Which term describes a leadership approach in which one person initiates change and recruits others toward a shared goal?

• A. Autocratic leadership
• B. Laissez-faire
• C. Participatory leadership
• D. Servant leadership

Answer: (C)

Participatory leadership fits because it involves a leader initiating change and actively bringing others into the process to work toward a shared goal. It emphasizes inviting input, sharing ownership, and coordinating the team’s efforts so everyone moves together toward the same objective. This captures both the act of launching change and the need to recruit and align others behind the goal, rather than keeping decision-making purely with the leader, being hands-off, or focusing only on serving followers. Autocratic leadership would be top-down with little buy-in; laissez-faire is too passive; servant leadership centers on serving others rather than driving a shared goal forward.