Leadership Styles and Types: Authoritarian, Laissez-Faire & Democratic

Leadership Styles and Types: Authoritarian, Laissez-Faire & Democratic

1. click here for interesting website

http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/leadership-styles-and-types-authoritarian-laissez-faire-democratic.html#lesson

2. Fareed Zakaria article on leadership styles with some interesting parallels between Eisenhower approach and Obama.

A Democratic Advisory Council committee headed by Acheson called Eisenhower’s foreign policy “weak, vacillating, and tardy.” But Eisenhower kept his powder dry, confident that force was not the only way to show strength. “I’ll tell you what leadership is,” he told his speechwriter. “It’s persuasion — and conciliation — and education — and patience . It’s long, slow, tough work. That’s the only kind of leadership I know — or believe in — or will practice.”

click below for full article in "Washington Post"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fareed-zakaria-obamas-disciplined-leadership-is-right-for-today/2014/05/29/7b4eb460-e76d-11e3-afc6-a1dd9407abcf_story.html