Managing everyone the same way demotivates half of them: adapt your style to each person.
Adapt your management to your team members' different levels of competence and motivation through situational management. Learn to discern when to use each of these 4 styles.
15 min at your own paceAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
You will walk away with
- the 4 situational styles: directive, explicative, participative, delegative
- the Motivence matrix for placing each person's competence and motivation
- an awareness of your default style — and how to make it more flexible
Target audience
Managers looking to acquire the fundamentals of management.
Learning objectives
- Identify your team member's level of competence and motivation on their key tasks.
- Distinguish between the 4 situational management styles: directive, explicative/persuasive, participative, and delegative
- Use the 4 situational management styles based on each team member's Motivence level.
- Become aware of your default management style and make it more flexible to better fit each person and situation.
Module outline
- Storytelling“Mr. Parachuted, Turnover Creator”2'13A humorous illustration of situational management mistakes through the experiences of a marketing team
- ArticlesDiscovering the Motivence matrix (competence/motivation)
- Expert video“Mastering the 4 Situational Management Styles”4'02An overview of the 4 management styles (directive, explicative/persuasive, participative, and delegative) and how to adapt them based on competence and motivation levels
- AnchoringA quiz and true/false questions to deepen your understanding and reinforce what you've learned
- Memo cardDownloadable memo-coaching card: the key takeaways from the expert video
- CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment
