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Scrum masters have to know and are able to apply effective leadership styles to serve agile teams. Servant leadership alone is not enough, Scrum masters and tech leads need to know a variety of leadership styles to support agile teams and help them to deliver value.

The Scrum guide states that “the Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team”. Scrum masters should help teams to adopt Scrum and improve their way of working, and serve the team by creating an environment where people can work effectively and are protected from outside interference.

Servant leadership is a style that is often mentioned as the leadership approach that Scrum Masters can use.

Leadership styles
Although servant leadership can be effective when leading self-organizing teams, it isn’t the only leadership style that Scrum masters and tech leads can use. In fact, there are many other effective leadership styles. A good Scrum master has a toolbox with leadership styles and practices and knows what to use in which situation.

Here are different leadership styles that Scrum masters can use to support and lead agile teams:

1. Situational leadership   
2. Autocratic   
3. Paternalistic   
4. Democratic  
5. Intent-based leadership   
6. Holacracy   
7. Sociocracy   
8. Sociocracy 3.0   
9. Host leadership   
10. Servant leadership   
11. Reinventing organizations   
12. Management 3.0 and managing for happiness   
13. Soul centered leadership   
14. Storytelling   
15. Humble Leadership   
16. Invitation Leadership   
17. Sense-and-respond Leadership   
18. Elastic Leadership

My suggestion to Scrum masters is to read about these leadership styles and try using them in your daily work.
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