Unit 1. Activity 6. Right balance?

Activity 6. Right balance?

•         Do you think there is a right balance among these styles?

First of all I have to say that I don’t understand much this question, because I don’t really know with what I have to compare the three styles to conclude if there is a right balance among them, but I am going to answer as I think.

In my personal experience I think in real life (at work) there are not right balance between this three styles, during my work experience I have found more Autocratic leaders than Democratic ones, and never I have worked with a Laissez-Faire leader. In most of the occasions I think the Autocratic Leader is a person who have a bad temper, or have lack of knowledge and is afraid to be replaced by the subordinated.

In some occasions you can found some Autocratic leader who in some situations change and acts like a Democratic Leader, but I don’t see a Right balance between these styles.

•        What style fits your personality best? Why?

I think the Style who fits me best is the Democratic one, because I am a very sociable person, who enjoys a lot talking and listening others, when something occurs I always like to see the picture in both sides, I think the ideas of others are always value even when the idea or opinion can be opposite to yours.

I am a person also with a strong nature, and sometimes I like to take control, but I never do it hurting people, or something like that.

I am a PEOPLE ORIENTED person.

•        What style do you prefer as a leader? What style do you prefer as a subordinate?

In both cases I prefer the Democratic style, but I have to recognize that as a subordinate, I am a person who has some troubles managing with pressure and sometimes I appreciate an Autocratic leader.