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Situational leadership
- 1. Situational LeadershipKen Blanchard and Paul Hersey Daphne Waller Walden University EDUC - 8140 – 12 Leadership for Today’s Schools
- 2. What is Situational Leadership? The Situational Leadership Model (SLM) simply states that before a leader can select the style he or she is using, he or she must understand the situation. The leader must also understand the importance of outcomes.
- 3. The focus of SLM Leaders and followers Potential leaders and potential followers
- 4. Situational Leadership Direction Socio-emotional support Readiness
- 5. Direction The direction is also known as the task behavior. The task behavior describes how the leader engages in one way communications with the followers. During this time, the leader give directions for the leaders. The followers are instructed on the what, who, when, where, how, or why.
- 6. Socio-Economic Support Relationship Behavior Two way communication
- 7. Readiness Under Readiness, the leader takes on the ability and willingness of a person to make responsibility for directing his or her own behavior.
- 8. SLM 4 Styles of Leadership 4 Levels of Maturity S1: Telling S2: Selling S3: Participating S4: Delegating M1: Low or Immature M2: Low to Moderate M3: Moderate to High M4: High to Mature
- 9. Situational Leadership Model Matrix The SLM uses this matrix.
- 10. More on the 4 Styles Participating Style Emphasizing shared ideas and participative decisions on task directions. Delegating Style Allows the group to take responsibility for task decision Selling Style Explaining task in a supportive and persuasive way. Telling Style Giving specific task directions.
- 11. Disadvantages to SLM There is no line between leadership and management. The SLM does not make decisions, it only calls for change in direction. The SLM puts much emphasize on what the leader does.
Editor's Notes
- Situational leadership is described as a model, not a theory. Under situational leadership, no one leadership style is appropriate for all situations. Leaders must adjust their styles according to the situation.
- The situational leadership model focuses on leaders who lead and the followers who follower those leaders. Situational leadership also focuses on the potential leaders and potential followers
- Paul Hersey states that situational leadership is based on interplay among the following amount of- direction, socio-emotional support, readiness.
- The Socio-Economic Support is also known as the relationship behavior. The leader engages in two- way communications. Provided by socio-emotional support.
- The SLM also focuses on maturity. Maturity is defined as the ability and willingness of people to take responsibility for directing their on behavior within the tasks they perform. The SLM allows leaders to adjust their leadership styles to accommodate followers. When the maturity levels of the followers increase. The leadership style changes. If the followers fall under the M1: Low or Immature levels, the leader must use the telling style. If the followers fall under the M3: Moderate to High, the leader can use the participating style.
- The matrix describes how leaders lead. In the S1 quadrant, leader are telling or directing. In S2 leaders are selling or coaching ideas. In S3, leader are participating or supporting. In S4, leaders are delegating. The matrix is read from the bottom right. To the top right , to the top left, and finally to the bottom left.