![]() Style 1 or a telling leadership style, is characterized by the leader using moderate to high amounts of Task Behavior and moderate to low amounts of Relationship Behavior.Relationship/Supportive Behavior – the extent to which the leader engages in open dialog with the follower, actively listens and provides recognition/reinforcement for task-related progress.Task/Directive Behavior – the extent to which the leader tells the follower what to do, how to do it, where it needs to be done and when it needs to be completed.Those styles are operationally defined by Task/Directive Behavior and Relationship/Supportive Behavior: Based on the objective assessment of those parameters, and with the responsibility of successfully and effectively influencing the follower, the leader responds to the situation with one of four leadership styles. Those situations are a function of the task that needs to be performed, in conjunction with the task-related ability and willingness of the follower identified to perform it. “Contingency-based” basically means the correct answer to the question:Ī Situational Leader employs one of four leadership styles that provide him or her with the highest probability of success in every situation they encounter.Unfortunately, “common sense” is anything but “common practice.”.Two points of clarification in that regard: Situational Leadership ® is a common-sense, contingency-based leadership model that consists of four common leadership styles.
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