The Center For Leadership Studies

MAY 24, 2021

When you attend a Situational Leadership ® training session, you learn that leadership styles are neither “good” nor “bad.” Since leadership is both a complicated and thoughtful endeavor, it stands to reason that leaders will benefit from the ability to integrate tools like Situational Leadership ® and DiSC ®.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

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The Center For Leadership Studies

MAY 11, 2023

At The Center for Leadership Studies, we are known for building leaders. Multidirectional influence is more important than ever, and followers play an increasingly significant role in the leadership process. The leader-follower relationship is a two-way dynamic. We call this a performance culture.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The following paragraphs contain suggestions for your consideration in that regard. Lead More Effective Meetings With Improved Leadership Skills The Center for Leadership Studies is the global home of the Situational Leadership ® Model. It has always been “a follower-driven model.”

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

For over 50 years, The Center for Leadership Studies has been known as the global home of the Situational Leadership ® Model. As such, we field questions like these on an ongoing basis from a variety of stakeholders: Can you identify and define the characteristics of the Situational Leadership ® Model?

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 24, 2024

An open-minded interviewer can both harness potential and deploy expertise with one conversation followed with a commitment to action steps. If you already use Situational Leadership® practices, how could these opportunities continue moving your people from potential to performance?

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 19, 2018

Gain a full understanding of where your organization or group is today and how it got there, so that you can define a path forward that is right for the current situation. Leadership styles don’t discriminate. Take difficulties in stride and watch how your people follow suit. A leadership void will always be filled.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

AUGUST 28, 2023

Likewise, there will always be leaders, and there will always be followers. And followers will be the people that—for lack of better terms—will continue to do what needs to be done! Decisions that used to uniformly flow from the top down are now informed and initiated from the bottom up. In specific terms, what’s different?

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The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In Situational Leadership ® terms, ability is determined by answering the following question: “Is this person currently performing at a sustained and acceptable level?” Followers feel as if there is nothing they can do to earn the trust and receive the empowerment they deserve.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 24, 2024

It includes (at a minimum) the following. It is how managers up and down the hierarchy add value (or at least that’s the way it is supposed to work!). As we are well aware at this point, every style of leadership works—and also doesn’t! Contact us today to learn more about leadership! The post What Does Leadership Mean?

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 26, 2023

Peer feedback allows the team to open up and identify growth areas for both individuals and the group as a whole. Follow Up After Feedback Check in afterward and see if your peer needs clarification or wants to discuss anything. Giving valuable input without offending a colleague can take practice.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 26, 2023

All organizations should undergo reform to remain competitive and scale up. Change enables organizations to remain up to date, seize opportunities and address problems. Significant phases of this experience include communication, preparation, training , change readiness, implementation and follow-through.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

AUGUST 28, 2023

Research here would suggest the most effective route features senior leadership mandating “the what and the by when,” then empowering leaders from functional areas of the business to align on “the how.” Follow-Up When Alan Mulally was CEO at Ford Motor Company, he led one of the most significant transformations of a global organization ever.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 13, 2023

There is no definitive list of essential soft skills to have as a leader, and the skills you need will vary depending on your employees and the situation. That said, the following skills serve many leaders well. Our Situational Leadership ® methodology gives leaders practical tools and techniques to drive results.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As the saying goes, it is literally “what keeps them up at night!” They care about the outcome, and people around them have no trouble picking up that vibe! How to Build Your Confidence as a Leader Consider some (or all) of the following tips for building confidence as a leader. Build Others Up Confidence is contagious!

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 26, 2023

Professional courses help develop active listening, empathy and Emotional Intelligence and assist with follow-up conversations and evaluations. Learn More About Having Difficult Conversations With Employees At The Center for Leadership Studies, we have helped develop over 15 million local and international leaders.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Effective Collaboration In Situational Leadership ® terms imagine how much easier determining an employee’s readiness to perform a particular task becomes when that employee tells you exactly where they are and what they need: “I have done this at least 100 times and would love to do it again!”

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The Center For Leadership Studies

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Or, virtually, the kind of boss that would send you an email and almost immediately follow up with an instant message and a text right before they called you to check in and see if you had any questions on what you needed to be doing. The pressure is off the follower because they simply need to comply with the instructions being given.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

DECEMBER 20, 2022

What wound up happening that was completely off your radar just 12 short months ago? By point of comparison, here is a collection of what we came up with at The Center for Leadership Studies as we compared our 2022 expectations to our 2022 realities. Where did you “swing and miss?”

