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Situational LeadershipKen Blanchard and Paul HerseyDaphne Waller
Walden UniversityEDUC - 8140 – 12 Leadership for Today’s Schools
WHAT IS SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP? The Situational Leadership Model (SLM)
simply states that before a leader can select the style he or she is using, he or she must understand the situation. The leader must also understand the importance of outcomes.
THE FOCUS OF SLM Leaders and followers Potential leaders and potential followers
Situational Leadership
Direction Socio-emotional
support Readiness
Direction
The direction is also known as the task behavior. The task behavior describes how the
leader engages in one way communications with the followers.
During this time, the leader give directions for the leaders. The followers are instructed on the what,
who, when, where, how, or why.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC SUPPORT
Relationship Behavior Two way communication
Readiness
0 Under Readiness, the leader takes on the ability and willingness of a person to make responsibility for directing his or her own behavior.
SLM4 Styles of Leadership
4 Levels of Maturity
0 S1: Telling
0 S2: Selling
0 S3: Participating
0 S4: Delegating
0 M1: Low or Immature
0 M2: Low to Moderate
0 M3: Moderate to High
0 M4: High to Mature
Situational Leadership Model Matrix
The SLM uses this matrix.
MORE ON THE 4 STYLES
Participating Style Emphasizing
shared ideas and participative decisions on task directions.
Delegating Style Allows the group to
take responsibility for task decision
Selling Style Explaining task in a
supportive and persuasive way.
Telling Style Giving specific task
directions.
Disadvantages to SLM
There is no line between leadership and management.
The SLM does not make decisions, it only calls for change in direction.
The SLM puts much emphasize on what the leader does.