Situational Leadership and Follower Readiness as Demonstrated by a Staples‚ Inc. Executive Abstract This paper explores the path of Jeanne Lewis‚ a rising executive at Staples‚ Inc. in the 90’s. Hersey‚ Blanchard and Johnson’s (2008) Situational Leadership Model is examined to explain the leadership style applied by Lewis in relation to the follower readiness levels she encountered. The 4 levels of follower readiness and the 4 leadership styles will be explained‚ and the levels of follower
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relationships with the staff and low level of grievances but this meant performance levels were much lower. Fiedler put forward his situational theory in 1958. He proposed that leadership was dependent upon the situation and assumed that all leaders are affected by an inherent set of leadership behaviours‚ which he believed was difficult to change. He identified two basic leadership styles which were task or relationship orientated. According to Tulsian and Pandey (2008) leaders who are task orientated will
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Leadership Styles and Theories Effective leadership is comprised of multiple principles‚ characteristics‚ and techniques (Huber‚ 2014). There are many roles that go into making a great leader or nurse manager. Along with the roles and responsibilities of being a great leader comes knowing how to manage your facility and what management style works best for you and your nursing staff. For this discussion‚ the topic will be on personal leadership styles‚ leader and management theory‚ and key behaviors
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Leadership Theories and Styles Effectiveness of substitutes for leadership: There were many objectives during our week four team discussion that stroke our interest. The topic we focused and spent much time discussing was substitutes for leadership. Before researching and acquiring knowledge of the theory‚ our first thoughts were that there are no substitutes for leadership. We were of the belief that managers and leaders use the same strategies and techniques to manage individuals in a team
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REFLECTIONS ON SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND HIGH PERFORMING ORGANISATIONS PART 1 1. HIGH PERFORMING ORGANISATIONS SCORE To excel in today’s competitive business environment‚ organisations must become an employer of choice‚ a provider of choice and an investment of choice. This triple bottom line can make the difference between mediocrity and greatness. Since 2007 this has been a continuing theme in RasGas’ Leadership and Management Development and continues to this day. With highly mobile‚ competent
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reviewing the discussion‚ it was interesting to see how the concepts such as servant leadership‚ situational theories‚ and the path-goal theory were applied to St. Jude Hospital. While its mission is to treat children with the devastating disease of cancer‚ the focus is to ensure that each child is treated regardless of the ability to pay. Since providing medical help to these kids is major feat‚ effective leadership is imperative. As it was previously stated in the post‚ when leaders utilize the servant
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Topic: A situational analysis of shared leadership in a self-managing team [provide a brief description or a descriptive title or a research question] Purposes: Alvesson (1996) claims that a situational approach enables leadership to be viewed and studied as “a practical accomplishment” (p. 476) rather than starting with a conceptualisation of leadership as whatever the appointed leader does. This approach seems particularly well suited to self-managing teams (SMTs)‚ in which leadership is presumably
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Trait Theories of Leadership Before I briefly explain my topic it is necessarily to define the term ’ ’leadership ’ ’. Many authors until now have defined or tried to define leadership‚ but the most common and useful definition is given by Gary Yukl (2010)‚ who defines leadership as the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how to do it‚ and the process of facilitating individual and collective efforts to accomplish shared objectives. Theories of leadership
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Implicit Leadership Theories Since the beginning of leadership literature‚ many researchers and studies tried to explain effective leadership from different perspectives. Early studies focused on the identification of traits that distinguished leaders from followers. Despite many studies have been carried out in the field‚ there was no universal list of traits presented containing characteristics that would guarantee success of leaders (Lussier & Achua‚ 2004). This failure led to the shift of
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portrayed many organizational behavior and leadership skills beginning to end. The success of leadership can be seen from the two key teams involved in the mission. The flight director at NASA‚ Gene Kranz was in charge of the right team in the mission control‚ and space crew commander Jim Lovell‚ with his extensive experience being an active leader to his team in space. The two leaders of the film‚ showed effective individual and situational leadership skills as they managed the mission and crises
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