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Leadership Styles–The Three Ds

Lead Change Blog

How many different leadership styles are there? The Leadership Grid— created by Robert Blake and Jane Mouton describes five leadership styles. The Situational Leadership Theory Model— developed by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard describes four leadership styles. What should our goal be?

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The Four Leadership Styles of Situational Leadership®

The Center For Leadership Studies

Situational Leadership ® is a common-sense, contingency-based leadership model that consists of four common leadership styles. Contingency-based” basically means the correct answer to the question: “What is the best leadership style?”. STYLE 1 – TELLING, DIRECTING or GUIDING.

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Situational Leadership® Theory

The Center For Leadership Studies

Technically, the Situational Leadership ® methodology is not a theory. 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 What is Situational Leadership ® ?

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Four Examples of Situational Leadership®

The Center For Leadership Studies

Perhaps you are familiar with the Situational Leadership ® Model but could use a quick refresher to refine your understanding. Or perhaps you have never heard of the Situational Leadership ® Model but are interested in learning whatever you can about viable methodologies with proven track records for developing leaders.

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Four Situational Leadership® Quotes

The Center For Leadership Studies

The Situational Leadership ® methodology is a “50 – 50 model.” 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. Leadership is never over (Organizations change, jobs change and so do people.).

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Situational Leadership® Helps you Create a Safe Working Environment

The Center For Leadership Studies

I am proud to teach Situational Leadership ® every day. Even as 14+ million managers have gone through the program in some form or fashion, it remains a comparatively untapped resource and strategy for many of the urgent leadership challenges in our world today! Look back if you are a Situational Leader. So, move forward.

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Hiring for a Situational Leadership® Mindset

The Center For Leadership Studies

It makes sense that if Situational Leadership ® is part of your organization’s leadership development culture and language, it could greatly benefit your recruitment (and retention) efforts if you were to check for this leadership approach and its invaluable competencies in candidates before you hire.