Laissez Faire Leadership Style

LAISSEZ FAIRE LEADERSHIP STYLE

LEADERSHIP

Alex AltamiranoHenry Pabón

Andrés Rodríguez7th Level

DEFINITION

Laissez faire is a lleadership style where all the rights and power to make decisions is fully given to the worker.

CHARACTERISTICS OF LAISSEZ-FAIRE LEADERSHIP

Very little guidance

Complete freedom for followers to

make decisionsLeaders

provide the tools and resources needed

Group members are expected to

solve problems on their own

BENEFITS

Effective in situations where group members are highly skilled, motivated, and capable of working on their own.

Since these group members are experts and have the knowledge and skills to work independently, they are capable of accomplishing tasks with very little guidance.

This autonomy can be freeing to some group members and help them feel more satisfied with their work.

BENEFITS

Used in situations where followers have a high-level of passion and intrinsic motivation for their work.

Allows each team’s trained members to dream up. Through this, they can easily recognize suitable solutions to problems and execute these decisions accurately.

DOWNSIDES

• group members lack the knowledge • Lack of experience

Is not ideal in situations where

• managing their own projects• solving problems on their own• setting their own deadlines

When members are not good at

• projects can go off-track • deadlines can be missed

members do not get enough guidance or feedback from leaders

DOWNSIDES

Laissez-faire leaders…

Are often seen as uninvolved and

withdrawnlack of

cohesiveness

seems unconcerned with what is happening

Members express less care and concern for

the project.

EXAMPLES  President Martin Van Buren

President Herbert Hoover.

Ronald Reagan

Laissez Faire

leadership

delegate their power to another

person• who decides everything on their behalf.

bigger organizations • people with good

talents are available at lower

ranks. Teams are

dependable, task-oriented,

and highly skilled

COMMENT

We consider that this type of leadership is recommended when followers possess great abilities and maturity, because it allows them choose to cooperate freely and make decisions on their own without the leader’s intervention.

On the other hand, this type of leadership is not appropriated to all cases, cause followers can misunderstand this freedom and consequently create a difficult work environment; moreover laziness can be contagious and can lead to serious problems inside the group.