The study compared the SMTs (School Management Teams) and teachers' perceptions of preferred leadership styles in some selected schools in Botswana. SMTs and teachers completed a questionnaire adopted from the leadership styles questionnaires. The findings of the study pointed to an overwhelming view that the preferred style of leadership is the collaborative type. It was also found that SMTs overrated themselves as displaying the collaborative behaviors than they were rated by teachers. It could be a result of superiority bias on the part of SMTs or could be a challenge of comparative research which attempts to compare objects of different contexts (SMTs and teachers). The recommendation made was that continuous comparisons of perceived leadership styles should be made from self-reflections by SMTs and evaluations of SMTs leadership behaviors by teachers who are the mirrors of the SMTs. The results could be used as a basis for school-based management interventions as well as input into the university-based management programmes reviews for fitness of purpose. It is also recommended that a study to assess whether or not there is a correlation between the preferred leadership and performance by these selected schools conducted.