Are You Leading Based On The Situation And The Follower? By Janet Kendall White Situational leadership, sounds straight-forward and simple, doesn’t it? Then why is it so rarely applied? Created originally by professor and author Dr. Paul Hersey and author Ken Blanchard, Situational leadership refers to when the leader or manager of an organization must adjust his style to fit the development level of the followers he is trying to influence. The model shows the most effective leadership style based on the follower’s development and willingness as related to the task, project, or job. Thus, the model can be applied not only to different people within the same organization but different people at different times within the same organization depending on the project and job they are working on. An image of the model though it has evolved over the years looks like this:
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