BOSS SINCE 1996

Leadership Styles

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Autocratic:
This is when a leader of a team dictates the way in which certain procedures are carried out. They decide the goals that they are to achieve by directing and controlling all activities without any external input. A famous autocratic leader would be Jose Mourinho as he is a football manager and has to make clear objectives of what he wants to achieve by a certain time. This could be to win a league game against Arsenal or to win the Premier League. 
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Democratic:

This is when a leader of a team uses external input from every individual that is involved. This makes the decision making easier when determining with what needs to be done. The leader has the final decision. A famous democratic leader would be David Leadbetter, who is a top golf instructor. As this isn't a contact or a team sport there doesn't need to be much element of leadership and relies mainly on the individual. With a golf instructor they will discuss the possible situation and what club to use for different shots but the leader (David Leadbetter) will make the final decision. 
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Transactional:

This is when a leader of a team whereby they set clear objectives and goals in order for the team to follow as well as the uses of punishments or rewards to encourage them to carry out the goals. A famous transactional would be a rugby coach such as Warren Gatland because he will have a set goal and objectives that they will win the Lions tour 2013. Every team has clearly outlined the objectives and goals for the season and will train to hopefully reach that set objectives and goals of winning the season and the cup. 
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Transformational:

This is when a leader of a team creates a clear view of what they need to do through inspiration and excites the team in a motivational way to commit them to the fullest. A very good example of a transformational leader is John Hart. he was the coach of the All Blacks and created a 15 step process to the 'winning edge'. He would motivate the All Blacks rugby team using this process and pumping them up before each game. 
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Laissez-faire:
This is when a leader of a team help or tries encourage their team the least they can, as they want them to complete the task or goals on their own. They believe that people will excel when left to their own responsibilities and obligations. A famous coach that would obtain a Laissez-faire leadership style is Béla Károlyi. He is a famous Romanian gymnastics. After coaching the different routines to the gymnast he would then leave them on their own and only observe them carry out the routines. This is so that the gymnast would be able to chose the correct routine that they feel confident with. Also this is because the gymnast will already have the skills that they need for the routine but will have to practice the linking between moves. 
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Task-Orientated:

This is when a leader of a team only focuses on getting the job and is more like an autocratic in some forms. They know exactly what they need to do and will define the work, role, and structure and plan what is needed to complete the task. An example of this would be Roy Keane who was the captain of the Manchester United Team. He is a good example because he wouldn't hold a relationship with his teammates and would focus solely on his skill assets and the overall goal of winning the premiership. 
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People-Orientated: 
This is when a leader of a team focuses on supporting and developing the relationship between their team. This style is to encourage good teamwork and create a friendly and approachable relationship with the team. This will make everyone more comfortable when working or completing the tasks/goals. Mr Neil Picknel at South Island School is a people-orientated leader because he chooses the team based on the turn out to the training sessions. For example he would cut the players that don't turn up to training and expect to play and play the participants who turned up to trainings. This would focus on the development of the players that turn up and craft them to become a good team. He put the task and goal at risk to develop the players. 
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Bureaucratic:

This is when a leader of a team uses an old style of doing things and emphasizes procedures even though they may not be useful. They will attempt to solve all types of problems by using control and their powers come from controlling the information flow. 

Leadership Qualities - Intrinsic
"A distinctive attribute or characteristic possessed by someone or something"

Compassion:
Compassion is the ability to have a concern or have sympathy for someone in their team. This is needed within the business world due to if someone in the team wasn't feeling well or was something out of the norm with how someone is acting. The manager or someone within the team will help them work with what they need to do giving them an advantage with helping them complete a task as they most likely will not do as much work as they are needed to due to their feelings. 

Adaptability: 
Adaptability is the ability to help when people need to change the way in which they approach the task in order to fit everyone in the team. This will most likely happen when a member in the team are unable or feel uncomfortable to complete the task and by adapting the way in which it should be carried out they will make it easier. This will benefit the whole team as there will be no one lacking in their work. This is needed in the business world to ensure that the task can be adapted to suit the needs of everyone. For example if someone within the South Island School rugby team had just recovered from a broken ankle they will adapt the form of training for the specific person. This is so that they are able to participate and help recover his ankle. 

Courage: 
Courage is the ability whereby they are able to do something when it doesn't scare or bother them. This is needed within the business world to ensure that if the team leader is not there to help work, someone within the team will step up to make sure that everyone is still on topic and know what they need to do. They would need to be able to do this without having fears or speaking aloud or confrontation. They will need to overcome any fears of that  to make sure the task can be finished. For example is the captain of a football team was sent off, the vice captain will have to be able to overcome the fears of becoming a leader and lead their team to victory. 

