Leaders and Followers

Throughout the organizational change process, it is imperative that leaders and followers work together
effectively in order to achieve success. There are specific characteristics required of followers
depending on the style of the leader.

Tasks:

Briefly describe each of the three leadership styles (transformational, transactional, or laissez-
faire).
Determine which of the three leadership styles you think would be most effective in achieving
successful organizational change. Justify your choice by discussing the characteristics of that
leadership style that make it more effective for carrying out change initiatives.
Explain how conflicts related to change and resistance to change are handled by leaders who use the
leadership style you have chosen.
Describe several characteristics of the followers who would work most effectively with a leader
whom adopts the selected leadership style.

Your final product will be in a Microsoft Word document of approximately 3-4 pages in length. Utilize
at least two sources from professional literature in your research. Professional literature may include
the Argosy University online library resources, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, and
websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu or .gov). Your response
should demonstrate ethical scholarship