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Leadership Styles–The Three Ds

Lead Change Blog

Leaders influence and inspire people to make positive changes to improve the status quo! . The Situational Leadership Theory Model— developed by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard describes four leadership styles. How many different leadership styles are there?

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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 Developed by Paul Hersey in 1969, this model provides a repeatable process for matching leadership behaviors to the performance needs of those being influenced.

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A Moment of Reflection on 50 Years

The Center For Leadership Studies

Our founder, Dr. Paul Hersey, had seen to that. Before I showed up, Dr. Hersey had traveled the world about 10 times over introducing the model to thousands of university students and corporate leaders. In those days, you primarily positioned the merits of your model against others. Quite often your prayers went unanswered.

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Three Ways to Make Your Leadership Relevant

LDRLB

Leaders need to be flexible and apply a leadership style that fits the situation, as posited by author and organizational theorist Paul Hersey. Leaders can consider three factors: context, circumstance, and consequence. Here are some guidelines: 1. Figure out the context.

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Rethinking Situational Leadership®

The Center For Leadership Studies

On a personal level (and in complete and total transparency), I don’t know exactly what to say about Marshall, so I will just go with this: He has meant more to my personal development than anyone in my 40-year career and has also meant more to The Center for Leadership Studies and Situational Leadership ® than anyone not named Paul Hersey.

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One Quick Exercise for Planning Your Life

Marshall Goldsmith

As an author, I try to help my readers achieve positive, lasting change in behavior. This little exercise changed my life in a very positive way! Dear Friends, Thank you so much for your incredibly positive response to my 15 Coaches – Pay It Forward project. I have received thousands of positive notes.

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5 Ways to Become a Better Leader!

Marshall Goldsmith

My good friend and mentor, Dr. Paul Hersey, defined leadership as “working with and through others to achieve objectives.” Given this definition, anyone in a position whose achievement requires support from others can play the role of a leader. It’s one of the most frequently asked questions in leadership development.