Contingency approaches examine how leadership styles should be tailored to specific situations based on leader, follower, and environmental factors. Effective leadership requires matching the leader's style to the followers' needs and the demands of the context. Situational leadership theories like Hersey and Blanchard's model and path-goal theory propose that leaders should adapt their approach depending on follower readiness and how to enhance motivation. Qualities like vision, ability, enthusiasm, stability, concern for others, self-confidence, integrity and charisma influence leadership, but the most important factor is appropriately aligning leadership behavior with contextual factors.
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Contingency Approaches
Contingency approaches:
approaches that seek to delineate the
characteristics of situations and
followers and examine the leadership
styles that can be used effectively
The answer then is:
That the answer depends on leader,
follower, and situation variables.
Leaders skills will differ and situation will
differ in each case.
8. Qualities that influence a Leader
• Vision
• Ability
• Enthusiasm/Vitality
• Stability
• Concern for others
9. Qualities that influence a Leader
• Vision
• Ability
• Enthusiasm/Vitality
• Stability
• Concern for others
• Self Confidence
10. Qualities that influence a Leader
• Vision
• Ability
• Enthusiasm/Vitality
• Stability
• Concern for others
• Self Confidence
• Integrity
11. Qualities that influence a Leader
• Vision
• Ability
• Enthusiasm/Vitality
• Stability
• Concern for others
• Self Confidence
• Integrity
• Charisma
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Situational Theory
Let’s look at Situational approaches
Hersey and Blanchard’s extension
of the Leadership Grid focusing on
the characteristics of followers as
the important element of the
situation, and consequently, of
determining effective leader
behavior
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Path-Goal Theory
A contingency approach to
leadership in which the leader’s
responsibility is to increase
subordinates’ motivation by
clarifying the behaviors necessary
for task accomplishment and
rewards
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Ex. 3.7 Five Leader Decision Styles
Area of Influence by Leader
Area of Freedom for Group
Decide Consult
Individually
Consult
Group
Facilitate Delegate
16. Filling the “GAPS”
• JACK WELCH
• “Before you are a leader,
success is all about growing
yourself. When you become a
leader, success is all about
growing others and filling the
Gaps.”
