TYPES OF LEADERS.

 TYPES OF LEADERS.

CHARISMATIC LEADER

⦁ his influences normally comes from personality e.g. Hitler

⦁ very few posses this type of leadership as it is in born

⦁ These personal qualities of leadership cannot be acquired by training; these can only be modified by it.

TRADITIONAL LEADER

⦁ This position is assured by birth e.g. kings

⦁ This is another category to which few people can aspire or acquire

⦁ There are few /no opportunities for traditional leadership at work.

SITUATIONAL LEADER

⦁ The leader’s influence can only be effective by being in the right place at the right time

⦁ This kind of leadership is too temporal in nature to be of value in an organization.


APPOINTED LEADER

⦁ The leader’s influence arises directly out of his position e.g. managers – this is a formal appointment leadership

⦁ This position has influence with legitimate power in the hierarchy & it is a bureaucratic type of leadership


FUNCTIONAL LEADER

⦁ This position is influenced by expert knowledge(power)

⦁ The leader secures his position by what he does rather than by what he is

⦁ A functional leader adapts his behavior to meet the competing needs of his situation.

Now let’s look at qualities that a leader should have.

FIVE (5) QUALITIES OF A GOOD LEADER

⦁ INTELIGENCE: not necessarily knowledge about detailed or highly specialized matters but good common sense.


⦁ INTEGRITY: the capacity to set standards of personal & official conduct which will command the respect of others.



⦁ PERSUASIVENESS: the capacity to win others to acceptance of the point of view embodied in decisions


⦁ JUDGEMENT: the capacity to know the strengths & weaknesses of the people one works with and how to obtain their maximum usefulness to the organization.



⦁ LOYALTY: devotion to a cause and also to the persons with whom one works, & willingness to defend subordinates against external attack.


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