Leadership Style can be defined as the pattern of behavior that a leader apply to get

the work done through his/ followers ?

Studies suggests that employees work more effectively and productively when,
their managers adopt a specific leadership style.

Autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire leadership styles are the oldest and the
most recognized leadership styles throughout the world.

1.     Laissez-Faire Leadership Style

Highly experienced and trained employees requiring little supervision.

A laissez-faire leader lacks direct supervision of employees and fails to provide

regular feedback

In the video Alison keeps complains to her advisor that she got troubles with her 2
employees and she didn’t know what to do, and even could not step in the
conflicts. All of this means that she is unable to show her power, handle the
situation between her 2 staffs. In addition, her employees, are free to speak at
meetings, they are allowed to report on each other's performance, to work and
make their own decisions. However, it is obvious that Laissez-Faire Leadership
Style doesn’t work in this situation as Allison fails to lead her team.

2.     Autocratic leadership style

An Autocratic leader is a leader who retains most of the authority for himself.

High emphasis on performance and low emphasis on people.

In the video, Allison is told to resolve the situation using autocratic style. The boss
advised her to tell them to stop that nonsense, and if they didn’t follow her there
would be a door for them. What the boss expected Ms. Allison to do is to raise her
power, assign her employees to do what she thinks is right.

3.     Democratic Leadership Style

Group members take a more participative role in the process of making decision.

Democratic leader acts as a central controlling unit of the team when consults his
team during any decision making.
The consultant points out Allison how to settle down disputes of the two staffs.
According to the advisor in the video, hands-shaking and a hug are considered as
useful way to get those two along together and boost their engagement and
commitment with each other.