I am pursuing a course in Courseera about "Fundamentals
of Management" and when I came across content on Situational Leadership
became much interested.
In todays’ more agile world, Leaders need to possess
multiple personalities (both bad and good) to strive and keep producing
results. Most important one is “Emotional Intelligence (EI)”, defined as ability
to manage ourselves and our relationships effectively. Basic four fundamental capabilities
of EI include self-awareness, self-Management, Social awareness and Social
skill.
According to research of Hay/McBer, there are six unique different styles of Leadership
qualities.
- 1. Coercive leaders demand immediate compliance.
- 2. Authoritative leaders mobilize people toward a vision.
- 3. Affiliative leaders create emotional bonds and harmony.
- 4. Democratic leaders build consensus through participation.
- 5. Pacesetting leaders expect excellence and self-direction.
- 6. Coaching leaders develop people for the future.
Read more about in HBR @ https://hbr.org/2000/03/leadership-that-gets-results
The research also states that, any leader mostly would have
performed most of the mentioned qualities.
Here in where need of “Situational
Leadership (SL)” arise. A Leader need not be educated in premier institute or
to be in top level of organization hierarchy. At every level of the organization
we need Leaders, who have following qualities
- · Prefer actions or approaches depend on the variables of the situation
- · Consider past experiences and options before choosing the course of action
- · Be flexible
- · Ready to roll up sleeves and get hands dirty.
- · Think out of way to achieve results, irrespective of what history has predicted with sense of accuracy about performance.
Suggested readings on SL:
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