Leadership styles – past, present and future

Abstract

The new age global economy with its diverse workforce needs leaders with special skills. The
nimble, aspirational and talented global workforce has unique requirements and expectations
from their organisations. Organisations are expected to not only provide employment but are
measured on employee satisfaction. Customer satisfaction is becoming directly proportional
to employee satisfaction. All of these means leading teams now have become much more
complex. Leadership styles are now under scrutiny and debated much more than ever before.
This article discusses few of the common leadership styles and lists some of the mertis and
demirts of these styles. Leveraging and adapting to the right leadership styles can be the
differentiator for both the leaders and the organization.