Advantages of free-rein leadership are:
- A manager using this leadership style understands the needs of their team and understands the general spirit of their office.
- This type of leadership can also help a team become more innovative and improve morale as a whole.
Disadvantages of free-rein leadership are:
- There are potential problems that have been uncovered with the laissez-faire style of leadership such as people not working together as a team and employees not working as hard as when they are being actively led by a manager.
- Subordinates move in different directions as there is lack of guidance.
