Reading Assignment: Situational Approach

Of all of the leadership theories that we have read about and discussed so far during the course, I have decided that the Situational Approach is the one that I am most interested in. I think it is highly effective in that it calls on the leader to adjust to different times of employees, rather than focusing only on how the leader should behave without taking the employees into consideration.

I believe that this is an effective way to approach leadership because it acknowledges a simple fact about working life, or arguably, life in general: there are many, many variables. Planning on every single employee being a D4 employee (highly developed, with a high degree of competence and a high degree of commitment to getting the job done) would leave many employees who need more direction and support struggling and therefore decrease the productivity.

As someone aspiring to be a leader myself, I will definitely be taking this theory into consideration. I think that it is key in having the most productive workplace possible.