Participative Leadership Style

Background on Leadership

According to John P. Kotter, “Leadership and management are two distinctive and complementary systems of action. Both are necessary for success in an increasingly complex and volatile business environment.” However management is about coping complexity. Its practice and procedures are largely a response to one of the most significant developments of the twentieth century the emergence of large organization.

Over the years, there have been many definitions of leadership. However the definition that provides a broad but brief explanation states that “leadership is a process used by an individual to influence group members toward the achievement of group goals in which the group members view the influence

According to Howell and Costley they states that “participative leaders involve followers in the decision processes ; this leadership includes describing a decision problem to a group of followers and asking for their input on the implications of various alternative solutions already developed by the leader. It also involves holding informal conversations with individual followers to draw their ideas out and listening carefully to understand and incorporate their information into a decision solution”. In addition participative leader are also called democratic leadership, this style is usually considered the best option for most restaurants organization. However a democratic leader will allow the decision-making power to be shared amongst group members and not only

However when a leader in an organization, their power to served others can be effective, while on the other hand they can misuses the power for their own personal gain, their leadership is ineffective. Some qualities for ethical charismatic leadership and also their effects on followers are: considers and learn from criticism, stimulates employees to think independently and to question the leader’s views and coach, developed employees and shares recognition with their work group members. While on the other hand some unethical charismatic leadership are: promotes own personal vision, uses one- way communication and demands own decisions be accepted without question .However in order for an effective charismatic leadership there are a range of skills that must developed to their employees and these are: self-confidence, self-assurance and outstanding communication and verbal