Motivation: 
Motivation is the ability to help people to carry out a task with fulfilment and make sure that if someone within a team doesn't like the type of task they will encourage them. They can do this by giving positive feedback so that they feel they are doing well and contributing to the task. This is needed within a business world to ensure that everyone is giving the most out of what they are able to do, giving 100% towards the completion of the task. For example the manager talking at half time to their players would give positive feedback and motivate them to win, whether they are already winning or losing. 

Leadership Skills - Extrinsic
"Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience"

Communication:
Communication is the ability to clearly describe what you want done, and the ability to transfer information from one another. This is needed within the business world to ensure that important information is put across in a form where by it will be the correct information. For example within sport if there was a transfer being made the communication would be conversations and agreements between the club and the player. 

Planning:
Planning is the ability to invent an idea and plan in advance or be working on a scheme in which will be able to allow you to finish the idea. This is needed within the business world to ensure that every person working on the idea would know what needs to be done and when the final deadline is for the idea to be complete. Another aspect to planning is that it will allow workers in the high end of the heir-achy to be organised with what they are doing as they will have knowledge of what each person is meant to do by following up with the plan made.  For example the IRB have to create and set up all the fixtures for the IRB Rugby Sevens that plays across the world. 

Multi-tasking:
Multi-tasking is the ability is which someone is able to complete more than one task at the same time. This is needed within the business world to ensure that more than one task can be completed quicker for the deadlines and this way hopefully being able to achieve more as a business. When employees of a business are able to do this the business will be able to grow quicker. An example of multi-tasking within sport is a Golf Caddy, this is because they have to take in all measure that could the swing. They have to assess the wind, distance, lye of the ball, run of the green and the pin position whilst complying to the rules and regulations of the game. 

Delegation:
Delegation is the ability to give people roles with clear instructions on what they have to achieve as well as being involved in their job. This is needed within the business world to ensure that  it would relief pressure of an individual because the workload would be spread out between the rest of the team and the leader would pick the correct roles that best suit the individual. 

Organisation:
Organisation is the ability to systematically arrange tasks or items in a way that they either need to be done or the way in which an individual wants to complete. This is needed within the business world to ensure that the business is held together and are able to complete the tasks or objectives that they want to achieve. Without organisation the business will not be able to succeed. 

Decisiveness:
Decisiveness is the ability to pull through with quick decisions as well as making them as effective. This is needed within the business world to ensure that jobs are able to be completed well and efficiently. The manager or the leader within the group for the task will have to come up with ideas that can be completed quick and effectively so the work necessary for the task is finished thoroughly. An example of this is when a football player will have the chance to either try take on two defenders before shooting or pass the ball to a teammate who is in space so that they have a higher chance of scoring a goal.

Targets/Set Goals:
Targets/Set goals is the ability to have a task for a group or an individual persons that have to achieve the task to the best that they can. The set goals would be targets that are able to help and guide the persons to finish the task. The targets could be set for individuals or a team. This is needed in the business world to ensure that everyone has something to work for and wont stop working in order to keep them busy. For example Warren Gatland for the Lions Tour 2013 would of set a target possibly for the individuals to make 90% of their tackles and as a team to hold the ball possession for 80% of the game. 

Negotiator:
A negotiator is the ability to create a discussion whereby there is an end result by the end of it, an agreement for something. Both sides to the discussion are involved within the  negotiation and will achieve something from it. This is needed within the business world to ensure that they get the best deal out of an arrangement that best suits their business. For example if Jose Mourinho wanted to purchase Lionel Messi for Chelsea he would have to negotiate a price that would suit the bank account that Chelsea has as well as supplying happiness to Messi.

Organisation:
Organisation is the ability to 

Organised: This is the ability to arrange things systematically and make sure that things are where they should be and doing things that have to be done. In business everyone will have to be organised in some sort of way. This can be from the manager who has to find out work and then from the work that is needed he will be able to then organise his team and tell them what they have to do and when it needs to be done. Also people who are lower down will also have to be organised whether it be they need to be at a meeting at 7pm so they need to be organised and know where the meeting is happening and how to get there so he or she is there on time.

My Results:

I feel that I am a democratic leader over the autocratic and laissez-faire leader. This is because I find it easier to come up with a decision after I have listened collectively about everyones ideas and how they feel for each idea that everyone has come up with. Using this information I would make a decision whereby it would suit everyones needs. This is because after finding out everyone's opinions and ideas I will withdraw aspects from every idea and make it into one. Then I would give each subordinate their own section to work on (I would let them work on the section of the master idea where their aspect is).

My Answers:

Question 1: 3
Question 2: 5
Question 3: 4
Question 4: 2
Question 5: 4
Question 6: 2
Question 7: 3
Question 8: 2
Question 9: 4
Question 10: 2
Question 11: 5
Question 12: 4
Question 13: 4
Question 14: 2
Question 15: 2
Question 16: 5
Question 17: 4
Question 18: 1