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Leadership Styles–The Three Ds

Lead Change Blog

How many different leadership styles are there? The Situational Leadership Theory Model— developed by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard describes four leadership styles. In this situation, people want and need precise directions on what to do and how to do it. Discussing Leadership Style.

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The Inherent Synergies Between Servant Leadership and Situational Leadership®

The Center For Leadership Studies

Servant leadership is a philosophy that was developed in the early 1970s by Robert Greenleaf. A philosophy, as we know, is a filter of sorts that informs how to process events, develop perspective and make decisions. The Situational Leadership ® Model was developed in the early 1970s by Paul Hersey.

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Be a Better Leader – Be More Like Your Heroes!

Marshall Goldsmith

Paul Hersey, Co-creator of Situational Leadership®. Richard Beckhard, World Leading Organizational Development Consultant. Paul Hersey – extremely generous, great teacher. Frances Hesselbein, Former Girl Scout CEO. Alan Mulally, Former Ford CEO. Peter Drucker, Father of Modern Management. Bob Tannenbaum, UCLA Professor.

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Three Management Styles

Great Leadership By Dan

The basic concepts presented in this article are derived from the “Situational Leadership Theory Model,” developed by Ken Blanchard and Paul Hersey. I was privileged to study with both Professor Hersey and Professor Blanchard at Ohio University. By so doing, they encourage and inspire employees to do their best at all times.

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Situational Leadership® Helps you Create a Safe Working Environment

The Center For Leadership Studies

The “secret” of Situational Leaders who create a safe working environment lies in four competencies that are intuitively and inescapably developed as they apply the model. The third, COMMUNICATE, guides leaders to coach for professional development. Dr. Paul Hersey said, “Leadership is coaching … there is no difference.”

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Rethinking Situational Leadership®

The Center For Leadership Studies

When you actively consider the people that have made contributions of significance to the field of global leadership development over the years, you don’t get too far down that list before Marshall Goldsmith’s name appears. Dr. Hersey gave Marshall his first professional opportunity in the early 1970s.

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Four Situational Leadership® Quotes

The Center For Leadership Studies

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. Organizations no longer have the luxury of waiting until top management develops a plan to respond when change hits, then methodically communicates that plan to all.