Category Archives for Leadership
Situational Leadership Model
The Situational Leadership Model, also known as Situational Leadership Theory, is a leadership model developed by Dr. Paul Hersey and Kenneth Blanchard. The Situational Leadership Model is predicated on the belief that there is no one best style of leadership. The best style of leadership will depend on the task to be performed and the […]
Continue reading...Fiedler’s Contingency Theory of Leadership
Fiedler’s Contingency Theory of Leadership states that your effectiveness as a leader is determined by how well your leadership style matches the situation. Fiedler’s Contingency Theory Fiedler’s Contingency Theory, just like all contingency theories, states that there is no one best way to lead your team. The best way to lead your team will instead […]
Continue reading...Tannenbaum-Schmidt Leadership Continuum
The Tannenbaum-Schmidt Leadership Continuum is a model showing the relationship between the level of authority you use as a leader and the freedom this allows your team. At one end of the continuum are managers who simply tell their employees what to do. At the other end of the continuum are managers who are completely hands […]
Continue reading...Legitimate Power in the Workplace
Legitimate Power is one of the 5 Types of Power identified by psychologists John R. P. French and Bertram Raven in 1959. Power in the workplace can exist in many different forms. It can exist even without a formal organizational hierarchy in place. It can also exist outside of any formal hierarchy that does exist. […]
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