Leadership Essay 1

101 ​Chapter 4 Understanding Philosophy and Styles

4.3 O​BSERVATIONAL ​E​XERCISE

Leadership Styles

Purpose

1. ​To become aware of authoritarian, democratic, and laissez-faire styles of leadership

2. ​To compare and contrast these three styles

Directions

1. ​From all of the coaches, teachers, music directors, or managers you have had in the past 10 years, select one who was authoritarian, one who was democratic, and one who was laissez-faire.

Authoritarian leader (name) ​Mrs.Darna

Democratic leader (name) ​Mrs. Palacios

Laissez-faire leader (name) ​Mr. Delgao

2. ​On another sheet of paper, briefly describe the unique characteristics of each of these leaders.

Questions

1. ​What differences did you observe in how each leader tried to influence you?​ The differences I observe in each leader was how understanding authoritarian how you need control followers what they do. And democratic is when treating the followers as fully capable of doing on their work. And Laissez-faire is when being nonleadership.

2. ​How did the leaders differ in their use of rewards and punishment?​3. ​What did you observe about how others reacted to each leader? ​I observed about how others reacted to each leader by reading through there result. Also, the leader they got chosen was the correct one for their own.

4. ​Under which leader were you most productive? Why?​ The most productive leader would be authoritarian leadership because I liked to control the teammates in what they need do.