The document discusses three leadership styles: democratic, open, and situational. A democratic leader encourages employees to participate in decision making. An open leader gives little direction and expects experienced employees to make their own decisions. A situational leader understands employees and job requirements and adjusts their actions based on the specific circumstances.

1. Leadership Styles

2. Democratic Leader A democratic leader is one who encourages workers to share in making decisions about their work and work-related problems. This includes everyone making a decision. They encourage their employees to participate in planning work, solving work problems, and making decisions.

3. Open Leadership An open leadership is a manager who giver little or no direction to employees. This means that the employees are usually experienced enough to make decisions on their own This is usually a business that has little or no change. They have to be confident in making decisions on their own.

4. Situational Leadership A situational leader is one who understands employees and job requirements and matches his/her actions and decisions to the circumstances. This is considered the most effective manager. They know you better as if they needed to put a group of employees together to work on a project.

5. What type of leader would you be?