The objective of this study was to assess leadership style preference of leaders, employees and associated factors among leaders practice in Dessie town government organization. Questionnaire was used to obtain data from a sample consists of 145 participants. Leaders behavior description questionnaire were used to collect data. Quantitatively collected data were analyzed and presented using both descriptive and inferential statistics. (Mean, SD, correlation analysis, t-test and ANOVA were conducted for data analysis). Findings indicated that the participative or democratic leadership style is the most exhibited leadership style by leaders followed by the authoritarian leadership style while as per response from employeesâ€™ prefer democratic leadership style So, both respondents prefer democratic leadership style in the organizations. There is also statistically significant strong positive relationship between participatory leadership style and demographic variable. With the exception of gender, autocratic are statistically significant mean difference between sex and leadership style so, gender and education level of the leaders influence their preference of leadership style. Based on the findings, recommendations were made including that knowing the various factors and preference of leadership style through research help concerned bodies to recruit a leader to achieve the intended goal and leaders also be aware of employees preference and employing different types of leadership style at different situation.