1. Hersey and Blanchard’s Situation Leadership Cody, Ellis, Sarah, Shonice & Whitney

2. Definition  A leadership theory that focuses on the readiness of followers.

3. Readiness  Readiness is the extent to which people have the ability and willingness to accomplish a specific task.

4. Leadership Styles  Telling : Leader defines roles  Selling : Leader provides directive and supportive behaviour  Participating : Leader and follower share decision making  Delegating : Leader provides little direction

6. How it Works  Views the leader- follower relationship as similar to a parent-child relationship: High Readiness = less control Low Readiness = directive control

7. Results  Research efforts to test this theory have been disappointing  Why? Internal inconsistencies Research methodology

8. Real World  Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf All managers attended a training class  After the training: Lower turnover rate Increase in certain store sales Increase in management performance ratings

9. Works Cited  Blanchard, Ken. “Corporate Training & Development.” 2005. Online. December 11, 2011. http://www.kenblanchard.com/img/pub/ news_Coffee_Bean.pdf http://www.kenblanchard.com/img/pub/ news_Coffee_Bean.pdf  “Situational Leadership.” Manage Well. 2006. Online. December 09, 2011. http://managewell.net/wp- content/uploads/2009/07/situational.gif http://managewell.net/wp- content/uploads/2009/07/situational.gif