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Leadership Styles

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The Apprentice

Lessons Learned

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Leadership Styles

Boss centered leadership

Subordinate centered leadership

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Leadership Styles

Autocratic

Retains authority for themselves

Assumes people will automatically

comply

Not concerned with what others think

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Leadership Styles

Participative leaders - share

decision making with the group

Consultative

Consensus

Democratic

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Leadership Styles

Free-rein

Turn over all authority to the group

Leadership is provided indirectly

Works with highly motivated people

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The Hersey-Blanchard Situational LeadershipⓇ

Model

Places its primary emphasis on the characteristics of

group members.

The situational leadership model of Paul Hersey and

Kenneth H. Blanchard explains how to match the

leadership style to the readiness of the group members.

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Components of the Model

Relationship Behavior

Task Behavior

Follower Readiness

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Basics of the Model

Task behavior is the extent to which the leader spells out the duties and responsibilities of an individual or group.

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Basics of the Model

Relationship behavior is the

extent to which the leader

engages in two-way

communication.

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Basics of the Model

Readiness in situational leadership

is defined as the extent to which a

group member has the ability and

willingness or confidence to

accomplish a specific task.

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Basics of the Model

Ability is the knowledge, experience, and skill an individual or group brings to a particular task or activity.

Willingness is the extent to which an individual or group has the confidence, commitment, and motivation to accomplish a specific task.

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Readiness Levels

R1- unable to do the task, lacks

commitment, confidence, and

willingness

R2 - motivated to try if the leader

provides guidance, lacks the ability to

perform well

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Readiness Level contd.

R3 - has the capacity to perform

but is insecure, apprehensive or

unwilling to use that ability

R4- can do the job, wants to do

the job, is committed to the job

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Ex. 3.4 Hershey and Blanchard’s Situational Theory of Leadership

Follower Characteristics Appropriate Leader Style

Low readiness level

Moderate readiness level

High readiness level

Very high readiness level

Telling)

Selling)

Participating

Delegating)

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Telling

The "telling" style is very directive

because the leader produces a lot of

input but a minimum amount of

relationship behavior.

An autocratic leader would fit here.

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Selling

The "selling" style is also very

directive, but in a more persuasive,

guiding manner.

The leader provides considerable input

about task accomplishment but also

emphasizes human relations.

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Participating

In the "participating" leadership

style, there is less direction and

more collaboration between

leader and group members.

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Delegating

In the "delegating" leadership style,

the leader delegates responsibility for

a task to a group member and is

simply kept informed of progress.

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Basics of the Model

The situational leadership model

states that there is no one best

way to influence group members.

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Applying the Model

Define the task - what you want them

to do.

Assess the person’s ability

Assess their motivation and willingness

Apply the appropriate leadership style

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Evaluation of the Situational Model

Easy to understand

Easy to use

Not always as clear cut as you

would like it to be