not go far enough, lose sight of their mission and connection with other teams, lose confidence, get stymied by interpersonal conflict, and simply fall far short of their enormous potential.” (11) There are three different types of leadership styles: autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire. You must know what type your group has if you are going to be able to survive in it. An autocratic leader has a high need to maintain control of the group himself. These are the types of managers I thought would make excellent police officers because they love to throw around authority. From my own experience I can tell you this type of leadership is not fun to work for. In this type of leadership it is his way. If you must work for this type of leader, work their ego. I have found that they like to control, so let them think they are the man. Laissez-faire style of leadership goes to the opposite extreme of autocratic. Not only is there no concern for control but there is no direction or concern for task accomplishment or interpersonal relationship. I have not worked for this type of leadership but I have been witness to groups who have. This was a very unproductive group that spent most of its time figuring out what they should be doing rather then working on any real problems. I have heard people say I wish my boss would totally leave me alone. There were never any rewards for work well done and there were never any punishments for the people who deserved them. His people had no respect for him because even the simplest of tasks he was supposed to do, such as inform people of their pay raises, were usually a month late. This style of leadership is better left for those individuals who do not need any leadership and have their own little pet projects to get accomplished. If you get stuck with a laissez-faire leader the way to survive is to be very persistent with them. They do not like to be bothered so if you keep both...
