Contingency Theory Leadership Styles Situational Leadership Skills 
LDRLB
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
Maybe leadership isn’t about who you are, what skills you have or how you act. Maybe what defines effective leadership is about more than just you. This inquisitive contemplation brought forth the idea of Contingency theory, and moved the field of leadership theory forward by another drastic step.
LDRLB
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
In the same manner, situational leadership theory builds upon contingency theory. Situational leadership defines four leadership styles: S1 (high-directive but low-supportive), S2 (high-directive and high-supportive), S3 (low-directive but high supportive) and S4 (low-directive and low-supportive).
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LDRLB
MARCH 4, 2010
Path-goal theory is a contingency theory, in that it predicts how leaders style will interact with follower needs and the nature of the task. Path-goal theory provides leaders with a practical yet theoretical foundation for discerning which leadership style to select. Intro to Leadership Theory.
LDRLB
MARCH 18, 2010
James MacGregor Burns first introduced the concepts of transformational leadership when studying political leaders, but this term is now used when studying organizations as well. Burns described two leadership styles: transactional and transformational. Intro to Leadership Theory. Why Theory. Trait Theory.
LDRLB
FEBRUARY 11, 2010
Style theory differs drastically from trait or skill theories. Instead of focusing on who leaders are, style theories considers what leaders do. At the core of all style theories is the idea that leaders engage in two distinct types of behavior: task behaviors and relationship behaviors.
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