French captains of industry are Napoleonic in how they lead, brooking no dissent, British bosses are happy to generate debate and German leaders have the strongest social conscience, according to a new survey of European leadership styles.
The study of 200 business leaders in the three countries by HR consultancy DDI found markedly different styles of leadership depending on nationality.
Bosses in the UK, France and Germany are respectively meritocrats, autocrats and democrats, it concluded.
Autonomy was highly prized by French leaders, with 65 per cent agreeing that the best thing about being a leader was the freedom to make decisions with minimum interference.
By comparison, only 46 per cent of German and 39 per cent of British business leaders felt this way.
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