The Situational Leadership® Model is a model by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard, while working on Management of Organizational Behavior. The theory was first introduced as “Life Cycle Theory of Leadership”. During the mid-1970s, “Life Cycle Theory of Leadership” was renamed “Situational Leadership Model.”
In the late 1970s/early 1980s, the authors both developed their own models using the situational leadership theory; Hersey – Situational Leadership Model and Blanchard et al. Situational Leadership II Model.
The fundamental underpinning of the Situational Leadership Model is that there is no single “best” style of leadership. Effective leadership is task-relevant, and the most successful leaders are those who adapt their leadership style to the Performance Readiness (ability and willingness) of the individual or group they are attempting to lead or influence. Effective leadership varies, not only with the person or group that is being influenced, but it also depends on the task, job or function that needs to be accomplished.
The Situational Leadership Model rests on two fundamental concepts; leadership style and the individual or group’s Performance Readiness level.
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