Hersey and Blanchards

Situational Leadership Model

Foundations of Leadership
EDUC 5201G
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Presented by:
Anna Maria Ferraro Orfeo
Angela De Meester
Yadvinder Thind

Overview of Situational Leadership Model

Blanchard, Zigarmi, & Nelson, 1993; Seyranian, 2012

Who did the work?

Paul Hersey
Chairman to the Management
Department in 1966

Ken Blanchard
College of Business Administrative Assistant in
1966

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Blanchard, Zigarmi, & Nelson, 1993

Four Leadership Behaviours

DIRECTING

SUPPORTING

COACHING

DELEGATING

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Brief overview of the work

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(Longoria, 2014).

Hersey-Blanchard Leadership Model:

Depending on the situation & maturity level of constituents, the
leader decides how much task direction and relational support to
give.
At the start when readiness is lower your task behaviour will be
higher and taper off and relationship behaviour gradually
increases and tapers off as well as the constituents increase in
their maturity/competence and motivation for the task

Key paper(s)

Limitations of the work

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References including additional resources (URLs, etc.)

Aditya, R., & House, R. (1997). The Social Scientific Study of Leadership: Quo Vadis? Journal of Management, 23, 409. doi:10.1177/014920639702300306
Blanchard, K. H., Zigarmi, D., & Nelson, R. B. (1993). Situational Leadership after 25 years: A retrospective. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 1(1), 2136.
Bolden,R., Gosling., J., Marturano,A., & Dennison., P. (2003, June). A REVIEW OF LEADERSHIP THEORY AND COMPETENCY FRAMEWORKS. Centre for
Leadership Studies University of Exeter.
Longoria, M.. (2014, May 17). What is the Situational Leadership Theory? Retrieved September 23, 2014, from http://melindalongoria.hubpages.com/hub/What-is-theSituational-Leadership-Theory
Notgrass, D. (2014). The relationship between followers perceived quality of relationship and preferred leadership style. Leadership & Organization Development
Journal, 35(7), 605-621. doi:10.1108/LODJ-08-2012-0096
Thompson, G., & Vecchio, R. P. (2009). Situational leadership theory: A test of three versions. Leadership Quarterly, 20(5), 837-848. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2009.06.014
Seyranian, V. (2012). Contingency Theories of Leadership. Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 15256.