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JANUARY 12, 2021

An exceedingly bright and consistently energetic member of our team at The Center for Leadership Studies (CLS), who for all intents and purposes is just starting her career, approached me recently seeking wisdom : Her : “You know how we are always saying that Situational Leadership ® is a language of performance management and change management?”.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 28, 2013

The basic concepts presented in this article are derived from the “Situational Leadership Theory Model,” developed by Ken Blanchard and Paul Hersey. Employees learn how to frame problems, evaluate alternatives, and make effective decisions by understanding the process the manager follows. Am I asking the right questions?

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Think about the last time something went wrong that drove up your stress level. We all face high-pressure situations at different times for different reasons. The following three steps will help you get through any pressure-filled situation: Assess the situation: Take a step back and evaluate what happened.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

As the proud grandfather of five pretty much perfect grandchildren, I feel qualified (on the basis of intense and repeated observation) to suggest the following is a comprehensive list of what we as human beings are born ready to do: Sleep … peacefully and angelically … providing joy to those who hover. That (like it or not) is about it!

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 6, 2023

View the 2023 Top 20 Leadership Training Companies and Watch List Selection to the 2023 Training Industry Top Leadership Training Companies lists was based on the following criteria: Breadth and quality of program and service offerings. Industry visibility, innovation and impact in the leadership training market.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 19, 2012

Here are 10 leadership models that I believe any leader or aspiring leader should be familiar with (Kudos to Mind Tools for supplying many of the summaries in the links, and to Vou): 1. Situation Leadership. It’s all about adapting your leadership style to the developmental needs, or “maturity level”, of your employees.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 27, 2023

The purpose is to make the first and following interactions with the customer easy, enjoyable and fast. Additionally, sign-ups and form completions must be interactive and have autofill options enabled. The post Three Keys to Effective Digital Onboarding appeared first on Situational Leadership® Management and Leadership Training.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Things that the team used to be able to count on from the employee have become the very things that keep those teammates up at night. Very few of us want to follow an elitist who thinks they know everything about everything! It has always been a “follower-driven model.” Things that used to come easy no longer do.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Follow and execute the outline you present to show consistency, grow trust and demonstrate accountability. This meeting will cover things that would overwhelm the new hire if covered on Day One: Describe what the leader-follower relationship looks like and your expectations. Are you both honoring initial commitments?

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JULY 24, 2019

Leadership is difficult (has been, is and will always be!). With that thought in mind, consider the following recurring challenges Situational Leaders encounter and work their way through! The boss is at an interesting fork in the leadership road! First Impressions. I know, I know. IT DEPENDS!). APPLICATION CHALLENGE.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

MARCH 23, 2020

As we further adjust to our new normal, good leaders must remain keenly attuned to the constantly changing needs of their followers as they continue to provide guidance and support through this unprecedented situation. When communicating the new strategic direction, rely solely on facts and data available in the here and now.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Suggest that team meetings, for example, will happen on Mondays every week, but rotate through the time zones so that everyone both gets up early and stays up late occasionally. Follow meetings with succinct written summaries that confirm decisions, assignments and due dates. Also, don’t micromanage their time or tasks.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 26, 2022

Projects don’t end up thrown off-track because someone leaves. You don’t end up hiring a less-than-ideal candidate because you’re in a rush to backfill a position. But oftentimes, the assumptions and the reality “on the ground” don’t quite match up. You may end up noticing patterns. And that is a culture issue.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The guidance of the Situational Leadership ® Model for leaders is as relevant and rock steady as ever. Through the research and work of Dr. Paul Hersey, we know that Performance Readiness ® is made up of ability (knowledge, experience and skill) and willingness (confidence, commitment and motivation). Use Emotion Appropriately.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

One of my greatest heroes, Dr. Paul Hersey, co-creator of Situational Leadership™, was a wonderful mentor to me. Paul was a great teacher and a generous man who taught me not only all about Situational Leadership, he also taught me about myself. Sign me up coach!”. Send him again.” I just coasted on my success.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Everyone should hold up their fingers declaring their assessment! Follow the “Responsible Accountable Consulted Informed (RACI)” chart. Equally important is following through on correction with the first, and any subsequent, breach. Restate desired outcomes immediately when discussion begins to wander. Start on time.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Referent power , which is based on the perception that a person displays behaviors and characteristics that earn the respect and trust of others, is one of the most important bases of power when managing employees, according to a 2016 study from The Center for Leadership Studies and Training Industry, Inc. Trust is the opposite of fear.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 16, 2021

This was spiced up by employees and leadership team members getting and dealing with Covid. Frankly, is the leadership even willing to contemplate that it is a new era? What follows are thoughts and ways to diagnose and improve your leadership team in winning at this new game. Team performance does not just happen.

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