Situational Leadership 2 of Kenneth Blanchard and Paul Hersey

Situational management theory was developed over several stages. In its basic form, it was developed in a collaboration between two Americans - namely behavioral researcher Paul Hersey and PhD in leadership Kenneth Blanchard.

They developed the Theory while working on the book ”Management of Organizational Behavior”. The Theory was introduced in 1969 as ”life cycle theory of leadership”. During the mid -1970s the theory was renamed ”Situational Leadership Theory”. In the late 1970s/early 1980s, Hersey and Blanchard both developed their own slightly divergent versions of the Situational Leadership Theory. In 1985 Kenneth Blanchard introduced situational leadership II also called the SL II theory in the book ”A Situational Approach to Managing People”. The starting point for the review is this edition.

The theory is about leadership and not management. Therefore the person in charge in this theory are is called a leader and not a manager.

The purpose of the theory is to make it easier for the leader to choose the right leadership style in relation to the individual employee. Effective leadership lies in matching the appropriate leadership style to the individual employee's need for guidance and support to achieve a specific goal or solve a task.

0:00 Introduction of authors and the purpose of the model
2:09 The theory consists of two main approaches
2:45 The four leadership styles in the upper part of the model
4:10 The four leadership styles reviewed individually
6:17 The four development levels at the bottem of the model
7:51 The four development levels reviewed individually from right to left
11:05 The connection between the two approaches
11:46 The four ideal matches between leadership styles and the development levels
14:38 Mismatch between leadership styles and development levels
17:32 Use of the model
17:59 An example - New employee
20:55 An example - New software
21:25 Criticism of the model

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