Leadership Style Analysis

According to the T-P Leadership Questionnaire, my highest scored leadership style stands as autocratic leadership, or concern for task (Pfeiffer & Jones, 1974). My autocratic leadership score stood at twelve, while my laissez-faire score stood at six, leaving me with a medium level of shared leadership. I do agree with the survey results as I believe that group members should retain some freedom and creativity, but that group members should also follow standard rules and regulations. I do not believe that a leader should be controlling or egocentric, but rather, that a leader should guide and promote productivity within a group. As a leader, I expect commitment and dedication to the greater success of the group; I do not appreciate or accept …show more content…
The autocratic leadership style stands effective in these situation, as it retains the strengths of being action oriented, policy and procedural focused, competitive, and focused on short term goals (Iqbal et al., 2015). On the other hand, the autocratic leadership style retains quite a few weaknesses, including unrealistic demands, excessive discipline, independent decision making, and not valuing team input (Iqbal et al., 2015). Based on the strengths and weakness qualities of the autocratic leadership style, I can state that I do not believe in a strict autocratic leadership style, but rather a shared leadership style. While it remains positive for a leader to retain some autocratic qualities, such as goal oriented and policy focused, for the sake of safety and efficacy concerns, this leadership style does not promote a positive work environment. By utilizing a shared leadership style, comprising of autocratic and laissez-faire, greater employee performance will transpire as group members take part in decision making processes and stand respected and