Under the model, successful leadership is both task-relevant and relationship-relevant. It is an adaptive, flexible style in which leaders are encouraged to consider their followers—individuals or a team—then consider the factors that impact the work environment before choosing how they will lead. This gives them a better chance of meeting their goals.
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Leadership Styles
The Situational Leadership Model also known as the Hersey-Blanchard Model, suggests that no single leadership style is better than another. Instead of focusing on workplace factors, the model suggests that leaders should adjust their techniques to those they lead and their abilities.
What is it used for?
It is useful for both individual coaching programs as a tool to grow self awareness and determine where to focus in the development based on the specific context of each leader.
It is used as well in team coaching sessions:
The Leadership Style suggests that no leadership style is better than another.
The model suggests that managers adapt their leadership style to tasks and relationships in the workplace.
The model’s leadership styles are related directly to employees’ different maturity categories
It is used as well in team coaching sessions:
The Leadership Style suggests that no leadership style is better than another.
The model suggests that managers adapt their leadership style to tasks and relationships in the workplace.
The model’s leadership styles are related directly to employees’ different maturity categories
Benefits
This leadership method lets executives, managers, or people in other positions of authority take charge of their followers based on the acumen, understanding, and context of the group.
By considering how the employee’s characteristics can affect a project’s performance and outcomes, leaders can apply an appropriate structure and degree of control to achieve the desired result.
