Effective Management Through the 4 Situational Leadership Styles

Management & LeadershipTeamwork & CooperationManagers≈ 15 min

Key skill: Situational management & delegation

Summary

Adapt your management to each team member based on their level of competence and motivation: choose between four styles — directive, explicative, participative, delegative — instead of managing everyone the same way and demotivating some of them.

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

StorytellingA humorous illustration of situational management mistakes through the experiences of a marketing team
ArticlesDiscovering the Motivence matrix (competence/motivation)
Expert videoAn 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

Models & methods

Situational management; the 4 styles: directive, explicative, participative, delegative; the Motivence matrix (competence/motivation); the 80/20 rule.

Research-based

An approach drawn from the work of Paul Hersey and Kenneth Blanchard on situational leadership.