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Situational Leadership® Helps you Create a Safe Working Environment

The Center For Leadership Studies

Yet, for those who have diligently applied the model to their leadership approach, Situational Leadership ® has quietly been working for over 50 years to enable leaders to provide a just, equitable, diverse and inclusive (JEDI) environment in the workplace. Dr. Paul Hersey said, “Leadership is coaching … there is no difference.”

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Coaching During COVID-19

The Center For Leadership Studies

Dr. Paul Hersey, our founder, wisely noted that, “The worst thing we can do is to treat everyone the same.” When each person in your sphere of influence is considered individually through one framework, such as the Situational Leadership ® methodology, every person can be treated equitably.

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Please Read This! For Leaders & Coaches…

Marshall Goldsmith

This is my small way of honoring the many wonderful teachers and leaders who have so generously helped me – without ever asking for anything in return – people like Frances Hesselbein, Alan Mulally, Paul Hersey, Richard Beckhard, Warren Bennis, Peter Drucker – and many more. Applications are due October 15th. Link here.).

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Front-line versus Top-down

LDRLB

To be more specific, I believe that the front-line is about management and situational leadership is about how to manage , not necessarily lead, teams with diverse backgrounds (Hersey and Blanchard, 1972). I argued that situational leadership is most appropriate for front-line leadership. Buckingham, M. New York, NY: Free Press.

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Giving Away All I Know – ‘Pay It Forward’!

Marshall Goldsmith

This is my small way of honoring the many wonderful teachers and leaders who have so generously helped me – without ever asking for anything in return – people like Frances Hesselbein, Alan Mulally, Paul Hersey, Richard Beckhard, Warren Bennis, Peter Drucker – and many more. Applications are due October 15th. Link here.).

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The Signs Of Provocative Leadership

Lead Change Blog

My first boss in the professional world was a bright, charismatic leader who melded a diverse group of officers into a superb partnership. They get a good blend of Hersey-Blanchard’s Situational Leadership, Kotter’s Change Management, Kouzes-Posner’s Five Leadership Practices, Collins’ Level Five and many more.”

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Should Leaders be Consistent or Flexible?

The Center For Leadership Studies

To borrow from the book of wisdom of our founder Dr. Paul Hersey, “ Leaders treat people where they are, not where they used to be, or have the potential to be”. Collaboration – Effective collaboration is typically a function of competent individuals representing diverse perspectives that are tackling a complex problem.

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