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An Ordinary Man: Gerald R. Ford

Leading Blog

A leader with the courage to do what needed to be done despite the consequences. Never taking himself too seriously and wanting to do what was best for the country, he recruited people who knew more than he did about the issues he faced. G ERALD FORD was an inner-directed leader that gave him quiet strength. He didn’t indulge his ego.

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Leadership Styles–The Three Ds

Lead Change Blog

The Situational Leadership Theory Model— developed by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard describes four leadership styles. Plan —I want you to do these five things. . The only feedback the leader looks for is, “Do you understand the instructions?” . What can we do that’s never been done before? What should our goal be?

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Three Management Styles

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Great Leadership regular contributor Paul Thornton: Management style greatly affects employees’ motivation and capacity to learn. By so doing, they encourage and inspire employees to do their best at all times. I was privileged to study with both Professor Hersey and Professor Blanchard at Ohio University.

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Situational Leadership® Theory

The Center For Leadership Studies

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 Conversely a model gives you something you can do!” They do so by matching their approach to the needs of the followers they lead.

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Be a Better Leader – Be More Like Your Heroes!

Marshall Goldsmith

Paul Hersey, Co-creator of Situational Leadership®. Paul Hersey – extremely generous, great teacher. Below is the short list of what I have learned from them. This is just a kernel of the wonderful learnings that they gave to me so freely. is “I don’t know,” it is time to rethink what you are doing and perhaps change it.

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The Center for Leadership Studies Announces New Program for Empowering Accountability Through Situational Leadership® Practices

The Center For Leadership Studies

Through engaging learning that combines self-reflection with cohort collaboration, this course teaches employees to apply the Performance Ownership Process to gain alignment and enhance performance and engagement. Visit [link] to learn more. Our accountability culture is growing!”

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The Center for Leadership Studies Partners With Performance Impact

The Center For Leadership Studies

As experts in learning, CLS understands that one size does not fit all. Every learning leader has a unique set of goals to achieve and parameters to work within,” said Sharon Andrews, Senior Director of Coaching and Custom Solutions at CLS. About The Center for Leadership Studies.

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