Introduction Whether it involves managing an office or a large retail outlet, the processes all remain the same wherein a manager must be able to balance the needs of the business, take into account current business trends, the culture of the organization he/she works for as well as the various nuances inherent in the employees he/she is tasked to supervise. This is due to the fact that workplace environments at the present can be considered an amalgam of different types of employees ranging from different ethnicities and religious backgrounds to employees belonging to different age groups; all of which require different management styles in order to properly maximize their potential. As indicated by Jaramillo et al. (2009), there are four characteristics that are in demand within present day technology oriented enterprises, namely: high market responsiveness, fast developments, low cost, and finally high levels of creativity, innovation and efficiency. As such, through the work of Jaramillo et al. (2009), readers can come to the conclusion that what is necessary within any organization (large or small) is not only the ability to respond to market trends but the ability to grow and develop the loyalty of employees within the company so as to retain the necessary talent to successfully emerge in the global market place. Technical teams are the backbone of any company wherein through the utilization of a variety of management practices a seamless integration of vertical and horizontal means of collaboration can be implemented in order to create a stable organizational structure for proper operations and product development. By doing so, this ensures that present day firms can launch and grow their proprietary products enabling them to internationalize that much faster. Based on this, the only way such a method of collaboration and communication can be achieved is through proper leadership within an organization. One way in which this can be achieved is through the servant leadership model which involves a delegation of responsibility and a “sharing of power” so to speak to other members of the organization wherein the manager or leader in question focuses on helping and developing employees in such a way that they are able to perform at the utmost of their capabilities. This can be achieved by leaders within the organization taking a more “personal” approach of managing employees by utilizing aspects related to persuasion, stewardship, empathy, listening, awareness and conceptualization. Through the positive aspects of the servant leadership model, employees develop a form of intrinsic motivation in regards to their jobs and responsibilities at the company resulting in better rates of performance. Autocratic, Laissez-Faire and servant leadership models One factor that should be taken into consideration when it comes to management are the types of management styles that company managers apply when managing and training their respective employees. What you have to understand is that there are variety of management styles currently in practice today ranging from the autocratic, to the Laissez-Faire and finally the servant leader ship style which focuses on developing an environment where the sharing of ideas is promoted. Each type of management style results in different levels of employee reciprocity such as: their responsiveness to given situations, their ability to adapt to new problems and even their ability to improve themselves (Houglum, 20