Autocratic Leadership Style

Autocratic Leadership Style

-Authoritarian leadership

-An extreme form of transactional leadership

 Characteristics of Autocratic leadership

-Leader make the decisions

-Leader decide all the works method and processes 

-Leader have a lot of power to their people

-When decisions must be made quickly and without dissent


How to be effective with this position:
- Respect your Subordinates
-Explain the rules
-Be consistent
-Educate before you enforce
-Listen, even if you don’t change


Good fits for Autocratic Leadership:
  -Military
  -Manufacturing
  -Construction


Example of Autocratic Leader:

Name: Pol Pot
Born: 1925
Died: 15 April 1998
Birthplace: Kompong Thong Province, Cambodia
Ruthless Cambodian communist leader of the 1970s



Source From:
"Leadership Styles." - Leadership Skills from MindTools.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Sept. 2013. <http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_84.htm>.

"Leadership Styles: Autocratic Leadership." Leadership Styles: Autocratic Leadership. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Sept. 2013. <http://www.leadership-toolbox.com/autocratic-leadership.html>.

"Pol Pot." Infoplease. Infoplease, n.d. Web. 08 Sept. 2013. <http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/polpot.html>.