Situational Leadership Basics
This leadership approach argues that there is no single best style of leadership.
What is the Situational Approach?
This leadership style is low directive and low supportive.
What is Delegating?
This earlier approach focuses primarily on who the leader is, rather than their adaptability
What is the Trait Approach?
Leaders use this to "Animate the Vision"
What is symbolic language, images of the future, positive communication, or expressing emotions and speaking genuinely?
A new intern is excited but has never done the job before. The best leadership style is this.
What is Directing?
These are the two core leader behavior dimensions in the situational model.
What are directive behavior and supportive behavior?
A follower who is enthusiastic but lacks competence is at this development level.
What is low competence/high commitment(D1)?
This approach introduced task and relationship behaviors before the situational model refined them.
What is the Behavioral Approach?
These are the two essentials for enlisting others.
What are appealing common ideals and animating the vision?
A highly skilled employee feels burned out and disengaged. The best situational style is this.
What is Supporting?
This leadership model was developed by these two theorists.
Who are Hersey and Blanchard?
This leadership style matches a follower who is highly competent but has low confidence.
What is Supporting?
Situational leadership differs from Trait theory because it emphasizes this over stable characteristics.
What is adaptability?
What is connecting to what's meaningful to others (purpose-driven leadership)?
This leadership practice would help a second-year employee who understands the technical aspects of their role but has recently become discouraged after several mistakes and is questioning their ability
What is the Coaching Style?