Different Types of Leadership for Success | Brook Lang Seattle

Leadership positions come in many shapes and sizes. Maybe you’ve been thrust into an unofficial leadership role or promoted to a managerial position. Either way, there are different types of leadership available for you to choose from, and they all have ways to lead to success. A good leadership style will prepare you for the challenges and triumphs that come with the role. Below are some of the different types of leadership that you can choose for success. 

Democratic Leadership

Commonly known as the participative leadership style, this type of leadership focuses on the importance of teamwork and incorporating ideas from the existing team members. By listening to the opinions of your employees and including them in the process of making a decision, you can definitely raise the level of employee engagement and satisfaction.

However, because the entire group has to come together to make one decision, it can take a longer time to make decisions. Poor decisions can also be made if your group isn’t particularly prepared or skilled enough to make these decisions.

Autocratic Leadership

Also known as the authoritarian leadership style, the autocratic leadership style is an incredibly good style of leadership if decisions need to be made quickly and efficiently. In this leadership style, the leader of the group is responsible for making the decisions themselves. They don’t consult anyone else in their group before the decision is made.

However, because your coworkers are not involved in the decision-making process, it can lead to a lack of diversity in the decisions being made. It can make your employees feel like they don’t have a say in the matter. 

Servant Leadership

Servant leaders are one of the most empathetic leaders out there. These people focus on their employees' overall satisfaction over everything else. This line of thinking comes from the thought that a happy team can raise the overall standard and quality of work. These people place everyone else’s needs above their own. Unfortunately, leaders using this leadership style can become burnt out incredibly quickly, and they, more often than not, can be perceived as weak leaders. 

Laissez-Faire Leadership

This leadership style is known for being a generally hands-off style of leading. Instead of having a hand in the decision-making process, these leaders give the responsibility to other team members. Because this leadership style focuses on the team members, creativity and innovation can flow more manageable.

Not only that, but because there’s a sense of trust between the leader and the team members, there’s less of a fear of failure, letting the team members take more risks that could pay off in the long run. However, it can also go the other way; if your team members are unskilled or unmotivated, low productivity is bound to happen, making this an ineffective leadership style.

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About Brook Lang Seattle

Brook Lang Seattle is a Washington-based senior-level technology executive. A results-oriented leader, Brook is in charge of covering national $800M sales territory and P&L accountability both domestically in the U.S. as well as internationally, in Europe and Asia. His visionary leadership has helped him motivate sales teams of over 400 employees by modeling and mentoring sales hunter roles, leading to a consistent exceeding of revenue quota.

Not one to just stay stagnant, Brook Lang Seattle also optimizes business plans for high impact yields across industries, including cloud solutions, SaaS B2B enterprise platforms, payments processing, e-commerce ecosystem, IT consulting firms, ISV, GSI, native and display advertising, electric autonomous vehicles, eVTOL, telematics, mobile apps, and IoT. He's an incredibly talented businessman, cultivating high-level trust and confidence with the people that he works with, including customers, business development partners, employees, financing channels, board & C-level executives, advisors, and shareholders. This helps him leverage solid and robust relationships, helping him influence business strategy and negotiate contracts. Learn more by visiting brooklang.com!