Leadership style

What are the 3 types of leadership style?

• Automatic, desmonatic, lazy-frair

• Autocratic, democratic, laissez faire

• Auto, demo, lazzie

• Automobile, demonstration and lazy-fairy

Which of the following, best describes autocratic:

• Leader is unsure of what to do

• Leader makes decisions with the students

• Students make their own decisions

• Command style - leader is in control

Which of the following, best describes democratic:

• Leaders asks students to help make decisions

• Leaders gives them one instruction, students do the rest

• Leader always in control and doesn't listen to anyone else

• Leader likes to spend a lot of time talking

Which of the following, best describes laissez faire:

• Discussing decisions

• Telling students exactly what to do

• Leaving students to make their own decision with little guidance

• Planning the session together

What is the issue with Autocratic?

• Students argue over what to do

• Students have no say in what they do

• Too much time wasted in group discussion

• Students get bored

What is the issue with democratic?

• Students don't like being taught this way

• Students aren't able to bring ideas to the group

• Students go off and do their own thing

• Discussing in a large group takes too much time

What is the issue with laissez faire?

• Students aren't mature enough to make their own decisions

• Students have no freedom

• Students spend the whole time discussing

• Students want a leader to help them

Why would you use Autocratic?

• If an activity is safe

• If an activity has lots of older people

• If an activity is dangerous

• If you are working with dogs

Why would you use democratic?

• With small teams or individuals

• With groups of 20

• With small children

• When the activity if boring

What group of people could you use laissez faire with?

• 5 -6 year olds

• 8-11 year olds in football

• 15 year old beginners

• Older more experienced player