According to me, Linda is portraying Supportive leadership behavior.

This behavior includes a

wide variety of behaviors that show consideration, acceptance, and concern for the needs and
feelings of other people. Supportive leadership helps to build and maintain effective
interpersonal relationships. A manager like Linda is considerate and friendly toward people is
more likely to win their friendship and loyalty. The emotional ties that are formed make it easier
to gain cooperation and support from people on whom the manager must rely to get the work
done. It is more satisfying to work with someone who is friendly, cooperative, and supportive
than with someone who is cold and impersonal, or worse, hostile, and uncooperative.
Improvements in job satisfaction are likely to result in less absenteeism, less turnover.
Supportive leadership may increase a subordinate’s acceptance of the leader, trust of the leader,
and willingness to do extra things for the leader.

Advantages of supportive leadership

Supportive Leadership has its advantages, provided that the employee is given the right tools to
perform tasks. In Addition, the skills are built to such an extent that the manager knows, the task
will be performed accurate. Under supportive leadership, employees become self- reliant and
deal with issues themselves most of the time. Having the ideal team, lead with those trademarks,
and have a company achieve its goals.

Disadvantages of supportive leadership

The disadvantages of supportive leadership will not be disadvantaged in all forms of

organizations. The only real challenge standing out is employee ability. Coaching and training
aspects of the style can waste time for such companies and interrupt the accepted decision-
making process if employees take irresponsible initiative

Fahim Zubaer

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