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What is Organizational Leadership?
Organizational leadership is the administration field that serves organizations’ leaders – companies, in the professional area. And it is that there are leaders, and there should be them in all facets of life because when a group leads correctly, it is much easier and more comfortable to reach the objectives set and also enjoy the process.
Organizational leadership is linked to the protagonist’s qualities and interpersonal skills (of the leaders in question) to undertake the professional tasks.
It is their responsibility under a prism of motivation, team building, the ability to influence (and not command ), and that everyone learns from everyone in favor of the project and the company.
Thus, a good organizational leader will take as a premise to fulfill their tasks and that the team in charge of them also does it, but for this, they will take very different tools from those that a previous boss used to do. For this, various types of organizational leaders develop that sustain these actions.
Ten Styles of Institutional Organizational Leadership
1. Natural Leadership
- He is that leader who not recognize as such with a title but who represents that “role” perfectly.
- So much so that no one questions it, but instead, their recommendations and guides take as something that must follow.
- Thanks to their excellent work and day to day, they become the natural leaders of the team.
- They are people who exercise a type of leadership highly appreciated by the group and more than accepted.
2. Authoritarian Leadership – Autocratic
- As its name indicates, it bases on the supposed leader’s authority, and we say we considered it because of a figure like this, to whom none of his decisions is discussed merely because of the position he holds.
- It is more similar to the formation of the former authoritarian boss than a current leader.
- Type of leadership mark by the lack of freedom of communication and movement in the group.
- Everything falls on the leader (the triumph of good acts), and also the responsibility for mistakes (although in this case, it usually derives from the employees).
3. Charismatic Leadership
- It is the most common or typical to find in current organizations. Charismatic leadership is also one of the most recognized within organizations and is that it generates and works a lot on feelings and positive sensations within the group.
- He has a strong personality, but not imperative but constructive. Everything revolves around this leader, which can bring the contraindication that if the leader disappears (because he leaves the company), the structure falters even until it falls.
4. Participatory Leadership – Democratic
- In this type of leadership, as its name suggests, everyone participates. It is a very healthy type of relationship because all group members contribute their points of view and intervene in making decisions.
- There is an active collaboration among all the members, and the leader is a model of reference and admiration. Still, everyone feels free to participate on equal terms.
- The most important premise is that there is a constant dialogue between everyone that favors achieving the objectives and, therefore, the company.
5. Liberal Leadership – “Laissez-Faire.”
- They let (things) happen or let pass would be the French phrase’s actual translation.
- In this type of leadership, the main thing is the absolute freedom of all the “subordinates” in decision-making.
- Everyone can decide what they consider appropriate, and the leader’s role is to provide resources and tools.
- It occurs because the leader considers it appropriate given the profile of collaborators with whom he has (very autonomous and independent people, perfectly trained to make decisions).
- The problem with this type of leadership is that you have to convince that the team members possess these skills.
6. Transformational Leadership – the Most Complete
- It is considered complete leadership. The leaders who act under this scheme call “authentic leaders” since they work from their authentic power of motivation and inspiration towards the group … Permanent!
- Its objective and premises are to transform, innovate, and motivate the team, and from there, grow. They are highly valued and sought after to occupy positions of responsibility in organizations.
7. Bureaucratic Leadership
- Its basis is to strictly comply with the company’s standards above what is most convenient for the group or what they need to reach the set objectives.
- The company’s policy is its strictest guide, which leads to absolute rigidity in the management model.
- It’s fine when it comes to business or economic decisions, such as hazardous materials. But you have to be careful with this leadership and its consequences.
8. Leadership “Pro People” – Oriented to Them
- The fundamental thing in this type of leadership is the people, what they can obtain from them. They can go, and how far it can grow in the company with what they contribute.
- This leader will know how to identify the team members’ personalities, group them according to needs, and make them grow exponentially.
9. Task-Oriented Leadership
- This case is the opposite of the previous one since people do not prevail or grow, but the most important thing is what has to do.
- The task that has to be carried out, and doing it as quickly, economically, and efficiently as possible. Whether it or not, the growth of the people and the team itself.
10. Leadership “of the Curve.”
- We have always liked this last type of leadership because it bases on the “happiness curve.”
- If everything works well, the team feels motivated if productivity is very high, and the whole environment is satisfactory.
- It is the closest thing to happiness that we can find at work, and happiness is always related to a curve. Hence, the name of the curve leadership.
- They are leaderships based on building positively everything that can affect the group, the work, and the work’s development.
- They are highly qualified leaders who work for the success of the team.