Harvard Business Review describes the top 10 common leadership styles:
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Coercive: Leaders demand immediate compliance.
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Authoritative: Leaders mobilize people toward a vision.
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Affiliative: Leaders create emotional bonds and harmony.
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Democratic: Leaders build consensus through participation.
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Pacesetting: Leaders expect excellence and self-direction.
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Coaching: Leaders develop people for the future.
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Bureaucratic leadership, whose leaders focus on following every rule.
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Charismatic leadership, in which leaders inspire enthusiasm in their teams and are energetic in motivating others to move forward.
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Servant leadership, whose leaders focus on meeting the needs of the team.
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Transactional leadership, in which leaders inspire by expecting the best from everyone and themselves.