How to Coach Yourself and Others Influencing, Inter Personal and Leadership Skills

8. Leadership Styles: 1. Situational Leadership (Hersey and Blanchard) The Situational Leadership Model developed by Hersey and Blanchard addresses four types of leadership styles, based on the follower: Your leadership style is how you behave when you are trying to influence the performance of others. It is the way you supervise or work with someone. There are four leadership styles (but there is no one best leadership style): 1. Directing: TELL followers unable, unwilling, not confident. leader driven and task oriented leading Clear instructions + close follow up motivate followers 2. Coaching: SELL followers unable, willing, confident leader driven and task + relationship oriented Suggest instructions, explain decisions, provide opportunity for clarification + follow up listen, offer advice, suggest 3. Supporting PARTICIPATE followers able, unwilling, not confident follower driven; working together less task oriented, very relation focused Share ideas, some follow up 4. Delegating DELEGATE followers able, willing and confident follower driven low focus on tasks and on relationship turn over decisions, minimal follow up, observe

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