The Relationship between Leadership Styles And Company Performance: A Study of COYA CEOS in Kenya.

A Paper by George Lumbasi based on his DBA Dissertation during the EAMARC conference at USIU- Africa in November 2015In Uganda, Omvir and Singh (2011)- The implication of African leadership on the growth of African economy. - Findings- For greater economic growth, Participative and supportive leadership be used as opposed to the autocratic style Koech and Namusonge (2012)- Effects of leadership styles on organizational performance at state-owned corporations in Kenya. – Recommend that managers should discard laissez-faire leadership style by becoming more involved in guiding their subordinates Globally- Changing trends are placing new pressures on leaders and complicating their role in organizations (Kouzes & Posner, 2012). According to Cavico and Mujtaba (2008), the problem of poor performance experienced by many companies in Africa are linked to a leader’s style of doing things. In some Kenyan cases, leaders fail to produce positive results in their companies due to the leadership style they apply (Machuki, Aosa, and Letting’, 2012