security -
Laissez-faire leadership
• Required minimum supervision
• Can be an effective style for experienced
employees who have the right attitude and
competencies.
• Motivate talented people to optimize their
potentials for success
• Beneficial to use this style for creative jobs
18. Situational -High Complexity (HC)
Leader
•Use a variety of leadership styles
•Leader styles varies with the types of
performers
•Leader styles varies with the environment
under difference circumstances
19. Situational -High Complexity (HC)
Leader
•Use a variety of leadership styles
•Leader styles varies with the types of
performers
•Leader styles varies with the environment
under difference circumstances
20. Pros of a Situational -High
Complexity (HC) Leader
Pros
•Able to choose the leadership style that is most
appropriate for leading people.
•Able to create a comfortable and conducive
environment for work
•Able to reduce conflict in teamwork
•The abilities to apply the right leadership style
to the right people will increase worker
productivity.
21. Cons of a Situational -High
Complexity (HC) Leader
Cons
•The leader may lack the competencies to choose the
right leadership style for the right worker
•A wrong leadership style can cause confusion and will
adversely affect the performance of the worker
•It may not work well in a task-oriented environment.
22. Transactional High Self-Actualization
(HSA) leader
• Clear structure that subordinates must follow
• Centered on the management process
• Use reward and punishment to motivate
employees
• Employees are responsible for their actions
23. Pros of a Transactional High Self-
Actualization (HSA) leader
• Defined management structure, expectation and
processes
• Clear employee roles and functions
• Improved employees productivity and efficiency
• They are motivated to achieve goals
• Increased production and reduced costs
24. Cons of a Transactional High Self-
Actualization (HSA) leader
• Leadership style that is inflexible and rigid
• Inhibiting employee creativity
• Employee accountability
• Not sensitive to employee problems
25. Transformational / High Complexity
(HC) Leader
•Focus on the charisma of leaders to change the
organizations for the better
•Flexible leadership style - refers to various
abilities and leadership approaches
•Leadership by example
26. Pros of a Transformational / High
Complexity (HC) Leader
•Focus on satellite vision formulation that can change the
organizational structure for improvement and growth
•Creating responsive change and innovation in a
favorable work environment
•Use inspiration to motivate people to give their best.
•Increase staff effectiveness by engaging in corporate
learning
•Reduce employee turnover
27. Cons of a transformational/High
Complexity (HC) Leader
•Facing serious detail challenges.
•Tends to ignore reality and truth
•Can experience possible abuse.
28. Conclusion
There is no one best leadership style to manage
people. Knowing the leadership styles helps us
understand the different types of leaders and
define their characteristics from diverse
perspectives. The choice of a leadership style in
a particular situation is a style that works and
make things
happen.