The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

Technically, the Situational Leadership ® methodology is not a theory. Dr. Paul Hersey, the founder of The Center for Leadership Studies and the person who developed the Situational Leadership ® Model, went out of his way to make this point clear. “A What is Situational Leadership ® ? It depended!

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

The Situational Leadership ® methodology is a “50 – 50 model.” It has been in active use for over 50 years, and it was created approximately 50 years after the discipline of organizational behavior and leadership development began. Leadership is never over (Organizations change, jobs change and so do people.).

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 23, 2019

I started working at The Center for Leadership Studies (CLS) in June of 1983, and I was so very honored to do so! We had a packaged program ( The Essentials of Situational Leadership ® ) that I was responsible for selling and, if need be, facilitating. Our founder, Dr. Paul Hersey, had seen to that. There was no internet.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 28, 2013

Guest post from Great Leadership regular contributor Paul Thornton: Management style greatly affects employees’ motivation and capacity to learn. The most effective managers vary their styles depending on the employee’s knowledge and skills, the nature of the task, time constraints, and other factors.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In the Situational Leadership ® Model, a person is R2 for a task when the leader doesn’t see ability (all three of knowledge, experience and skill), but the follower’s confidence and willingness are shining through in their attitude and approach to the work. Take stock of your ability (knowledge, experience and skill).

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

The Situational Leadership ® framework was the product of over 50 years of pioneering research in leadership development and organizational behavior. One challenge with those discoveries is that many provided conflicting results regarding who leaders were, what they did and what the most effective style of leadership was.

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