Authoritative

Quick reference

• 00:04 The first step to exceptional
• 00:07 leadership is you have to understand the three leadership styles, because
• 00:11 there's more than one way to lead a team, to lead a group, or to lead an individual.
• 00:18 In this video, you'll learn the importance of exceptional leadership and
• 00:21 the different leadership styles.
• 00:23 Cuz different styles can create the same results, but
• 00:27 will have a drastically different effect on those being led.
• 00:31 And when leaders are aware of the different styles,
• 00:34 they can choose the style that suits them best,
• 00:37 or integrate the styles together to reach a desired outcome.
• 00:40 The first leadership style we'll explore is the authoritative style.
• 00:44 The authoritative style is dictating based on authority, and
• 00:48 using fear as a means to control those being led.
• 00:51 What are some examples of that?
• 00:54 So that would be like the military, or some other government entities.
• 00:59 Maybe the police department.
• 01:00 Right? Some Fortune 500 companies.
• 01:03 And some examples of some of those leaders are somebody like George Washington or
• 01:07 General Patton in the military.
• 01:09 Or even the other side, like the dictators.
• 01:12 Somebody like Fidel Castro in Cuba, or Stalin.
• 01:17 Okay?
• 01:17 So this is leadership that's based on fear, so
• 01:20 what types of things might happen?
• 01:21 There's based on consequences.
• 01:24 So, losing your job, or getting demoted, or
• 01:28 if you're in the dictator side, imprisonment, or even death.
• 01:33 So there's a very distinct hierarchical structure from the top down.
• 01:37 So you got your subordinates here and
• 01:39 you got your higher ups, and everything kinda trickles down this way, okay?
• 01:43 Now, there are some positives to the authoritative style.
• 01:48 Right? Because it's very organized.
• 01:50 So when you have something that's very organized,
• 01:51 there's not a whole lot of grey area, right?
• 01:54 It's a lot of black and white.
• 01:55 It's this way, it's that way, here's the rules,
• 01:57 here's the regulations, here's the hierarchy of how everything works.
• 02:02 And it's very effective.
• 02:05 Right, it's very effective.
• 02:05 And it serves us depending on what type of business you're in, right?
• 02:10 Or if we're talking about the military or we're talking about the government,
• 02:13 it really serves us to have that cuz we don't want a lot of grey area there, okay?
• 02:17 Now what are some of the negatives?
• 02:19 Well, when you have this kind of structure,
• 02:22 definitely lack of creativity is something that you're going to encounter.
• 02:26 Right? Because
• 02:27 those being led are afraid to fail.
• 02:30 So sometimes they even feel demoralized, right?
• 02:33 They have a lack of individuality.
• 02:36 Innovation becomes difficult, and we know how important innovation is for
• 02:40 companies to move forward, okay?
• 02:42 So you'd have to find some workarounds.
• 02:44 Not too long ago, I had the privilege of visiting Cuba.
• 02:48 And I didn't know what to expect, right?
• 02:50 And once I got there, it was absolutely amazing.
• 02:53 I mean just white sand beaches, crystal clear water,
• 02:57 you've got the palm trees and it's right in the middle of the Caribbean, right?
• 03:01 Absolutely beautiful place.
• 03:03 And the people were just as beautiful, just friendly and outgoing and welcoming.
• 03:08 It was a great experience.
• 03:10 And I did have the chance to tour one of the places
• 03:15 where they make the famous cigars, right, the Cuban cigars.
• 03:19 So I got to go in there.
• 03:20 I got a tour from one of the directors,
• 03:23 one of my clients really connected me with him.
• 03:25 And we had a great time.
• 03:27 And so we're walking through, and
• 03:29 I notice some very different things than compared to here in the US.
• 03:34 So one of the things was everybody was sitting at their spot,
• 03:38 almost like a factory, right?
• 03:39 Somebody rolls a certain part of the leaf,
• 03:41 and then another person rolls a certain part of the leaf.
• 03:43 But over the loudspeakers in every room I went into,
• 03:46 somebody was reading something in Spanish.
• 03:49 Now I didn't speak Spanish at the time, but
• 03:51 it was just kind of going on and on and on non-stop.
• 03:53 Non-stop.
• 03:54 Somebody was reading to the workers.
• 03:56 Okay?
• 03:57 So as we got through the tour, we came to this one room, and there was a picture
• 04:01 of Che Guevara, a freedom fighter for Cuba, and Fidel Castro, the dictator.
• 04:06 And they're both on the wall.
• 04:08 And so as we walk into this room,
• 04:10 I'm listening to what's going on and the director tells me, he says, well,
• 04:14 David, listen you can hear the propaganda that's going on.
• 04:18 And what I realized was there somebody who was sitting on a stage, he was sitting on
• 04:22 a chair, and he was reading the book, and it was a book on Fidel Castro and
• 04:28 how great he is, and how great communism is, and all these different things.
• 04:32 So this is their way of the dictatorship even in an industrial environment,
• 04:38 where they're constantly being controlled, right?
• 04:41 And ideas put into their head for 12, 13, 14, 15 hours a day non-stop, okay?
• 04:49 Very, very different.
• 04:50 So when you look at the different leadership styles, from a dictatorship
• 04:54 to authoritative, and when you're in this realm, there's a lot of control.
• 04:59 There is a lot of control, okay?
• 05:01 So, let's quickly recap.
• 05:03 So, the authoritative, you have a hierarchy structure, okay?
• 05:07 And the positives are it's very organized, it's very effective,
• 05:10 it's very black and white.
• 05:12 The negatives are there is lack of creativity, those being led
• 05:16 feel demoralized or they're living in fear, right, at this job.
• 05:20 Lack of individuality, and innovation becomes difficult, okay?
• 05:25 And if you're looking for some examples, look to the military, or
• 05:28 other government entities.
• 05:30 All right, you guys got this, I'll see you in the next video, and
• 05:33 we'll move on to the second leadership style.

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