Entrepreneurs Brief Guide
“How to Select the Right Leadership Style for Your Team”
Dr Jim Porter
As business managers and leaders you may have encountered situations where you hand some work to be finished to your team member and then rush out of the office. Later, when you return, you find that the work hasn’t been completed. This situation can be overcome through the application of “The Hersey Blanchard Situational Leadership Theory”. Instead of focusing on and using just one style of leadership, successful leaders must change their leadership style depending on the maturity of the people they’re leading
In 30 minutes, learn how to:
Appreciate the different styles of leadership
Achieve a balance between tasks and people oriented leadership styles
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How to Select the Right Leadership Style for Your Team
Dr Jim Porter
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As business managers and leaders you may have encountered situations where you hand some work to be finished to your team member and then rush out of the office. Later, when you return, you find that the work hasn’t been completed. This could be because your team member had doubts about how to proceed but you weren’t there to help.
In this situation, the team member and you as a leader are equally to blame. In order to avoid situations like this you could use the Hersey Blanchard Situational Leadership Theory.
This publication will provide information on:
The Hersey Blanchard Situational Leadership Theory.
The maturity level of followers.
How to achieve a balance between task and people oriented leadership styles; the Blake Mouton Managerial Grid.
How to use the grid