Great to read article...and good for a discussion panel on management styles. But to each his own.
Both styles have neagtives & positives... depends on how you use them. Some issues are better implemented quickly with a topline of discussion and some are better if there are more detailed discussion. The key is for the leaders to know how to blend both to gain maximum mileage in meeting their corporate goals.
But the biggest thing that they don't teach in B-Schools is - How to lead and get a buy-in from collegues, every time a i see a brilliant MBA from a top B-Schools - I see individual brilliance, intelligence and very little humility and that last is what pains me.
There is one basic law to being a leader - go down to the floor/to the grassroots , work with your team together - all pitch in to reach the goal...and let them realize why you are a manager/director/VP/CEO, by communicating, discussing, deciding on the larger picture, making them feel a sense of responsibility to one another...as they see these skills, they will automatically select you as their leader.
But you try and say - "And so i have decreed"....you suck!!!
