Situational Leadership 2 of Kenneth Blanchard and Paul Hersey

Situational management theory was developed over several stages. In its basic form, it was created in a collaboration between two Americans: behavioural researcher Paul Hersey and PhD in leadership Kenneth Blanchard.

They developed the Theory while working on the ”Management of Organizational Behavior” book. The Theory was introduced in 1969 as the ”life cycle theory of leadership”. During the mid-1970s, the theory was renamed ”Situational Leadership Theory”. In the late 1970s/early 1980s, Hersey and Blanchard developed slightly divergent versions of the Situational Leadership Theory. In 1985, Kenneth Blanchard introduced situational leadership II, also called the SL II theory, in the book ”A Situational Approach to Managing People”. The starting point for the review is this edition.

The theory is about leadership, not management. Therefore, the person in charge of this theory is called a leader, not a manager.

The purpose of the theory is to help the leader choose the right leadership style for each individual employee. Effective leadership lies in matching the appropriate style to the individual employee's need for guidance and support to achieve a specific goal or solve a task.

0:00 Introduction of authors and the purpose of the model
2:09 The theory consists of two main approaches
2:45 The four leadership styles in the upper part of the model
4:10 The four leadership styles reviewed individually
6:17 The four development levels at the bottom of the model
7:51 The four development levels were reviewed individually from right to left
11:05 The connection between the two approaches
11:46 The four ideal matches between leadership styles and the development levels
14:38 Mismatch between leadership styles and development levels
17:32 Use of the model
17:59 An example - New employee
20:55 An example - New software
21:25 Criticism of the model

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