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Autocratic Leadership
Autocratic Leadership is an extreme form of leadership, where leaders
have complete power over their people.
Pros: Cons:
• The benefits of the autocratic • The downside to this form of
leadership style is that it is best used leadership is that people may resent
in crisis. being treated this way.
• It can be an efficient and effective • Consistently using this style may
tool when quick decisions are lead to a loss of team members and
needed, and work needs to get done. high turn over. It is best used to
accomplish routine tasks. In those
instances, the advantages may
outweigh the disadvantages.
