Participative Leadership vs Directive Leadership

• Participative leadership deals with making decisions.

• Directive leadership most often deals with executing a decision once it has been made.
• A leader can be participative by consulting employees during the decision-making phase, yet still be directive by following up closely on progress toward
the ends that have been mutually decided on. Used together, PL & DL can be an effective leadership approach

Types of Directive Leadership Types of Participate Leadership

Behavior Behavior
Guiding and Defining roles
structuring and Consulting with Consulting with
followers’ communication Groups Individuals
activities patterns
Participativ
Planning, Asking for Obtaining
Motivating and Directive e
opinions about information from
scheduling, and Leadership
conveying Leadership alternatives followers
assigning Behaviors
expertise Behaviors
responsibilities
Joint decision Delegation
Monitoring and making with
Clarifying
following up followers
expectations, goals,
on
and work methods
assignments