1. Leadership and Ethics Bishop Kearney High School Dr. Hays
Types of Leadership
Leadership and Ethics
Bishop Kearney High School
Dr. Hays

2. Autocratic Leadership
One in which one person runs everything
Makes all the decisions
Does not consult others
Expect to be obeyed without question
Not well liked

3. When Is Autocratic Leadership Needed?
Important to obey orders without question
Examples:
Firefighters
Soldiers in combat
Police officers

4. Democratic Leadership
Managers work with employees
Why?
To make decisions
Listening is critical
Everyone meets and listens to others opinions
New ideas are encouraged
Leaders still make final decision
Assumes people have ideas

5. Free-Reign Leadership
Requires that leaders set goals for employees and managers
Leave them alone to get job done
Places most trust and confidence in workers
Deal with broader decision making
Have to be available to resolve problems and answer questions

6. Delegating What is delegating?
Giving managers and employees the power to run things and make decisions
Reasons for delegating:
Not enough time
More important work
Employees own production process
Employees develop own potential

7. Leadership in Teams What is a self-managed team?
Work groups that supervise themselves
Manager’s role replaced by the team leader

8. History of Leadership Teams
Stared in Japan
Came to US in 1980’s
Stresses people working in teams and making decisions as a group
Leader is team player rather than boss
Leader learns a range of jobs rather than just one
Team usually works on single project
Makes project goal oriented rather than task oriented

9. Organization of Self-Managed Teams
Two ways
Team selects one team leader
Each team member employs special skills, but there is no team leader
Which do you think would be more effective?
As a team leader, do not give orders
Motivate team members
Work toward a shared goal
Evaluate each other’s performance

10. Advantages to Self-Managed Teams
Are more goal oriented than task oriented
Have a chance to learn each other’s job and obtain new skills
Learn to participate and cooperate
Learn to solve their own problems
Disadvantage:
Some people do not have skills or initiative to work together productively

11. Homework
Leaders often have different ways of inspiring the people who work for them. Write a brief essay (at least one page and no more than two) discussing reasons why leaders delegate and empower employees.