Situational Leadership Ida Kurniati

Situational Leadership

Activities Write on your paper Good working experience with supervisor/direct leader Bad experience working with supervisor/direct leader

Leadership is composed of both a directive and a supportive dimension, and each has to be applied appropriately in a given situation-

Movie What do you observe?

Picture of four leadership style

Leadership styles S1: Directing style S2: Coaching style S3: Supportive style S4: Delegating style

Four types of employees D1: low in competence - high commitment D2: Some competence – low commitment D3: high competence – may lack commitment D4: Highest in development – highest commitment

How Does it work Determine where the subordinate are on the developmental continuum and adapt their leadership styles so they directly match their style to that developmental level. Adapt the leadership style

Strength Well known Frequently used for training Practicality Straight forward approach Easy to apply across variety of setting Prescriptive value flexibility

Weaknesses Few research Ambiguous conceptualization No clear explanation How model matches leader style with subordinate developmental level

Case studies What Style Do I use? P:

Case Studies Why aren’t they listening? P:

Case Studies Getting the Message Across P