Read Chapter 3: Understanding Leadership Styles in the textbook.

Construct a six-slide PowerPoint presentation that presents the knowledge you learned about leadership styles from the textbook. You can create your PowerPoint from scratch or download and use this template as a guide: Week 3 PowerPoint downloadtemplate. Use the bullet points below as a guide for each of your slides.

• Slide 1:
  • Include the title of the assignment, your name, the school’s name, the course code and name (i.e., BUS 105: Business and Academic Success), your instructor’s name, and today’s date.
• Slide 2:
  • Define authoritarian leadership in your own words.
  • Identify three characteristics or traits associated with this style.
• Slide 3:
  • Define democratic leadership in your own words.
  • Identify three characteristics or traits associated with this style.
• Slide 4:
  • Define laissez-faire leadership in your own words.
  • Identify three characteristics or traits associated with this style.
• Slide 5:
  • Identify a well-known leader.
  • Briefly describe who the leader is or was.
  • Identify their leadership style.
    • Are (or were) they an authoritative, democratic, or laissez-faire leader?

Tip: Consider a current well-known leader or a past, historical leader (e.g., Oprah, Bill Gates, Malala Yousafzai, Elon Musk, Abraham Lincoln). Chapter 3 provides some examples of leaders you could use. Additionally, consider reviewing the Leadership Snapshots in Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 for examples.

• Slide 6:
  • Describe your own leadership style.
    • What leadership style do you most identify with and why?
    • What are your leadership strengths and areas of opportunity?