EVANS MANYONGA
effectiveness of a group is directly
related to the efficacy of its process.
If the group is high functioning, the
facilitative leader uses a light hand
on the process.
followers get immediate, tangible
rewards for carrying out the leader’s
orders. Transactional leadership can
sound rather basic, with its focus on
exchange.
The strategic leader fills the gap between the
need for new possibility and the need for
practicality by providing a prescriptive set of
habits
On the other hand, if the group is low
functioning, the facilitative leader
will be more directives in helping
the group run its process. An effective
facilitative leadership involves
monitoring of group dynamics,
offering process suggestions and
interventions to help the group stay
on track.
Laissez-faire Leadership
Laissez-faire leadership gives
authority to employees. According
to azcentral, departments or
subordinates are allowed to work
as they choose with minimal or
no interference. According to
research, this kind of leadership has
been consistently found to be the
least satisfying and least effective
management style.
Transactional Leadership
This is a leadership that maintains
or continues the status quo. It is
also the leadership that involves
an exchange process, whereby
Being clear, focusing on expectations,
giving feedback are all important
leadership skills. According to
Boundless.com, transactional
leadership behaviors can include:
clarifying what is expected of
followers’ performance; explaining
how to meet such expectations;
and allocating rewards that are
contingent on meeting objectives.
Coaching Leadership
Coaching leadership involves
teaching and supervising followers. A
coaching leader is highly operational
in setting where results/ performance
require improvement. Basically, in
this kind of leadership, followers are
helped to improve their skills.
Coaching leadership does the
following: motivates followers,
inspires followers and encourages
followers.
Charismatic Leadership
In this leadership, the charismatic
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leader manifests his or her
revolutionary power. Charisma does
not mean sheer behavioral change. It
actually involves a transformation of
followers’ values and beliefs.
Therefore, this distinguishes a
charismatic leader from a simply
populist leader who may affect
attitudes towards specific objects,
but who is not prepared as the
charismatic leader is, to transform
the underlying normative orientation
that structures specific attitudes.
Visionary Leadership
This form of leadership involves
leaders who recognize that the
methods, steps and processes of
leadership are all obtained with
and through people. Most great and
successful leaders have the aspects
of vision in them.
However, those who are highly
visionary are the ones considered to
be exhibiting visionary leadership.
Outstanding leaders will always
transform their visions into realities.
Evans Manyonga is an
academic, media practitioner,
writer, editor and publisher.
He was recently voted as one
of the hundred most influential
people under 40 in South
Africa.
LEAD | January 2018