Advisory Board May 14, 2024
Writing for the Harvard Business Review, Rebecca Knight outlines six different leadership styles developed by psychologist Daniel Goleman and how to know when you should use each one.
6 leadership styles (and when to use them)
1. Coercive leadership style
According to Goleman, coercive is the least effective leadership style in most situations, as it’s characterized by top-down decision making, an authoritarian approach, and a demanding attitude.
This leadership style can yield short-term results, but it ultimately has corrosive, long-term impacts on company culture, which can cause high employee turnover and a disillusioned, disengaged workforce.
The best time to use the coercive leadership style is in certain crisis situations where swift, decisive action with a clear chain of command is...
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