1. The two different style of leadership that is being used in this case is that Firstly, autocratic Tom Saunders. They provide authoritarian type of leadership. Here the leaders provide a clear expectation for what needs to be done, when it should be done and how it should be done. These leaders make decision independently without considering other members opion. Due to this decision-making is less creative under autocratic leadership.
For example “Saunders closed the weekly staff meeting by saying I’m the leader of this agency. I have to manage everything for this agency to run effectively”.
Secondly, participative leadership style id being used by Josh Martin. This type of leadership is also called democratic leadership style. In this type of leadership, they provide guidance to the members and allow inputs from other group members. In the participative leadership the leaders encourage members to participate but retain the final say over the decision making process. This way the group members feel more engaged, motivated, and creative. For example, “according to Jone and tom though Saunders is director but without Martin, this place would be in total chaos. At least Martin listens to us and tries to implement some of their ideas to make life simple for everyone at the agency.
Leadership traits is the theory of studying leadership is taken into consideration to analyze the personal, psychological and physical traits of strong leaders. The assumption made in this theory was that some basic traits or set of traits differentiates leaders from non-leaders. For example, the leadership traits might include intelligence, assertiveness, above average height, self-confidence, initiative and understanding of interpersonal human relations. The existence of these traits determines the importance of leadership. Possession of these traits helps the individuals to gain