Lindgren and Shawchuck wrote a very insightful book entitled Management for Your Church. In it they describe five leadership styles, how decisions are made in each style, what leadership values in the style and the goals of each style. Decisions are made and announce by elders. The leader maintains the tradition and preserves the status quo. Goals are generally assumed and seldom articulated.
Decisions are spontaneous, unpredictable proclamations by the leader.
The leader leads and motivates through personal appeal. Goals are highly explicit, reflecting the philosophy and aims of the leader. Decisions are represented by issuance of orders from the top which are conscious, rationalized and calculated. The leader directs by handing down decisions. Decisions are group decisions through informal, intimate and fluid relationships.