Laissez-Faire Leadership Style

Thank you for taking the Leadership Styles Questionnaire. Laissez-faire translates to “Let you do.” This style emphasizes autonomy, an open-floor context, and a relaxed environment. This style misses out on those who need more direction, or are highly motivated and goal oriented.

Strengths

  • By giving your followers greater freedom, you can unleash their creativity and ideas.

  • By giving your followers greater autonomy, you prevent becoming a chokepoint by empowering them to do what they already know is the right thing to do.

  • By consistently empowering your followers, you give them greater and more abundant opportunities to grow, thrive, and practice leadership.

Blindspots

  • By giving your followers greater freedom, you can lose control of your vision or have to fight against multiple visions, leading to confusion and chaos on your team.

  • By giving your followers greater autonomy, you increase chances that the wrong thing may happen, leading to inefficiency and forcing your attention away from the key issues.

  • By not always communicating a clear vision and holding people accountable to that vision, you may leave people unclear of what to do or why they should do it.

Resources

  • Trust & Inspire by Stephen Covey

  • The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell

  • Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink