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Hersey and Blanchard’s Situation Leadership Cody, Ellis, Sarah, Shonice & Whitney
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Definition A leadership theory that focuses on the readiness of followers.
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Readiness Readiness is the extent to which people have the ability and willingness to accomplish a specific task.
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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
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How it Works Views the leader- follower relationship as similar to a parent-child relationship: High Readiness = less control Low Readiness = directive control
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Results Research efforts to test this theory have been disappointing Why? Internal inconsistencies Research methodology
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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
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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
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