How many kinds of leadership style do you have in management?

Essentially we have three generic kinds of leadership styles: 1. Authoriatarian or autocratic This is bossing people around. With this style the laeder tells people waht to do and does not consult subordinates. It is a unilateral one-man game usually based on a self importance fallacy. Sometimes it is done in situations where a quick decison has to be made within a short timeline and where subordinates may be lacking in expertise, that is when the leader wields considerable expert power. In a non-emergency situation it stinks and must be avoided for it stifles subordinate creativity. 2. Participative or democratic In this style the leader is consultative and decisions while are finally made by the leader are often sought from the subordinates. Contributions by subordinates are welcome. Hence democratic. Subordinates participate in problem-solving but they wont make the final decision because this role is retained by the leader. 3. Delegative or free reign This is a subordinate centered decision making. In this case decision making authority is devolved and decentralised to lie with the subordinates. This style empowers subordinates in decion making and gives them the liberty to gather, implement and evaluate them. This works well in situations of high subordinate knowledge power with a proven history of precision to justify such decision making liberty. It would be crass to try it in situations where subordinate expertise is hazy.