Helps the group to formulate its own goals, and to point out alternative consequences. Supplies technical advice or facts when needed but permits group choice. Permits members to work with whom they please, and to divide the tasks as they see fit. Maintain a pressure toward achievement, industry, and against disorder. Although most leaders tend to use a little bit of each approach depending on the given situation and its need for leadership, the democratic approach should be attempted in most situations and organizations.
Leadership involves a set of skills that are learnable.
By examining your own views of leadership, how you respond to the guidance of others, how people interact in groups, and how successful leaders work with people, you can be a more effective leader, and your group can be more successful and productive. By recognizing the leadership is a group function to which all members can contribute, you help to develop a sense of teamwork. Sharing leadership, recognition, satisfaction, and responsibility ensures that all the resources of the group will be used productively. To be an effective leader in a group, one should review these styles and think about how to use them in different situations. The Telling Leader Identifies a problem, considers alternative solutions, chooses one of them, and then tells the group members what they are to do.