authoritarian decision making transformational leadership authentic leadership democratic decision making laissez-faire decision making servant leadership 1. leaders make the decision alone without necessarily involving employees 2. employees participate in the making of decisions 3. employees alone make decisions and the leader provides minimum guidance and involvement 4. leader is true to himself while leading (i.e., behavior is consistent with their beliefs) 5. focuses on increased service to others 6. transforms employees to pursue organizational goals over self-interests