Situational Leadership

The situational leadership designed by Paul Hersey and Kenneth Blanchard simply focuses on the flexibility of leaders to apply styles, strategies and methods depending on the situation. The distinguishing element of Hersey and BlanchardдЫЄs situational leadership, as contrasted to other leadership theories is the maturity of followers, indicated as the readiness to perform in given situations (Hersey and Blanchard, 1998). Under the situational leadership model, leaders are able to adjust their leadership styles depending on the level of maturity of followers, as well as balancing emphasis between task and relationship behaviors.