Leadership and Followers
Leadership and Followers: Hersey and Blanchard
Hersey and Blanchard's model defines effective leadership based on leadership style and maturity of follower(s).
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
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Compare and contrast leadership style characteristics with the follower maturity concepts as defined by Hersey and Blanchard
KEY POINTS
- The ideal leadership style varies based on what is required of a group and that group's level of development. The Hersey and Blanchard model measures this by categorizing leadership style and group (follower) maturity.
- Leadership styles are a mix of task behavior and relationship behavior. There are four combinations of high and low task and relationship behaviors that imply different leadership roles.
- Group maturity describes how confident group members are in the group's ability to complete its tasks.
TERMS
- Relationship Behavior
The style of leadership that is concerned with guiding how people interact, instead of the mechanics of how they complete the task.
- Situational Leadership
The theory that different leadership styles are required for different contexts.
- Task Behavior
The style of leadership that is concerned with instructing followers what actions to take.
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